BIODETECTION
Leſt: Unmanned automated process for biological identification.. Bottom leſt: The Thales ‘CERBER’ CBRN detection beacon. Below: The Swiss Army Forces CBRN Reconnaissance vehicle.
crisis management that follows in order to reduce the number of deaths and injuries, to maintain operational capabilities such as armed forces and civil infrastructures, and finally, to recover initial capability. The Thales CBRN management soſtware suite connects equipment, systems and units from tactical to strategic level. Integrating indoor and outdoor (urban and open field) hazard prediction module, the CBRN management soſtware offers military and security forces a full capability in order to prepare, manage and restore the operational capability of the protected area. The CBRN management soſtware is a modular solution fully or
French security forces in case of a CBRN attack on French territory. The mobile laboratory is specifically designed to ensure the safety of the operators while carrying out on-site sampling and data analysis, even in the harshest conditions. The mobile laboratory can be integrated into any vehicle according to the customer’s needs.
Automated biodetection Early knowledge of the CBRN agent is a key factor in successful crisis management. Thales has developed an advanced biological laboratory for French forces for external military operations protection. It allows complete control of the environment in order to ensure accurate identification of any kind of sample – solid, liquid or gas – provided by external operators or directly from collect devices integrated in the shelter. The main functions of the fixed laboratory include: non-stop biological alert detection; non-stop and on-request bio-collection; identification of viruses, toxins and bacteria through bio-molecular and immunological processes; and solid and liquid waste management. Integrated within one shelter, Thales’s fixed laboratory uses the most recent and successful developments in detection to carry out the complex identification procedure. Moreover, designed to follow specialised and secure protocol to ensure efficiency of the process and safety of the operators, Thales has developed a unique automated process which performs the overall biological identification process without human intervention. Included in an integrated environment surveillance system, the laboratory communicates with the CBRN command and control centre and can be connected with a CBRN detection network.
Integrated command & control When a CBRN threat strikes, many actors are involved in the
partially integrated with other Thales systems, thus ensuring the operators and commanders the best interoperability by sharing common CBRN operational picture throughout the crisis. As an example of total biodetection integration, Thales had provided the French forces with a complete, state-of-the-art biological detection, identification and management capability – SABT (Système d’Alerte Biologique de Théatre), which combines four elements: a bio-laboratory, more than 20 network beacons, CBRN collective protection tents and a CBRN command and control centre which houses the CBRN management soſtware suite.
Innovation and capability Thales invests heavily in research & technology, supported by the French Ministry of Defence and European Defence Agency, as well as by private funding. A major effort is dedicated to developing easy-to-use analysis of complex samples (not limited to aerosol or water) in a deployed laboratory, to identify a large spectrum of biological and chemical agents and toxins. Also, improvement of dispersion algorithms in confined spaces constitutes an important research & technology axis. Also, in collaboration with customers and partners,
Thales is currently developing NBC Architect – a CBRN defence capability management tool. Considering the growing complexity of CBRN defence, combined with the need for army and security forces to improve their cost/efficiency ratio, Thales will soon propose an innovative capability management service in order to help its customers define and manage their CBRN capability and systems. zy
Pierre Tuffigo is CBRNE Bid Manager for Thales Communications & Security. He began his career at the French MoD acquisition agency (DGA: Direction Générale de l’Armement), where he led the R&D programme for the French Integrated CBRN defence system (PERSEIDES).
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