Supported by Royal Thai Border Police
11-15 December 2023
NCT PRO Outline
NCT PRO Challenge Asia is the result of three years of development of a training concept for Southeast Asia. The original multi-country event changed due to COVID restrictions to a single one-week training event which was adapted to a full two-week training event with RTA SOU and international participants.
The week is organized around scenarios with multiple missions in each scenario. This would work like the following example: a VIP protection mission turns into a CBRN incident when the principal is attacked with an unknown substance and the operators need to safeguard their principal, use basic CBRN decontamination and other counter measures and exfiltrate the area. The follow up mission is the CBRN unit responsible for sampling and the forensic investigation.
NCT PRO Challenge is a public-private cooperation initiative and industry is invited to provide new technology to try, test and evaluate during the trainings. However, the training missions and training the teams is the primary objective of NCT PRO Challenge.
Teams at NCT PRO Challenge 2022
NCT PRO Challenge Asia will continue to invite regional and international teams. Currently the following teams are scheduled to join:
- Royal Thai Army Special Operations Unit
- Royal Thai Army Mine Action Center
- Royal Thai Army Chemical Department
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US Airforce EOD
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US Army AFRRI
- ROK Army CBRN (Korea)
- Philippines Join Special Operations Group
- Philippines Police Bomb Data Center
- Malaysia: combined team Army/Police
In addition, observers from other ASEAN countries will participate in the observer program of the event.
Mission set at NCT PRO Challenge 2022
Social media threat leads to suspected anthrax lab.
- Conduct a Reconnaissance mission in a CBRN environment
- Report CBRN Relevant intel to Command
- Use of decontamination equipment and procedures
A hotel worker notifies authorities following suspicious activity inside a hotel room. Worker suspects it is related to the manufacturing of drugs and or bombs.
- Operate Recon Missions in a CBRN environment
- Report CBRN relevant intel to Command
- Use of detection equipment
- Use of decontamination equipment and procedures
A defector from North Korea (Government official) is visiting Hua Hin for a family vacation. As they fall under a protection programme, a local team has been asked to secure their living quarters and to escort the VIP to their room.
- Conduct a sweeping search of the room in question
- Escort and remove the VIP whilst neutralizing threat.
Hotel Security notifies authorities that a small Kayak has been found on their beachfront. It is thought the boat was delivered during the night.
- Conduct Reconnaissance mission
- Report relevant intelligence to Command
- Use of Detection equipment
- Use of Decontamination Equipment and Procedures
Reports have come in to the authorities that the Malay-Muslim secessionist insurgency in the province of Pattani has developed a “dirty bomb”. Suspicion is that they will target a tourist resort popular with Thai tourists. Security at a hotel in Hua Hin notices that a moped is parked near a grassy area of the parking lot, where no mopeds were previously seen.
- Conduct Reconnaissance mission
- Report relevant information to command
- Use of detection equipment
- Use of Decontamination Equipment and Procedures
A threat has come in that a terrorist cell active in the Thai Province of Yala was experimenting with making “dirty bombs”. As the Police approached, the device detonated, and there might be casualties left in the area.
- Conduct CBRN Reconnaissance
- Report relevant CBRN intelligence to Command
- Use of Detection equipment
- Use of Decontamination equipment and procedures
A father and daughter have been poisoned with a possible nerve agent, possibly even a 4th generation agent. They have been found in a park and both the criminal investigation and the treatment of the family would be helped with finding out what agent was used.
- Conduct CBRN Reconnaissance
- Report relevant CBRN intelligence to Command
- Find any chemical hazards
- Take samples
- Use of Decontamination equipment and procedures
Area of operations at NCT PRO Challenge 2022
NCT PRO eXperience will take place in Hua Hin, Thailand at the Royal Thai Border Police Naresuan Base.
How does it work?
The start of your participation in NCT PRO is a chat with your NCT Consultants account manager. Together you look which of your products and technologies would fit best in the different missions and scenarios and what sponsorship package fits you best. In preparation for the booking, you may request a copy of the Training Plan to read the detailled briefing packs for the missions.
Equipment sponsor options per scenario
| Equipment Type | Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Scenario 3 | Scenario 4 | Scenario 5 | Scenario 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPE (CBRN) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PPE (EOD) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| X-Ray / Scan | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Detection (explosive) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Detection (bio) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Detection Solids (bio) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Detection vapor (chem) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Detection liquid (Chem) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Detection Standoff (Chem) | ||||||
| Analysis/Identification | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Detection (rad) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Medical | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| UAV/UGV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Impressions from past NCT
NCT Sponsors 2023
Media Partners
Schedule at NCT PRO Challenge 2022
| Day | Time | NCT PRO Challenge Program | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| week before | Dedicated SOF Training (not public) | Hua Hin | |
| Monday | Afternoon | NCT PRO Briefing (Companies only) | Sheraton Hua Hin |
| Tuesday - Thursday | all day | NCT PRO Challenge Training | Royal Thai Border Police Naresuan Base and the Sheraton Hua Hin. |
| Friday | Morning | NCT PRO Challenge | Royal Thai Border Police Naresuan Base and the Sheraton Hua Hin. |
| Friday | Afternoon | PRO Challenge Certificate Ceremony | Sheraton Hua Hin. |
| Friday | Evening | BBQ Dinner for all | Hua Hin |