Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) are leveraging the CBC Makerspace for additive and advanced manufacturing to produce chemical vapor detector components using 3D printing. Dr. Brian Hauck, a research chemist with the Center’s Research and Technology…

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – Researchers at the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) have lent their expertise to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a new standoff chemical detection effort. Electrical engineer Dr. Phillip Wilcox and research chemist Dr. Jason Guicheteau, from the…

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Harford Community College (HCC) is collaborating with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) on an educational partnership agreement  to formalize opportunities for biotechnology students enrolled at the College. Dr. Eric L. Moore, director of DEVCOM CBC, and HCC’s new…

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – A device patented by researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) is being commercialized as a tool in the study of COVID-19. The micro-atomizer, U.S. Patent 8,882,085, is a device that produces an aerosol spray on a very…

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) is a next-generation computer capability that holds the potential for changing everything from how people live and work to how wars are fought and won. The Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) is keeping pace with…

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — The Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently welcomed three new employees to its ranks at the organization’s Rock Island site. The new hires were recruited at the 2020 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Conference held in the nation’s capital…

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Military units conduct reconnaissance missions to obtain information – by visual observation or other detection methods – about the activities and resources of an enemy. That is exactly what a team of researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Chemical Biological Center…

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — When the U.S. Army needed to test more than 3,000 Soldiers for COVID-19 prior to a training rotation at the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, a team of biological and logistics experts based at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) provided a deployable solution….

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Anytime a deployed warfighter tests positive for COVID-19 he or she needs to be transported to a medical facility quickly to avoid affecting more warfighters in the unit. Up until now, commanders have relied on small isolation modules on airplanes or flying infected warfighters in…

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – Recently, an electrical utility contractor  digging a trench near a building on Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) Edgewood Area/APG South found an unidentified underground storage tank (UST) surrounded by mercury contaminated soil. Due to the unknown nature of this particular UST and its proximity to former…