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The 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear,and Explosives (CBRNE) Command is an expeditionary command in the U.S. Army capable of rapid deployment globally of specialized assets in support of CBRNE WMD missions.

The 20th CBRNE Command is composed of more than 5,000 military and civilian employees comprising 85% of the Active Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Units.

Highlighted 20th CBRNE Command capabilities include:

• CBRNE Reconnaissance and Surveillance Operations
• Decontamination of Personnel, Equipment and Facilities
• CBRNE and WMD Consequence Management Operations
• Field Laboratory Analysis of Suspected CBRNE Materials, Agents, and Toxins
• Recovered Chemical Warfare Material (RCWM) & Chemical/Biological Surety Escort
• Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) Consequence Management
• National Technical Nuclear Forensics (NTNF) Ground Collection Task Force
• EOD Emergency Response to DOD and in support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
• Very Important Persons Protection Support Activity (VIPPSA)
• Combat and Contingency Operations in Iraq/Afghanistan & CBRNE related missions world-wide WMD Elimination – Serving as Joint Task Force for Elimination Headquarters

In coordination with the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD), the organization assists in enhanced technology demonstrations, providing invaluable feedback from the field to inform equipment modernization challenges.

The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) at the Army Test Center (ATC) conducts developmental testing encompassing technical feasibility testing, engineering development testing, software development testing, production and post-production testing, post-deployment software support testing, and testing associated with vulnerability/lethality assessments.

ATEC’s 9,000 military, civilian and contract employees are highly skilled test officers, engineers, scientists, technicians, researchers and evaluators that are involved in over 1,100 tests daily. ATEC has a combined 29 locations in 17 states, with an annual budget exceeding a half billion dollars.

The Command Staff Directorate supports the test mission with regard to environmental, safety, and security compliance; resource management; and personnel training and development.

The Warfighter Directorate plans, conducts, analyzes and reports the results of developmental tests, production tests, and other tests specifically focused in the areas foreign systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, individual and general equipment, and provide support to the Special Operations Forces community.

The Test Technology Directorate plans, conducts, analyzes and reports the results of developmental tests, production tests, and other tests specifically focused in the areas of transformational technologies development and System of Systems testing through common instrumentation, knowledge management, in theater vehicle and crew data capture acquisition, reduction, analysis and distribution. Test Technology initiatives as play a vital role in the Command, Control, Computers, and Communications (C4) mission.

The Survivability/Lethality Directorate plans, conducts, analyzes and reports the results of developmental tests, production tests, and other tests specifically focused in the areas of vehicle crew survivability, direct- and indirect-fire weapon lethality and environmental technologies.

The Plans and Operations Directorate supports the test mission with regard to facilities, resources and information, engineering and technical services.

The Automotive Directorate plans, conducts, analyzes and reports the results of developmental tests, production tests, and other tests specifically focused in the areas of ground and amphibious manned and unmanned vehicles, vehicular weapons, and fire control systems.

The Firepower Directorate plans, conducts, analyzes and reports the results of developmental tests, production tests, and other tests specifically focused in the areas of weapons and ammunition of all calibers, mine warfare systems, electric armaments, explosive devices and fragmentation.

As a designated Federal Laboratory, the ATC participates in technology transfer and dual-use partnership initiatives with industry. ATC can subject an item to a full range of tests from concept evaluation and research prototypes through Rapid Fielding Initiatives. ATC test services may be acquired either through federal interagency reimbursable fund transfers, simple contracts, or Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs).

Requests for test services at ATEC test ranges should be submitted as early as possible to allow ATEC to plan, coordinate, and schedule resources, and ensure that required safety, security, and environmental concerns have been properly addressed prior to the test.

For business inquiries or general testing information, please contact ATC’s Business Management Team at 410-278-4639.

The Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) oversees the DoD Medical Radiological Defense Research Program. AFRRI conducts extensive research to develop medical prophylactic and therapeutic countermeasures against ionizing radiation and to develop rapid methods that assess radiation exposure doses.

The Radiation Biodosimetry Division of AFRRI uses parameters such as early-response changes in hematology, protein biomarkers for early-phase, organ-specific and late effects radiation contamination, and clinical symptoms to make assessments of radioactive contamination. Developing and optimizing assays and field deployable tools is a core mission of the division.

New drug candidates and biological dose assessment technologies are developed up to and through preclinical testing and evaluation.

Areas of expertise and highlighted programs include:

• Medical Countermeasures
• Assessment of Radiation Injury (Biodosimetry)
• Combined Injury: Radiation with Other Injuries
• Internal Contamination
• Low Dose, Dose Rate and Late Effects
• Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation (MEIR) training
• Medical Radiobiology Advisory Team (MRAT)

AFRRI participates in cooperative research with other federal agencies involved in homeland security and emergency medical preparedness. AFRRI falls under the authority of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).