Emergency response teams worldwide use different tools and personal protective equipment including mobile gas detectors to warn the rescuers from dangerous gas concentrations.
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Argon and Dräger collaborate to create training simulator for Dräger X-am Series Multi Gas Detectors
Written by Steven Pike on 30 Oct 2024
Argon welcomes Captain Rory Hight to the Business Development Team
Written by Steven Pike on 01 May 2024
Argon welcomes US. Army Captain, Rory Hight to the Business Development Team. Rory brings with him more than 14 years of leadership and experience in Military and Hazardous Materials operations. During Rory’s career, he had the pleasure of serving as a member of California’s CBRN Enhanced Response Force Packages (CERFP) and California’s 95th Civil Support Team (CST); where he spent a number of years operating in the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and Emergency Response environments.
Austrian Armed Forces Select Argon as their CBRN Simulation Training Provider
Written by Steven Pike on 15 Apr 2024
As part of its continual modernisation programme the Austrian Armed Forces have selected Argon Electronics as the provider of the CBRN Defence Centre’snew suite of simulator training equipments.
Argon and Cubic Implement Collective Training Simulation System
Written by Steven Pike on 22 Nov 2022
System provides realistic CBRN training to battlefield participants, responders and analysis specialists.
Argon and Smiths Detection renew Simulation Agreement
Written by Steven Pike on 01 Nov 2022
Argon Electronics (UK) Ltd. and Smiths Detection, have once again renewed their
Exploitation Agreement permitting Argon to manufacture and market a range of
simulators based upon Smiths market leading Chemical Warfare detectors.
Argon awarded UK MoD Chemical Sense Training Equipment Support Contract
Written by Steven Pike on 21 Jul 2022
Argon Electronics (UK) Ltd. has been awarded a two-year contract with an optional third
year to provide in-service support for a wide range of CBRN training equipment
previously provided to UK MoD.
The equipment to be supported includes Camsim, MCAD-SIM, LCAD-SIM, ADM300A V1b-SIM training equipment, and the associated accessories. Encompassing a wide range of activities including repairs, equipment use training, spares provision and obsolescence management Argon will play a vital role in ensuring the in-service CBRN training equipment provides the training capability desired by the end users.
Steven Pike, Argon’s Managing Director exclaimed “This is the second time Argon has been awarded a support contract for training equipment we have previously provided to the UK MoD and we are delighted to be able to play our part to help ensure that their CBRN training capability remains as effective as possible”.
IMAGE: UK MoD training using Camsim
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Argon and Siegrist sign distribution agreement
Written by Steven Pike on 08 Oct 2021
Argon Electronics is delighted to announce a new partnership with German distributor Siegrist that will facilitate the wider availability of Argon products in Germany. Based in Karlsruhe, Siegrist provides environmental test and measurement instruments and has a long history of supplying detectors to the fire service and military.
Argon releases major upgrade to RDS200 Simulator
Written by Steven Pike on 25 Aug 2021
Argon Electronics (UK) Ltd. has released a major upgrade to its Rados RDS200 training simulator that provides a significant improvement to the simulated Gamma performance of the training system.
The upgrade can be applied to all existing customer RDS200 simulators and implements Argons’ latest generation Gamma simulation technology to provide advanced simulation of inverse square law response and shielding effects.
RaFTS to be presented at the INMM-ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting 2021
Written by Steven Pike on 07 Jul 2021
Argon Electronics is delighted to announce that the award-winning Radiation Field Training Simulator (RaFTS) has been selected to feature at the inaugural INMM & ESARDA joint annual meeting which will take place virtually in Vienna, Austria this August 23rd to September 1st, 2021.
This year’s event will mark the first combined meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) and the European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA) and has attracted a record 650 abstract submissions, more than double those received in 2020.
RaFTS to feature at CTBT Science and Technology Conference 2021
Written by Steven Pike on 29 Jun 2021
The award-winning Radiation Field Training Simulator (RaFTS) will be among the latest international radiological innovations to be featured at the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Science and Technology (SnT) Conference taking place in Vienna from June 28th to July 2nd 2021.
In an online presentation entitled ‘RaFTS: Reducing Dose by Simulating Sources’, representatives from the acclaimed Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) lead by Steven Kreek will provide conference attendees with an overview of the work that has been completed so far and what lies ahead in developing the next generation of RaFTS.