Site Visits From Cranfield University & UKDSE

It's been a busy week here at Richmond with visits from Inoke Veikune of UKDSE, and Professor John Economou of Cranfield University - the site has been buzzing with activity.

Inoke was here for an introduction to Richmond and to see our facilities first-hand. During his two-day visit, he was shown our products including solutions for case entry, monitoring, and disruption.

With Chris Hawthorne MInstRE's instruction, he got hands-on in our range, with live firing of the Vulkan disruptor and deployment of the Rocket Wrench. Chris mocked up a number of scenarios, including a pipe-bomb, and a partially obscured IED.

Inoke Veikune preparing to deploy a Vulkan disruptor in the firing range.

Inoke Veikeune preparing the breech on a Vulkan prior to deployment in the firing range.

Inspecting the dummy device post deployment of the disruptor to assess it effectiveness.

WO2 Inoke Veikune PgDip MinstRE MIExpe working with our Vulkan disruptor in the range at Richmond.

We are pleased that with this training, Inoke will give live demos of both products at the Home Office's Security and Policing event, to be held at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre in March.

Professor John Economou of Cranfield University with some of the engineering team at Richmond, working in the lab.

Prof. Economou has spent two days with our R & D team in the lab and outside flying one of our prototype drones. John is working hard with our team of skilled engineers to embed capabilities in algorithm development to create a novel first-to-market EOD system that allows operators the means to neutralise IEDs and UXBs with reduced deployment time-to-target, terrain challenges, and ground safety hazards.

left to right: Chris Hawthorne (EOD Capability Manager), Lee Norris (Purchasing Manager), Inoke Veikune, Robert Gilbert (Managing Director), Oliver Gilbert (Operations Director) , Nicholas Gilbert (Product Manager)