5 June The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a contract to biotechnology company Novavax to deliver Covid-19 vaccine. The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Enabling Biotechnologies will grant up to $60m fund to support the production of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate NVX‑CoV2373. The company will work with …

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4 June The US Army is aiming to make a Covid-19 vaccine available by the end of this year. Army Medical Research and Development Command Commander Army brigadier General Michael Talley said the target is to start human testing in late summer with widespread distribution next year. Currently, more than 700 Army scientists, researchers and …

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3 June FLIR Systems EST screening system A700 EST-IS has been deployed at the Pentagon to support the fight against Covid-19. The system features the FLIR A700 thermal imaging camera and will screen visitors at the Pentagon Visitor Center in Washington DC for higher than expected skin temperatures. The company is also in talks with …

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France’s Eurosatory has been cancelled, along with most other defence events and military exercises, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Berenice Baker finds out how organisers, exhibitors and attendees are mitigating the impact of event cancellations. The Covid-19 outbreak had already established a deadly foothold in France before the World Health Organisation declared it a pandemic …

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2 June The US Department of Defense’s (DOD) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) programme has supported 13 partner nations with Covid-19 mitigation assistance. The requests for aid totalled about $2.9m. The programme is also supporting foreign partner requests for assistance ranging from information and subject matter expertise to diagnostics support and personal protective equipment. It is …

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1 June French defence contractor Naval Group has announced that it is set to return to pre-crisis levels of industrial and operational activities. The company is implementing a gradual and controlled resumption of production activities within a “strict sanitary framework”. It also noted that several key milestones have been reached despite facing slow down in …

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In an interview with Italian Magazine Formiche, the country’s defence minister Lorenzo Guerini said he was committed to the F-35 programme despite calls to postpone the purchase of the jets to pay for the response to Covid-19. The country’s Five Star Party has called for the government to cut defence spending and pausing the F-35 …

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29 May The US Department of Defence Military Health System has turned its focus on exploring the psychological impacts of Covid-19 on health care workers, service members, veterans, civilians and their families. The pandemic has affected several facets of society and changed how people live and interact. This has caused some to experience stress, anxiety, …

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Following investment from Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster, Patriot One CEO Martin Cronin explained to Army Technology how threat detection tools can be repurposed to help detect cases of Covid-19. Under the CAD4.5 million co-investment, Patriot One is developing the capabilities of its PATSCAN VRS system, which was originally designed for detecting weapons and aggressive behaviour. …

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Denel Dynamics is leading Project Sabela to design and manufacture local ventilators to support the treatment of the coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in public and private hospitals. Under the project, two ventilators have completed the design and layout phases. The simulation exercises to test the efficacy of the two ventilator projects are expected to commence soon. …

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