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STANDEX Program Detects Explosives In Real Time, NATO Says

Gally Articola

Friday, November 8th, 2013

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The development and test phase of the NATO-Russia Stand-off Detection of Explosives (STANDEX) program is complete, NATO officials said. Four years of cooperation on STANDEX between NATO and Russian scientists has cost $6.4 million in funds from the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program and by national contributions from the United States, British, French, Italian, Russian, and Turkish governments. The project could help Russia and NATO allies prevent terrorist attacks such as those carried out against public transportation systems in…

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