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

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

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — A team of innovators at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) have been working on an art-of-the-possible concept for a system of deployable chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) microsensors. This effort is part of a Center program called…

Emerging Technologies from DEVCOM CBC are Forefront at MSSPIX

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — More than 20 military working dog teams from across the Army converged on Fort Leonard Wood last week to participate in an assessment of a new explosives detection training aid developed at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving…

Chemist and Philanthropist Sue Procell Retires After 43-Year Career

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – A chemist and philanthropist is retiring after a 43-year career, leaving behind a legacy that has transformed the quality assurance sector and uplifted peers and elementary school students alike. Devoting a lifelong career to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM…

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

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) is exploring the use of protective overcoats on military vehicles to reduce hazards to the warfighter and reduce the resources needed to decontaminate the vehicles. The aim of the project is to reduce…

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

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently completed a project to create 68 state-of-the-art emergency response mobile laboratory systems that will be positioned within every state and territory across the United States. The Analytical Laboratory System Modified Work (ALS…

Army Employee Shares STEM Expertise with Local Community

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD –The U.S. Army, the Department of Homeland Security, Harford Community College, and Fallston United Methodist Church all have one thing in common – they all benefit from the professional expertise accumulated by Helen Mearns over her 25-year career. Mearns is an engineer with the U.S. Army…

Makerspace Program Enables Workforce Innovation

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The Makerspace program at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) provides state-of-the-art equipment and technology to enable the workforce to develop mission-related product prototypes and specialty items. “This is an innovation space. We want people to come in and…

Center Participates in DOD Research Program for HBCU/MI Students

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) is completing the internship assignments for the annual Department of Defense (DoD) Summer Research Program. The program is aimed at developing future generations of the workforce by increasing the number of interns from…

CBC Renovates Facilities

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) has invested in its infrastructure as part of the Future of Work concept for bringing employees back to the workplace post-COVID 19. The Center conducted renovations for the Data Reduction Facility that supports…

Army Collaboration Continues to Support Tactical Decision Game

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (MRICD) has collaborated with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) to continually enhance a tactical decision game used to train medical and CBRN personnel in chemical decontamination. The game, HHour, is…