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Countering Explosive Threat and Demining 2018 Post Show Report
October 22 by Defence IQ PressThe 2018 Countering Explosive Threat and Demining conference gathered more than 120 attendees to discuss key challenges that the EOD community is facing, in the military, in the private sector and amo...
France qualifies its future vehicle-mounted C-IED system
May 17 by Victor M. S. BarreiraThe French Ministry of Defence’s armament procurement agency, the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) recently completed qualification testing of the BARAGE (Brouilleur Actif et...
What is JIDA?
October 02 by Defence IQ PressColonel Richard J. Edwards is the Strategy, Plans and Policy Director on the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency's (JIDA's) coordinating staff, also known as the J5. Through the Office of the Und...
MACCA working to combat the devastating legacy of IEDs in Afghanistan
September 14 by Defence IQ PressMohammad Sediq Rashid is the director of the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA). He is responsible for making sure the mine action response, which includes humanitarian demining,...
Information sharing critical to improving C-IED technologies: Interview with Col Hyde-Bales
September 02 by Defence IQ PressIf there is one common theme linking the limitations of almost all Counter-IED (C-IED) operations it is information sharing. As regional events begin to spill over into global concerns and the hybri...
UK’s Cohort acquires Portuguese communications house EID
August 17 by Victor M. S. BarreiraPortuguese Pandur II armoured vehicles are equipped with tactical communications of EID (Victor M.S. Barreira) The British group Cohort recently announced it has agreed to acquire the Portugues...
IS OSINT Digest, November 2014
November 24 by Defence IQ DigitalThis report is a collation of all key OSINT sources exploring IS/ISIS/ISIL activity. Covering 13-19 November, this Allen Vanguard report includes analysis of the following events: Islamic State...
Detection and analysis tech still needed as IEDs "not going anywhere"
November 14 by Richard de SilvaAllen-Vanguard’s real-time Threat Intelligence Map Ahead of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Counter IED conference next week, Defence IQ sat down with the Managing Director of Allen Van...
Remember, remember the top 5 military speakers in November
October 29 by Defence IQ PressWith a number of events coming up in November, the team at Defence IQ thought it would be useful to highlight some of the keynote military speakers we’ve confirmed for not only our most estab...
Why the IED problem in Mali is bigger than you think
October 14 by Defence IQ DigitalAside to the headline-grabbing conflicts arising in Iraq, Eastern Europe and Nigeria, violence in Mali persists. Among the recent attacks made by rebel groups have been those targeting UN peacekeepe...
JIEDDO hosts competition to identify future IED detection technologies
October 09 by Defence IQ PressThe Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) has partnered with the Army Research Lab and the Maneuver Battle Lab at the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, to host a "Culvert Deni...
How the IED threat differs regionally around the world
August 31 by Defence IQ PressCountering the IED threat is the most important attribute for armoured vehicles when considering Asian requirements according to a survey of defence industry professionals, with 54% revealing that b...