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Site Visits From Cranfield University & UKDSE

Updated: Apr 24

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.



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.


Four engineers in an electronics lab, discussing a project they are working on.
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.


A row of 6 men standing behind some EOD neutralisation equipment.
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)

The BSi kitemark on an ISO 9001:2015 quality management systems emblem

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