WHO WE ARE.
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center) is the primary Department of Defense technical organization for non-medical chemical and biological defense.​​
We possess an unrivaled chemical biological research and development infrastructure with scientists, engineers, technicians and specialists located at four different sites in the United States: Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Pine Bluff, Ark., Rock Island, Ill., and Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.​​
DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center also has a unique role in technology development that cannot be duplicated by private industry or research universities. We foster research, development, testing, and application of technologies for protecting warfighters, first responders and the nation from chemical and biological warfare agents. DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center is currently developing better ways to remotely detect these chemical and biological materials – before the warfighter or first responder ever enters the threat zone. DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center is also developing a new generation of technologies to counter everything from homemade explosives to biological aerosols to traditional and non-traditional chemical hazards.​​
OUR MISSION: Provide innovative chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) defense capabilities to enable the Joint Warfighters’ dominance on the battlefield and interagency defense of the homeland.​​
OUR VISION: To be the Army’s premier research and engineering Center, generating CBRNE solutions for the Army, DoD, the Nation and our Allies.​
DEVCOM CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER WITHIN THE ARMY.
DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center activities span the life cycle of chemical and biological defense research and product development.​
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An organizational grandchild of the original Edgewood Arsenal, DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center has provided chemical and biological solutions to the warfighter for over a century.​
LEADERSHIP.
Mr. Michael Bailey
Director of the DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center
Frederick J. Cox, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Technology
James Watson, Ph.D.
Director of Engineering
Peter Emanuel, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist for Bioengineering
Patricia McDaniel, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist for Chemistry
VISITING US.
PLANNING YOUR VISIT
Visitors should be aware of DEVCOM Chemical Biological Portable Electronic Device (PED) policies and procedures. Information about DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center PED policies are available here.​
VISITOR MAPS
To ensure ease of travel for guests to the DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center, the fully-printable map available at the link below, provides travelers with detailed directions to the five most common destinations within the Center.​
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