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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

September 12th, 2024

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

September 12th, 2024

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

September 5th, 2024

The family of the late George Collins gather at DEVCOM CBC’s Hall of Fame display following his induction ceremony in May 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
DEVCOM CBC Honors Newest Inductees to Hall of Fame

September 3rd, 2024

Eighth and ninth grade STEM instructors Catilin Meador (left) and Sistina Martin (right) experience day-to-day life as an Army biological researcher during their mentorship at DEVCOM CBC’s Toxicology Lab at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. (U.S. Army photo by Parker Martin)
From Classroom to DEVCOM CBC, Teachers Participate in AEOP RESET

August 23rd, 2024

Army Marks 10-Year Anniversary of Syrian Chemical Agent Destruction

August 18th, 2024

Standing in front of the FDHS system from left to right are DEVCOM CBC Research & Operations Director Dr. Frederick Cox, DTRA Director Rebecca Hersman, CBARR Operations Director Timothy Blades, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, DEVCOM CBC Director Michael Bailey and DEVCOM CBC Engineering Director Dr. James Watson.
DEVCOM CBC Celebrates 10-Year Syrian Chemical Weapons Destruction Anniversary

August 15th, 2024

Soldiers Test Drive Autonomous Equipment Decontamination System at MSPIX 24

August 12th, 2024

A member of the Water Warriors machines down a part for their next generation of prototype utilizing the MOF-801 material acquired from DEVCOM CBC capitalizing off their in-action grant from the Army Educational Outreach Program.
DEVCOM CBC Partners with High School STEM Team to Solve Droughts

July 30th, 2024

DEVCOM CBC – 2023 Year in Review

July 23rd, 2024

Colonel James Polak, DEVCOM CBC Military Deputy, and Major Jason Slone, MS CDID CWMD Integration Officer, take in Coffee with Colleagues and pose questions to the participants. (U.S. Army photo by Parker Martin)
Coffee with Colleagues, Soldiers Provide CBC with Firsthand Feedback

July 12th, 2024

U.S. Army Brigadier General (retired) William King, Chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) CBRN Division, presents Sarah Katoski with her Joseph D. Wienand STEM Excellence Award at the NDIA CBRN Conference & Expo held at the Baltimore Convention Center, Maryland. (U.S. Army photo by Parker Martin)
DEVCOM CBC Microbiologist Wins STEM Achievement Award

June 28th, 2024

DEVCOM CBC explosives chemistry expert Joseph Domanico explains to a group of West Point cadets how smoke obscurants are used on the battlefield during a field trip on June 4. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White.)
West Point Cadets Benefit from Half Century of Explosives Experience

June 24th, 2024

Curtis Kreuziger (left) tests out a 3D printed maintenance tool for the M53A1 protective mask he designed for the MakerSpace challenge alongside Bradley Ruprecht (right), engineering technician and MakerSpace lead. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White.)
Prototypes Come to Life in MakerSpace Challenge

June 18th, 2024

Officials gathered on June 12, 2024 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. to cut the ribbon and open the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) Biomanufacturing Facility. (From left to right, Dr. James Watson, Director of Engineering, DEVCOM CBC; Dr. Patricia McDaniel, Army Senior Research Scientist for Chemistry, DEVCOM CBC; Dr. Rick Cox, Director of Research and Operations, DEVCOM CBC; BG John Cushing, Commanding General, DEVCOM; Mr. Robert Cassilly, County Executive, Harford County, Maryland; Mr. Michael Bailey, Director, DEVCOM CBC; Mr. Michael Holthe, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Dr. Kelly Basi, Biomanufacturing Branch Chief, DEVCOM CBC; Dr. Peter Emanuel, Deputy Principal Director for the Office of Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Development.) (U.S. Army Photo by Parker Martin.)
DEVCOM CBC Cuts Ribbon on Expanded Biomanufacturing Facility

June 12th, 2024

DEVCOM CBC biologist Priscilla Lee discusses a chemical agent response scenario with Marine Staff Sergeant Dalton Louks. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
Developers, Warfighters Come Together at DTRA Demonstration

June 10th, 2024

A CBARR field team performing remediation and destruction of recovered chemical munitions in the field.
Bioweapons Field Guide for Recovered Munitions to Fill Knowledge Gap

May 30th, 2024

Army Lab Supports Four-Legged Warfighters in Explosive Detection

May 22nd, 2024

DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center biologist Priscilla Lee evaluates 3D-printed human dermal fibroblasts on plate designed to hold bioprinted skin.
Scientist Uses Seed Money Grant to Launch Skin Printing Research

