Release point of the simulated chemical attack was positioned 2,6 km away from the CBRN reconnaissance unit. Beautiful warm air and blue sky made it just a perfect day at Base Jaime I in Valencia. Perfect for chemical observation. Landscape full of trees, bushes and with some electrical poles changed state from ideal to impossible. Well. Almost impossible. Very narrow spaces and openings in the vegetation presented very few measuring paths not wider than 2 mRad from the Recce Unit’s perspective. Clandestine operation. You are unable to send a UAS not to be exposed. What do You do? Inability to come closer or find better position left only two options. Sit in full gear and wait or use those narrow openings. Landscape cut out tiny usable windows on the horizon. Small gaps that made any big and dense cloud look like small patches of dangerous vapor scattered in the far distance. Two simulants were used. One to represent Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) and one to simulate toxic industrial chemical (TIC). In one scenario mixed together.
A unique scenario created for us by an experienced Regimiento de Defensa NBQ of Spanish Armed Forces was designed to create an obstacles one can truly expect to face on the battlefield. Stress was put on assessing all advantages of active detection technology. Ability to detect small amounts of vapors from far far away. Capability to identify gasses and to use even narrow passages for long range chemical reconnaissance. However hard the scenarios were we have to agree with NBQ that only bringing the technology to the edge will show its true qualities. Demo was prepared very professionally with a great support and help during the trials itself. NBQ Defense Regiment not only had professional observers on the release site but observed every detail and each step SEC Technologies team took.
Performance in the scenario outdone even our own expectations. Chemical standoff detector Falcon 4G reliably and quickly detected vapors in tiny quantities as well as correctly identified both used chemicals. Scenario that seemed like an opportunity for unobserved chemical strike turned out to be another safe zone if protected by active chemical standoff detection device. We are happy to protect warfighters in all impossible situations.
We are very grateful that Spanish Armed Forces gave us this opportunity to test our Falcon detector in harsh conditions.
