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Edgewood Chemical
Biological Center

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U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
Chemical Biological Center

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
Chemical Biological Center

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A chemical specialist from Nevada’s 455th Chemical Brigade operates a Black Hornet drone during a chemical agent detection exercise at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The Soldier touchpoint event utilized the prototypes in a scenario where operators had to detect simulated chemicals with the drone’s onboard sensors. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White.)

Soldiers Provide Input on Microsensor Tech Developed in Partnership with ROK

Caption: Tanner Fuselier, a DEVCOM CBC chemist at Aberdeen Proving Ground Edgewood, Maryland, sets up one of the hand molds used for the Glove as a Glove initiative, preparing a mold that will accommodate multiple pads to be used for measuring permeation testing of a Soldier‘s battle-worn glove. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White.)

“Glove as a Glove,” The New Way to Get Hands-On With Testing

The Autonomous Equipment Decontamination System has been demonstrated at several exercises, including the recent Maneuver Support Protection Integration Experiments (MSPIX) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri in May 2024 and Chemical Biological Operational Analysis event held at Camp Dawson, West Virginia in August 2023 (shown in image).

DEVCOM CBC Innovates and Integrates through Autonomous Technologies

SOCOM operator using F-FAST in the dark during Arctic Edge 24 inside a permafrost tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska.

Identifying Pathogens in the Field with F-FAST

Attendees at NCT USA 2024 pose for a group shot on the exhibition floor, where several booths from industry and government were available for discussion and future collaboration. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)

DEVCOM CBC Co-Hosts 2024 NCT USA Conference

Who We Are

We are the nation’s principal research and development resource for non-medical chem-bio (CB) defense.

What We Do

We couple basic science with engineering and field support to put new tools in the field faster.

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Why We Do it

We do all of this to keep the Warfighter, the nation, and the world safe from chem-bio threats now and in the future.