The Vth International Conference on Forensic Study of Weapons will take place at the Saratov State University from October, 11 till October, 13th, 2011. SBC Company is one of the conference organizers. The conference will present reports on actual problems of forensic examination of firearms, ammunition and marks and impressions left on fired bullets and cartridge cases.
Conference Topics
1.Forensic Examination of Firearms, Ammunition and Marks and Impressions Left on Fired Bullets and Cartridge Cases.
2. Problems of Firearms Identification.
3.Forensic Examination of Explosive Devices.
4.Physical and Chemical Methods of Investigation of Gunshot and Explosion Residues.
5.Modern Tendencies of Firearms and Ammunition Development.
For participation in conference it is necessary to fill in the registration form and to send it on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it till July, 1st, 2011. Details...
April 2011 - SBC company has been invited and actively participated in the The Odyssey projects final dissemination event, held at the Royal Military Academy headquarters in Brussels. The main goal of the Odyssey Project is the development of a secure interoperable platform for automated information analysis to combat organized crime and terrorism
At the meeting spoke the Project coordinator Simeon Yates and representatives of organizations-members of the Odyssey Project consortium, who described the basic problems and results in project implementation and researches, presented the ballistics intelligence platform's third prototype, substantiate the need for further work in this area, and also discussed the formation of new EU Internal Security Strategy.
March 2011 - SBC company publishes a preview of the scientific article in the international on-line journal «The Forensic Technology Review», devoted to the latest technologies, equipment and services available to forensic units worldwide. http://www.forensics-news.com/report1/
March 2011 - SBC company won the tender to supply three systems POISC-U in the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, Moldova.
February-March 2011 - Preliminary works on interoperability of recorded images databases on a system of TAIS with the recorded images databases on the system POISC. Positive results were achieved.
February 2011 - SBC company has been certified in the Bureau of Central Contractor Registration (CCR) of U.S. federal government and in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). The company also received a number of the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS).
February 2011, St. Petersburg – The researches on highlighting the striations(marks) on fired bullet images have been done recently. Highly interesting and applicable results have been achieved. Details...
January 2011, St. Petersburg – The new article "Trace and mark examination features on deformed bullets in firearm identification" has been placed on our site.
January 2011, St. Petersburg – Researches connected with estimation of possibilities of the automated determination of type and manufacturer of ammunition by the computerized description of physical features and measurement of the sizes of a fired bullet have been done. Details...
November-December 2010, Moscow – SBC company have successfully been tested our new version of POISC system (V2). It took place in the forensic center of Ministry of Interior of Russian Federation. Details...
December 2010, St. Petersburg – workshop with the representatives of Ministry of Justice. "New approaches to the forensic examination"
December 2010, St. Petersburg – workshop with representatives of St. Petersburg and Volgograd Universities of Ministry of Internal Affairs on the organization of training and computer classes on (for) forensic ballistics.
November 2010, St. Petersburg – workshop with representatives of the Forensic Science Center of Ministry of Internal Affairs on integration of POISC BIS into the forensic laboratories in Russia.
November 2010, 9-12, Paphos Cyprus - ENFSI WG FA/GSR ANNUAL MEETING 2010
Representatives of the SBC Company take part in the meeting as an exhibitor, visit all events of the scientific program and present two reports: "New Methods and Facilities of Research of Bullets, Cartridge Cases and Identification Marks of Firearms" and "New Approaches and some ways of Problem Solving on Integration Databases and the Data Sources used for Ballistic Identification of Firearms".
October, 28-29, St. Petersburg - On the basis of the Foreign Department of the St. Petersburg State University of Ministry of Internal Affairs the SBC Company has organized a workshop with the representatives of the investigation departments of the CIS countries on the topic: "Using the results of ballistic examination in the investigative activities of police agencies."
