Northern Ireland: Bomb disposal robot on the scene of a security alert following an event with the Irish foreign minister

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney was taken off stage by officials during a speech in Belfast. A security alert was called after a suspect device was found in the car park. A bomb disposal robot later arrived on the scene. Read More …

MED-ENG – a brand of The Safariland Group

      Med-Eng provides integrated solutions for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and related blast threats. Med-Eng bomb suits and other blast protective equipment are trusted by Defense Forces, Public Safety Bomb Squads and Demining teams in more than 100 Read More …

Mexico sends anti-mine squads to cartel turf

Special squads of Mexican army troops equipped with metal detectors and bomb suits have deployed to the western state of Michoacan, where warring drug cartels have planted land mines or improvised explosive devices. The squads apparently have found dozens of Read More …

China donates military, construction equipment to Philippine Department of Defense

China has agreed to donate millions of dollars in military and construction equipment to the Philippine government despite a bitter dispute over the South China Sea, officials said Wednesday. Much of the donation worth around 1 billion Philippine pesos will Read More …

US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers field test Next Generation Advanced Bomb Suit

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers field tested the Next Generation Advanced Bomb Suit on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Army EOD Soldiers from the 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) put the new bomb suits through a series of Read More …

Philippines: US donates communication equipment, bomb disposal gears to improve PNP’s anti-terror capability

The United States has donated vehicles, communication equipment and bomb disposal protective gear to the Philippine National Police (PNP) in a bid to improve the country’s operational capability against terrorism. Among those donated were laptop computers, 4 units of Ford Read More …

Texas: Odessa Police Department conducts bomb unit training demo

On Thursday, members of the Odessa Police Department’s Hazmat Devices Unit conducted a bomb unit training demonstration. The event took place at the Odessa Fire Rescue training facility at 3000 S. Dixie. During the demonstration, the OPD Hazmat Devices Unit Read More …