About Us
Allen Vanguard is a global leader in developing and marketing technologies, tools and training for defeating and minimizing the effects of hazardous devices and materials, whether Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive (CBRNE), including improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and remotely controlled IEDs (RCIEDs).
The company operates in close collaboration with its customers to develop and field solutions for sustainable capability against the evolving threat of hazardous CBRNE devices and materials. Over the years the company has brought to market world leading products such as the Med-EngTM bomb suit and helmet, advanced digital bomb disposal robot systems, Defender and VanguardTM, CASCADTM blast suppression and decontaminating foam, and classified, advanced electronic counter measures (ECM) systems to prevent the detonation of RCIEDs.
Senior staff include world-leading experts, trainers and decorated practitioners in counter-IED and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), with many years of front line experience in theaters of conflict involving thousands of hazardous devices and a deep understanding of evolving threats and tactics. The company’s research, engineering and technical staff include experts in blast mitigation, robotics, chemical-biological agents and decontaminants, and electronic warfare systems.
The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, where it has three office and manufacturing sites. The company has additional Canadian manufacturing facilities in Pembroke and in Stoney Creek, Ontario. In the United States the company has manufacturing operations in Ogdensburg, New York, and sales and service offices in Ashburn, Virginia and Arlington, Virginia. Overseas, Allen Vanguard has manufacturing and sales offices in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, U.K., and additional manufacturing facilities in Kentree, Ireland. The company employs more than 650 staff worldwide. Staff and facilities are cleared for classified programs in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Customers include elite military and civilian security forces in more than 100 countries.
Allen Vanguard is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “VRS”.