Fully Covered
The new concept will improve the historically challenging interface where a warfighter’s protective mask and hood meet, in order to provide greater protection from exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents. The development of this concept supports NSRDC’s Integrated Protective Fabric System program, and is sponsored by the Defense Threat…
Historian Sees ECBC’s History as a Story of Innovation
Speaking before an overflowing audience that spilled out into an adjoining conference room at ECBC’s Berger Auditorium on May 24, he described the centers 100 year history as the continuous reliance on innovation to overcome challenges. For example, when American Soldiers arrived in France in 1917, the British were using…
ECBC Employees Support Local Science Fair
The “they” that the student referred to were STEM students from area high schools and local scientists who served as judges at the school’s 2nd annual science fair on May 3. Six of the scientists who volunteered as judges were employees of the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC). “This is…
ECBC Director Joseph Corriveau Says Farewell at Open House
May 4 was Corriveau’s final day at ECBC before leaving to become the director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H. The laboratory’s mission is to provide support to the armed services and federal agencies conducting operations in arctic regions. In…
Runners take to APG-South Streets for ECBC Gas Mask Dash
The event was part of ECBC’s year-long 100th anniversary celebration. Wearing gas mask T-shirts, participants started at CAPA Field and ran or walked a course that meandered through the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground. Instead of firing a starting gun, ECBC Research and Technology Director Eric L. Moore, Ph.D.,…
Spring Expo Brings Technology Vendors to APG
Sponsored by the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) Corporate Information Office (CIO) and the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, the attendees spanned the APG community’s commands including the Research, Development and Engineering Command, the Chemical Materials Activity, the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, and the Army Materiel…
AMC Commanding General Gets First-Hand Look at ECBC Capabilities and Needs
Accompanied by RDECOM Commanding General Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins and ECBC Director Joseph Corriveau, Ph.D., Perna toured the Filtration Science Laboratory and learned about ECBC’s collaboration with other federal security agencies, industry, and academia. He also received a threat security briefing from ECBC threat experts. The visit included a briefing…
ECBC Steps Up to Support DoD Engineering, Production Initiatives
Over the past two years, senior officials from the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) and Army Materiel Command (AMC) have sought ways to increase efficiencies and reduce costs within the nation’s chemical-biological defense enterprise. The organizations have called upon ECBC, the technical arm for the…
General Credits Trail Blazers at APG Women’s History Month Celebration
The event was held at the Mallette Training Facility on March 15 and it is also part of the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center’s 100th anniversary celebration. It was attended by employees and service members from ECBC and other Aberdeen Proving Ground commands. It also included an actress performing as U.S….
Visitors Center, Video Highlight ECBC’s Century of Innovation
About 150 employees and guests gathered for the grand opening of the ECBC Visitors Center. Center Director Joseph Corriveau, Ph.D., officiated a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the newly renovated facility immediately after the premiere showing of the video, “ECBC: A Century of Solutions.” The video highlights ECBC’s accomplishments through…