Recovery capability leads to increased support around the world for CBARR
The Chemical Biological Application and Risk Reduction (CBARR) Business unit of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Chemical and Biological (RDECOM C&B) Center specializes in performing chemical and biological operations worldwide. CBARR’s broad range of capabilities has allowed the organization to conduct chemical weapon destruction operations, environmental monitoring…
Groundbreaking Research Shows Potential to Detect Opioid Exposure
By looking at biomarkers in blood, scientists may be able to diagnose low-level opioid exposure as long as two weeks after the event, according to groundbreaking research at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (RDECOM ECBC). These findings, presented in a paper by research…
Porton Man Does the Dirty Work
The partnership with the U.K.’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is part of a larger effort to share information for the good of the bilateral chemical and biological defense community and the warfighter, expanding knowledge and capabilities for both nations. THE NEED Currently, the Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit…
The summer of STEM at RDECOM C&B Center
Through the JSTI program, students are mentored by Department of Defense scientists at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Chemical & Biological (RDECOM C&B) Center. Funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the program grants opportunities to students from as far away as Guam and as nearby…
Science teachers work alongside Army researchers to hone laboratory skills
The Joint Science and Technology Institute is a residential research experience, funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The two-week STEM-intensive program at the RDECOM C&B Center took teachers out of the classroom and into the labs with the opportunity to experience real-world laboratory science and gain practical knowledge…
RDECOM C&B Team Trains U.S. Soldiers Abroad
The 23rd CBRN BN had the opportunity to refine their skills while also receiving advanced instruction in other areas such as lab processes. Warfighters improved their recognition of chemical and biological agent production processes through the training, which was provided by a team of scientists from the U.S. Army Research,…
RDECOM ECBC Hall of Fame Opens with Two Inductees
Dr. James Baker, who spent nearly half a century at ECBC, and Dr. Harry Salem, who serves the Center’s chief scientist for life sciences, were officially named the first two inductees into the Center’s Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 16. “Both of these men represent the…
Baker inducted into RDECOM C&B Hall of Fame
Beginning his career in 1969 as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps at the Chemical Systems Laboratory at the then-Edgewood Arsenal, Baker spent nearly half a century at the RDECOM C&B Center, going from research chemist to associate director before his retirement in 2015. Baker’s professional contributions…
Life sciences chief Salem inducted into Hall of Fame
“I’m very excited and flattered and honored to even be considered for this Hall of Fame,” Salem said. “I’ve done my best, let’s put it that way. I had a lot of help from some smart people.” In a career spanning six decades – and still ongoing – Salem focused…
RDECOM C&B personnel continue chemical agent destruction operations in Pueblo
In support of the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives’ (PEO ACWA) mission to safely destroy the chemical weapons stockpile, experts from the Chemical Biological Application and Risk Reduction (CBARR) Business Unit, a division of RDECOM C&B, operate the Explosive Destruction System (EDS) and provide on-site laboratory and air…