Elements of the Joint Deployable Exploitation and Analysis Laboratory (JDEAL), which was developed by 13 participating countries under the auspices of the European Defence Agency (EDA), have been deployed away from its headquarters in Soesterberg (The Netherlands) for the first time.
The Laboratory’s light deployable capabilities were used during Exercise Interdict from 6 to 14 June 2016 at the National Training Centre of “San Gregorio” (Zaragoza), Spain.
12 experts from Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Canada deployed to Zaragoza with the Laboratory. During the exercise many technical functionalities were tested including forensic analysis, triage of improvised explosive devices, command & control, and media, documentary and cell exploitation. In one instance, during a live exercise (LIVEX), JDEAL processed materiel artifacts and traces extracted from 20 different simulated IED events.
The JDEAL’s Spanish Deputy Commander, Major Victor Mariño, stressed the challenge represented by the first deployment of both multinational personnel and laboratory equipment and concluded that the facility had passed its first test.
Since 2014 the JDEAL programme has been developed within the framework of the EDA with The Netherlands as Lead Nation. JDEAL has 13 contributing Member States: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sweden as well as Norway. The Laboratory will be deployed for a second time this upcoming autumn in Exercise Bison Counter in Sweden.
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