The market for C-IED and counter-explosive ordnance seems to be moving towards robotics and mounted solutions on moving vehicles, as militaries remained focused on clearing former war zones and keeping their troops safe in doing so.  

Ahead of this year’s Countering Explosive Threat and Demining, Defence IQ compiled a map outlining the current global trends and procurement of capabilities helping military and NGOs to clear former war zones of explosive threats. 

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Key benefits of downloading the map:

• Know top acquisition and upgrade priorities from countries that will be present at Countering Explosive Threat and Demining
• Develop business strategies by meeting the right people from countries having active programmes and key requirements at Countering Explosive Threat and Demining  
• Gain insights into investment trends from your peers

Download the map to learn more about the following programmes from countries that will discuss them at Countering Explosive Threat and Demining, such as:

• United Kingdom - £36 million contract modification with L3 Harris Technologies for the supply of T7 robotic systems to support EOD missions and the UK MOD’s Project STARTER
• United States – $92.6 million contract to Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems to supply and support the Husky Mounted Detection System and Leidos’s award of a $9.7 million deal in support of the Saturn Arch Aerial Intelligence System
• Canada – launch of the Advanced Improvised Explosive Device Detection and Defeat Project to enhance the Canadian Armed Forces’ capabilities
• Australia –  36 million contract award to Indra Australia to design and produce a Level 2 deployable forensic laboratory

Additional information contained in this map include:

• UN Mine Action Service in Iraq – ongoing clearing of explosive assets in Mosul using camera-carrying drones 
• Angola – recent investment of US$60 million over the next five years through the HALO Trust to help clear 153 minefields in the south-eastern province of Cuando Cubango
• Afghanistan – contract with L3-Micreo to supply more than 14,000 SILVERSHIELD units to the Afghanistan National Defence and Security Forces as part of the REDWING programme
• Japan – unveiling of a prototype of a high-speed IED detection system by the Ground Systems Research Centre of the MOD’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency 
• Lebanon – update on the demining situation of the country, and the ten-year strategy of the Lebanon Mine Action Centre 

To learn more about who will attend this year’s Countering Explosive Threat and Demining conference, you can download the agenda here. 

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We spoke to Colonel Zac Scott, Head of the British Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Branch (DEODS) about the work of UK EOD & Search since withdrawing from Afghanistan, and how the relationship between the military EOD & Search and civilian EOD agencies is evolving the face of a persistent explosive threat.  

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View now to: 

•  > Find out what the short-term focus is when training teams and providing support for overseas EOD partners
•  > Discover the nature of the relationship between military EOD & Search capabilities and civilian EOD agencies
•  > Hear what the UK EOD has been focusing on since withdrawal from Afghanistan