Army Marks 10-Year Anniversary of Syrian Chemical Agent Destruction
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – August 18, 2024 marks 10 years since an international effort allowed a team of demilitarization experts from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) to safely destroy 1,300 tons of Syrian chemical warfare material at sea. It was late December…
DEVCOM CBC Celebrates 10-Year Syrian Chemical Weapons Destruction Anniversary
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) celebrated the tenth anniversary of its historic destruction of the Syrian declared chemical agent stockpile aboard ship in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea in a ceremony at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland…
Soldiers Test Drive Autonomous Equipment Decontamination System at MSPIX 24
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — The best way to find out if a new car is right for you is to take it for a spin. When it comes to a new way to decontaminate military vehicles using mobile robotic technology, the same holds true. Take a seat at the…
DEVCOM CBC Partners with High School STEM Team to Solve Droughts
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently finished an educational partnership with a group of high school students from Arizona. CBC scientists supported the students with their research on methods to prevent megadroughts through innovative water harvesting methods. The educational…
DEVCOM CBC – 2023 Year in Review
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center highlights its accomplishments for 2023 in this edition of The Year in Review. In this document, you will read about our unwavering commitment to CBRNE defense research and engineering solutions supporting the warfighter and our nation. In these pages, you…
Coffee with Colleagues, Soldiers Provide CBC with Firsthand Feedback
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) hosted their annual Coffee with Colleagues event this past May, where the Center’s experts shared their ongoing projects and scientific findings. The event was intended to give SMEs extra practice in presenting their…
DEVCOM CBC Microbiologist Wins STEM Achievement Award
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – For the second year in a row, an employee from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) received the Joseph D. Wienand STEM Excellence Award at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) CBRN Conference & Expo held at the Baltimore…
West Point Cadets Benefit from Half Century of Explosives Experience
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – Five West Point cadets traveled to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center’s (DEVCOM CBC) Aberdeen Proving Ground research campus in Maryland to learn about pyrotechnics and explosives chemistry from 50-year pyrotechnics and explosives research and development veteran Joseph Domanico on a…
Prototypes Come to Life in MakerSpace Challenge
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) wrapped up its Center-wide MakerSpace Challenge to encourage the use of the lab’s unique capabilities. The four-weeklong competition pitted the CBC workforce’s potential mission-related prototypes against each other, all while leveraging the various…
DEVCOM CBC Cuts Ribbon on Expanded Biomanufacturing Facility
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Pentagon senior leaders and Harford County Executive Robert Cassilly joined U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) leaders in cutting the ribbon on the Center’s newly renovated and expanded Biomanufacturing Pilot Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground in a ceremony on June…