CBRNe Threat Detection and Monitoring System: Advanced Prototype

Thales Italia has developed an advanced prototype of a CBRNe (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and explosives) Threat Detection & Monitoring System that features beacons embedding innovative smart sensors, integrating CMOS chip microsensors and exploiting Wideband Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy technology. Each beacon is in the form of lab-on-a-chip already inclusive of electronic acquisition and pre-processing of the signal coming from the sensors with high sensitivity and selectivity, high miniaturization and low unit costs. Through a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) of beacons there will be significant reduction of false alarms while using the sensors on-the-field, with synchronous detection of CBRNe threats and with minimal training requirements. Automatic data transfer to a Command Centre equipped with ESTHER software will eventually lead to data fusion and real-time visualization of geo-referenced alarms for interactive decision-support in both detect-to-warn and detect-to-treat scenarios.