May 16th, 2024

Dr. Danielle Kuhn, Acting Chief of DEVCOM CBC’s Smoke and Target Defeat Branch, visited the National Training Center to witness obscurant demonstrations and engage with the warfighter. (U.S. Army photo by Dr. Danielle Kuhn)
National Training Center Visit Inspires Army Scientist

May 1st, 2024

Michael Bailey, DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center Director (left), and Daniel Diermeier, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University (right), conducted an Educational Partnership Agreement signing ceremony at the VU campus on March 28, 2024. Also participating in the ceremony were Padma Raghavan, VU Vice Provost for Research and Innovation (far left) and Dr. Eric Moore, DEVCOM Deputy to the Commanding General (far right).
DEVCOM CBC Partners with Vanderbilt University in Educational Agreement

April 16th, 2024

Research chemist Dr. Brian Hauck and biologist Melissa Dixon set up a vapor generator to test one of the ChROMa samples by exposing it to ammonium hydroxide vapor. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
DEVCOM CBC Researchers Explore 3D Printed Sensors

April 9th, 2024

Gold Star Wife Returns to Army Base Where She Met Late Husband

April 5th, 2024

DEVCOM CBC Biologist Priscilla Lee, Research Biologist Dylan Fudge and Branch Chief of Rapid Technology and Inspection, Rick Moore received NMTC Visionary Award during the Visionary Awards Gala on February 29, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
DEVCOM CBC Employees Recognized as Visionaries by Northeastern Maryland Technology Council

April 3rd, 2024

Members of a NATO Research Task Group from six countries completed their four-year collaborative research effort on field sensor enhancement with a laboratory demonstration at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland March 7. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
NATO Researchers Hold Lab Field Trial with DEVCOM CBC Scientists

April 2nd, 2024

Dr. Eric Moore presented Dr. James Watson with the SES certificate during Watson’s SES Induction Ceremony held at DEVCOM CBC on January 18, 2024, recognizing him as the Center’s newest Engineering Director. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
Dr. James Watson Inducted into SES Corps

January 19th, 2024

DEVCOM CBC public affairs specialist Dr. Brian Feeney, research chemist Dr. Alan Samuels, and research toxicologist Dr. Jennifer Sekowski received the Army’s 2023 Major General Harold J. Greene Award for Acquisition Writing during the Army’s Annual Acquisition Awards Ceremony held at the Pentagon on January 9, 2024. The awards were presented by the Honorable Douglas R. Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, and Lieutenant General Robert M. Collins, Principal Military Deputy to ASA (ALT). (U.S. Army photo by Rick Arndt)
DEVCOM CBC Team Earns Top Honors in Army Acquisition Writing Competition

January 12th, 2024

The solar EV chargers, supplied by the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, were installed at DEVCOM CBC to complete the first phase of the master plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 using carbon pollution-free electricity. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
DEVCOM CBC Leads Way in Clean Energy Infrastructure

December 21st, 2023

A U.S. Army Provost Marshal General and Army Corrections Command, Commanding General, Major General Duane R. Miller and DEVCOM CBC Director Mr. Michael Bailey sign an MOA to enable CBC scientists to provide training for U.S. Army MWD during the 2023 AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition on October 9. (U.S. Army photo by Heather Roelker)
Army Lab Completes Agreement to Support Military Working Dog Training

December 5th, 2023

Repurposed Technology Could Help Protect Soldiers

November 14th, 2023

DEVCOM CBC employees, lead engineering technician Gregory Walton and industrial engineer Stella Lee, volunteer at APG STEM Day to teach young scouts and the local community about coding and programming in the STEM field by helping participants guide the Sphero BOLT Coding Robots through various obstacle courses at Aberdeen Proving Ground on September 30, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Aeriel Storey)
Army Scientists and Engineers Volunteer at APG STEM Day

November 7th, 2023

Army Researchers Receive Patent for Pocket-Sized Chemical and Biological Assessment Kit

October 31st, 2023

Mr. Michael Bailey, DEVCOM CBC Director, and Ed Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, complete the establishment of an EPA during a signing ceremony at the JHU campus in Baltimore, MD on September 11, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
Army Laboratory Partners with Johns Hopkins University in Educational Agreement

October 19th, 2023

Caitlin Sharpes and Dakota Discepolo, contracted scientists at DEVCOM CBC under the Olfactory Sciences Team, discuss the Working Dog Advanced Threat Assessment System with Ronald Colbeck, Supervisory Police Officer Kennel Master, and Nicholas Vertz, Police K-9 Handler, from the U.S. Army Installation Management Command. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
U.S. Army Explosives Forensics Stakeholders Meet to Collaborate on Future Defense Capabilities

