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ReportsnReports.com offers new market research reports on the global armored and counter IED vehicles industry with competitive landscape, strategic insights, country analysis and market profile. DALLAS, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- "The Global Armored and Counter IED Vehicles Market 2013-2023 - Country Analysis: Market Profile" and "The Global Armored and Counter IED Vehicles Market 2013-2023 - Competitive Landscape and Strategic Insights: Market Profile" are the new market...
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from The Fatima Group: "The Fatima Group today thanked Senator Bob Casey, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, for his recognition of the company's groundbreaking breakthrough in the creation of a new fertilizer formula that promises to prevent misuse in Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). "We continue to coordinate closely with Lt....
FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information (GII) has partnered with premium defense research publisher Strategic Defence Intelligence to provide an unrivalled source of information on the latest developments in the defense industry. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130220/CG63296) The global counter improvised explosive device (IED) market, estimated at a value of $6.4 billion in 2012, will decrease at a CAGR of 5.59% during the forecast...
FARMINGTON, Conn., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information (GII) presents highlights from new market research on the global defense industry from our premium research partner Strategic Defence Intelligence. These reports individually and collectively offer valuable insights on the direction of the military and defense industries. These reports provide both historic and forecast global industry values; and detailed analysis of the factors influencing demand, the...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Block MEMS has been awarded a major, multi-million dollar contract funded by the Army's Joint Improvised Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). Under the contract Block will adapt its LaserScan (TM) spectrometer to detect from a distance recently dug up soil, which on dirt roads is a possible indicator of a buried explosive hazard, also called an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Daniel J. Cavicchio, Jr., Block's Executive Chairman,...
A chemical sensing system developed by engineers at the University of Connecticut is believed to be the first of its kind capable of detecting vapors from buried landmines and other explosive devices with the naked eye rather than advanced scientific instrumentation. The research was first reported in the May 11, 2012 online edition of Advanced Functional Materials. The key to the system is a fluorescent nanofiberous film that can detect ultra-trace levels of explosive vapors and buried...
MCLEAN, Va., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] announced today it was awarded a task order by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center to provide Continental United States-based analytical, operational and intelligence services in support of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) Counter-IED Operations/Intelligence Integration Center (COIC)...
Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com Researchers from Boston University (BU) and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System recently found chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain tissue of military service personnel who were exposed to blasts. The experiment showed that a single blast to an improvised explosive device (IED) resulted in CTE and long-term brain impairments related to the disorder. As well, blast wind from the IED resulted in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and long-term...
The war still continues for wounded warriors. Segs4Vets will help 39 severely injured veterans improve their mobility and regain their independence by awarding each with a Segway PT battery electric vehicle on April 4, 2012. San Diego, Calif. (PRWEB) March 28, 2012 The number of military service members who lost limbs in combat in Afghanistan reached an all-time high last year. On Wednesday, April 4th at 10:30 a.m. in a ceremony on the forward deck of the historic USS Midway, 39 wounded...
LONDON, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 6th annual Counter-IED event returns to London to unite senior military personnel from the international C-IED community. This year there will be representation from countries including US, UK, Germany, Poland, and New Zealand who will be gathering to discuss the key C- IED issues. This year's event will explore the themes around Attack the Network, Train the Troops and Defeat the Device. Brigadier General Mark Wise, from the US Marine...
