Collected Articles - Some More in Depth Reading
Blast Mitigation in Public Places
By definition, it is hard to prevent an explosive device from being brought into a public space. Intelligence, monitoring, and CCTV with facial recognition all have an important role in prevention, but should a device detonate then physical protection measures are required.
Never Mind the Bollards: Hostile Vehicle Mitigation
Hostile Vehicle Mitigation is the umbrella term to cover a range of technologies, such as bollards and barriers, for stopping vehicles and the design and procedural changes that influence the speed and direction of potential attacks to make them less effective.
Landmines: All You Never Wanted to Know
Over the years, Steve Holland of SJH Projects has been involved in many projects connected with landmines, which has resulted in a collection of useful data and resources. The intention of the content below is to use this experience to provide a primer for some of the issues and terms relating to landmines.
Blast Resistant Baggage Containers - What Happened?
In an article written for LinkedIn, the development and testing of a blast resistant aircraft baggage container is discussed. Initiated as a result of the Lockerbie bomb, the development process is shown with some discussion on what happened to this technology.
Making Brain Waves
In an article written for LinkedIn the background and testing of the Frangible Surrogate Head is discussed. This focuses on adding instrumentation to measure intracranial pressure waves across the brain as a means of comparing protection equipment.
Walking the Antarctic: Ed Stafford
We can now tell the story of a project that in the end didn’t come off. How and why will be familiar story to those trying to get such ventures off the ground, but the work and research undertaken was challenging and has provided a legacy that is being used today.
Coldest Journey: Arctic Sweden Field Trials
In January 2012 a large team travelled to the Arctic Circle in Sweden to field test a wide range of equipment and to run the selection of the two driver/mechanics required for the expedition. This was for planned Winter Crossing of Antarctica with Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