October 12th, 2023

Attendees at the NCT USA conference expo, co-sponsored by DEVCOM CBC, networked and shared industry knowledge across organizations. (Photo by NCT Consultants)
DEVCOM CBC Co-Sponsors NCT USA Conference to Foster CBRNe Defense Innovation

September 22nd, 2023

The DoD’s HBCU/MI Summer Research Program members toured the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense. From left to right are Luke Barnett, Jordan Mack, Cynthia Mirzaie, Gregory Ige, Ashley Fru, Christian Betters, Tekiyah Brewley, Aryanna Jones, Deborah Rosenblum, Brandi Vann, Tahiyah Brinkley, Jacqueline Ortiz, and Sabien Sykes. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense)
Army Lab Hosts HBCU/MI Interns, Fellows Under DOD Program

September 1st, 2023

DEVCOM CBC biologist Alena Calm received the Joseph D. Wienand NDIA CBRN Division STEM Excellence Award at the NDIA CBRN Defense Conference in Baltimore, Maryland on July 26, 2023. (Photo by NDIA)
Army Biologist Recognized for Commitment to Community and STEM Outreach

August 30th, 2023

Employee Spotlight: JD Severtson

July 31st, 2023

Stella Lee, a DEVCOM CBC program engineer, teaches children and families about air pressure by demonstrating its effects on a marshmallow at the Magic of Science Fair and Family Festival on June 10. (U.S. Army photo by Aeriel Storey)
DEVCOM CBC Volunteers Promote STEM at Local Science Festival

July 18th, 2023

Read about the DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center’s accomplishments for 2022 in this edition of The Year in Review. You will see how the Center built upon its 105-year history to maintain and enhance its unique position conducting innovative CBRNE defense research. The year saw many new initiatives that support the warfighter and help protect the nation.
DEVCOM CBC 2022 Year in Review

July 12th, 2023

DEVCOM CBC Solutions Showcased at DTRA Technology Event

June 26th, 2023

The DoD’s HBCU/MI Summer Research Program interns Sabien Sykes, Omari Jones, Aryanna Jones, Tahiyah Brinkley, Ashley Fru, Jordan Mack, Tekiyah Brewley, and Jacqueline Mendoza Ortiz hear about DEVCOM CBC’s mission and capabilities during their orientation at the Center’s William Klein Auditorium. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
DEVCOM CBC Mentors the Next Generation of Scientists

June 16th, 2023

Sergeant First Class Johnny Roberts learns about the Center’s Array Configured of Remote Network Sensors interface for military unmanned aerial vehicles from Mike Mays, Robotics Integration Team Lead at the Advanced Design and Manufacturing lab. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White).
Bridging the Gap Between Science and the Battlefield

May 24th, 2023

Major General Edmond ‘Miles’ Brown administers the Oath of Office to Michael Bailey as his wife, Deborah Bailey, holds the Bible during the Assumption of Responsibility Ceremony held at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) on May 18, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Ellie White)
Bailey Reaffirms Oath as DEVCOM CBC Director

May 18th, 2023

Erich Riedlmeier, Matt Thiess, and Chris Powell of MESH, Inc. are SBIR performers exercising software enabled dual-use long wave infrared security cameras known as
DEVCOM CBC Team Supports Data Collection Event in Alaska

May 10th, 2023

Attendees examine a commercial-off-the-shelf chemical sensing puck alongside the WILE-E 3.0 Modular Deployable CBRN Microsensor Concept Puck used during a Deployable CBRN Microsensor Integration Experiment at Aberdeen Proving Ground. (U.S. Army Photo by Michael Phillips)
Army Innovators Prototype Deployable Microsensors Concept

May 1st, 2023

Emerging Technologies from DEVCOM CBC are Forefront at MSSPIX

April 26th, 2023

Chemist and Philanthropist Sue Procell Retires After 43-Year Career

April 21st, 2023

A military vehicle undergoes testing and demonstration of a protective overcoating using sample panels during a demonstration in 2022.
Protective Overcoats Could Improve Vehicle Decontamination

April 10th, 2023

Lennox Brown and Shelby Bartram test the functionality of the equipment inside an Analytical Laboratory Systems Modified Work Order mobile laboratory at a DEVCOM CBC facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground before clearing the system for deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Ellie White)
DEVCOM CBC Provides National Guard with Upgraded Mobile Labs

April 5th, 2023

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