Argon CBRNe / HazMat Training News

Argon Electronics is to support research and development into combating the CBRN threat by sponsoring the upcoming CBRNe Summit, which takes place at Brno, Czech Republic between 26^th and 28^th March 2014. The event will bring experts and senior officials from across Europe to discuss the latest techniques for detecting a threat. Argon Electronics, a world leader in CBRN and HazMat simulation and training aids, will add its own unique expertise and experience to the growing body of knowledge on the subject.

Argon Electronics has been contracted by the United States Air Force through the Air Force Civil Engineer Center to deliver their PlumeSIM CBRN training system to enhance CBRN exercises at the Silver Flag Exercise Site at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

Word leader in CBRN and HazMat training equipment, Argon Electronics will be showcasing its latest simulators at CBRN First Response, 11-12 February 2014 in Leicester. Argon’s depth of expertise in providing advanced equipment to national response teams across the globe will help attendees to fully understand the issues surrounding training and simulation for CBRN/HazMat response – a theme which is key focus of this event.

Argon Electronics and CANBERRA have signed a strategic agreement enabling Argon to manufacture simulators for users of CANBERRA radiation detectors. The agreement formalises the existing arrangement between the two companies, which has been very successful and has resulted in the availability of a number of important simulators for CANBERRA products and CANBERRA customers.

Argon Electronics is exhibiting at Defexpo India between 6^th and 9^th February 2014, demonstrating its on-going commitment to assisting India in the implementation and procurement of its CBRNe response capability. Defexpo India 2014, which this year takes place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, is coordinated by the Defence Exhibition Organisation, an agency that forms part of India’s Ministry of Defence.

Argon Electronics will be demonstrating its superb range of CBRN / HazMat training simulators at I/ITSEC Orlando, Florida (December 2nd–5^th) and showing delegates how they enhance both the quality and safety of CBRN training. Among the innovations on show will be PlumeSIM®, Argon’s wide area CBRN / HazMat field exercise and table training software. PlumeSIM® enables instructors to configure simulated chemical and radiological releases, producing virtual dispersal plumes and hot spots that can be set up quickly and safely for trainees to detect.

Argon Electronics have been accepted as a signatory of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Supply Chain Charter. The NDA Supply Chain Charter has been established to help deliver good working relations and improve planning and performance through all tiers of the supply chain supporting the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority estate.

Argon Electronics and INFICON will launch HAPSIM-P^™, a training simulator probe for HAPSITE GC/MS Chemical Identification System at the 6^th Annual CBRN Convergence in San Diego, USA.

Argon has appointed Germany’s OWR GmbH, a technology and systems solution provider skilled in addressing complex situations in the field of CBRN protection as a sales and distribution channel for its world leading CBRN simulation systems. The deal will provide local customers with easier access to Argon Electronics’ expanding range of simulators, which are improving the quality and efficiency of CBRN response training across the globe.

Argon Electronics was visited by a UK government minister at the world leading Defence and Security Event International 2013. Philip Dunne MP, Minister for Defence Equipment Support and Technology, met with Steven Pike, Managing Director, Argon Electronics, at the DSEI as a show of support for UK SMEs, which he believes should get a bigger slice of the UK defence spending pie. Mr Dunne’s visit underlined the UK’s Government commitment to SMEs who work in the defence and security sector. Their participation at DSEI demonstrated Argon’s status as a global provider of CBRN response simulators that enhance the quality and efficiency of CBRN response training.