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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

27 February 2026 | Issue 374 |  www.counteriedreport.com

Winter 2026 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is out

Winter 2026 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print.


We hope you find this edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine useful and informative and look forward to receiving your comments and feedback.


We would like to thank all organisations and authors of the articles for their support and contribution to the publication.


The next edition, Summer 2026, will be published in June 2026.

For more information please email to:  editorial@deltabusinessmedia.com

LATEST NEWS

UK: Counter terrorism police arrest two people in Hull with ‘potentially suspicious items’ found

 

Anti-personnel mines are back in Europe

 

Syria: Army neutralizes car bomb in Aleppo

 

Cambodia Reaffirms Ottawa Convention Commitments Amid Reports of Anti-Personnel Mines Along Border

 

UK: WWI shell defused in Hungerford

 

Cuba claims that the intercepted boat coming from the US had ‘terrorist purposes’

 

Pakistan: School building damaged in suspected drone strike

 

Michigan: Ionia corrections officer stockpiled 196 guns, explosives and stolen prison munitions

 

Nigeria: ISWAP commander ‘dies from IED planted by his own faction’ in Borno

 

UNODC facilitates regional exchange on strengthening cross-border coordination in countering use of IEDs in the Sahel

 

Syria begins mine clearance at UNESCO-listed Ruwayha site

 

Nigeria: Vehicle damaged in IED explosion in Zamfara

 

Northern Ireland: Fresh appeal for information over couple killed in car bomb in 1990

Thailand: Border patrol police arsenal explodes in Surin

 

Pakistan: Two policemen killed as suicide bomber targets checkpost in Bhakkar


Rising Al-Shabaab threats along Somali-Kenyan border

 

Mexico, a country without drug lords

 

Ukraine: Explosion injures two students at Dnipro school

 

Syria, Ukraine discuss cooperation on landmine clearance

 

Russia: Traffic policeman killed in Moscow blast

 

Ukraine: Explosion at police station in Dnipro classified as terrorist act

 

Mexico: State Attorney General’s Office attacked with drone


Poland prepares to lay mines to defend eastern borders from Russian threat

 

Thailand: Bomb blast targets local military unit in Narathiwat

 

Kenya: Three police officers injured in IED blast in Garissa

 

Ukraine: Explosion in Mykolaiv injures seven police officers



Mexico: Leader of the JNGC killed in security operation

 

South Korea: Presidential Security Service secures US patent for AI-based X-ray detection technology

Ukraine: Police officer killed, 24 people injured in terrorist attack in Lviv

 

Myanmar records world’s highest landmine casualties as conflict intensifies

 

India: IED recovered behind police post in Amritsar


Scotland:Police confirm controlled explosion at Scatsta Airport

 

DR Congo:French soldiers tackling explosive devises in N.Kivu

 

EOD Technicians Prove Arctic Warfare Readiness in Norway

 

Nevada: Car loaded with weapons crashes into power substation in suspected act of terror

 

Somalia: Senior Police officer survives IED blast in Mogadishu

 

UK: Man arrested after explosives found at house in Derbyshire


India: Manipur police recover AK-47, grenades and IEDs

 

A multi-country epidemiological analysis of mortality from landmines and other explosive ordnance

 

Ukraine: Explosion at military enlistment office declared terrorist attack

 

Belgium gives €1.35M to UN mine clearance in Iraq and Syria

 

Myanmar: Civilian injured in IED explosion in Mandalay Region

Demonstrate your technology and training solutions in the Summer (June) 2026 edition of the Counter-IED Report


For more information and to secure your position in the Winter 2026 edition, please call +44 (0) 20 3432 2015 or email us.

FEATURED ARTICLES

THE ROLE OF UGVs IN MODERN WARFARE

By aunav — a registered trademark of EM&E Group for Autonomous Robotic Systems (RAS) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs)

ENHANCING PORTABLE X-RAY IMAGING FOR MODERN EOD, IEDD AND UXO OPERATIONS

By Scanna MSC

QUANTIFYING RESIDUAL RISK IN LAND RELEASE

By Dr Robert Keeley, RK Consulting (EOD) Ltd

8TH EDITION OF THE NATO EOD DEMONSTRATIONS AND TRIALS

By LTC Witold Plezia, project manager, NATO EOD COE

AUNAV.CBRS VEHICLE SAMPLE COLLECTION KIT – ENHANCING SAFE AND EFFICIENT SAMPLE COLLECTION IN HAZARDOUS CBRN ENVIRONMENTS

This is another example of EM&E Group’s commitment to protecting the operator and offering the latest technology in the robotic field.

PRESS RELEASES

SmartRayVision Announces Successful Delivery and Training of 14 Portable X-Ray Systems to the Indonesia National Police


Vidisco Introduces AI Innovation for VEO Software


SmartRayVision Delivers 38 Advanced X-Ray Systems to Support Ukraine’s Security Efforts


Vidisco Announces US Patent Award


New ‘Bomb Robots’ boost Queensland Police Service safety response capability


Scanna Expands Portfolio with Acquisition of VisiConsult’s VCsecurity Business


SmartRayVision – New AI Image Processing


Vidisco reveals its unique portable digital X-Ray systems for the accurate detection of live ammunition in EOD, while maintaining the safety of forces in the field

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Counter-IED Report editorial team invites government bodies, intergovernmental organisations, army personnel, researchers, academics and industry experts to submit their articles, case studies or white papers for publication. For editorial guidelines, please visit: www.counteriedreport.com/editorial


Articles submission deadlines: 

Summer 2026:  

Abstract: 27 March 2026

Full article: 15 May 2026  

Publication date: 29 June 2026

Autumn 2026: 

Abstract: 31 July 2026

Full article: 10 September 2026

Publication date: 27 October 2026

Winter 2027:

Abstract: 20 November 2026

Full article: 15 January 2027

Publication date: 25 February 2027

Abstracts and articles should be submitted by email to: editorial@deltabusinessmedia.com
 
*Fees apply for publication of articles submitted by commercial and for-profit organisations. All articles are subject to editor's approval.

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