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JPEO-CBRND Agreement Evaluates Diagnostics for Austere Environments
April 1, 2025 — The JPEO-CBRND has awarded a contract worth up to $20.8 million to the biotechnology company Inflammatix for purchase of their TriVerity™ test system for military use. An initial $1.2 million has already been awarded to cover the first phase of system evaluation. This agreement comes at a time of increasing risk of acute infection and sepsis in the... MORE

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Army.mil Feature - Far Forward Biological Sequencing
March 7, 2025 — Read our latest article about the Far Forward Biological Sequencing (FFBS) Capability on Army.mil. Learn how our innovative and incremental approach to fielding this technology supports our warfighters as we help pace the biological threats in our modern and complex CBRN defense environments. Read the full story... MORE

JPEO-CBRND Partners with UK Ministry of Defence DASA on Protective Gear for Warfighters
March 5, 2025 — We are supporting our partners at the UK Ministry of Defence and Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) as they work to identify future individual protective equipment for the warfighter. If you have a solution that addresses the problem of providing dermal protection against liquid chemical contamination, work with your subject matter experts to... MORE

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AL&T Feature - Manage the Load
February 13, 2025 — MAKE IT BRIEF: Gen. James E. Rainey, the commanding general of Army Futures Command, briefing U.S. Army Gen. Randy A. George, chief of staff of the Army. George uses the term “transforming in contact” while Rainey says, “continuous transformation.” Both terms are in reference to an agile workforce. (Photo by Sgt. Brahim Douglas, 24th Theater Public... MORE

CBNW Magazine Feature - Capabilities-Based Preparedness to Address Rapidly Evolving Threats
February 3, 2025 — Read the full opinion article authored by JPEO-CBRND's own Dr. Christopher Earnhart, Chief Technology Officer for the Joint Project Lead for CBRND Enabling Biotechnologies (JPL CBRND EB). The article is featured in CBNW magazine's January 20th digital edition and will be in print later this spring... MORE

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AL&T Feature - Better Off With CEDS
February 3, 2025 — CLEAN SWEEP: Soldiers detect radiation during chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear scenario-based decontamination training in the U.S. Central Command area of operations on February 23, 2024. Service members train on CBRN scenarios to identify chemical threats with reconnaissance in order to decontaminate personnel and equipment and... MORE

Inside of a far-forward decontamination structure

Stryking a Path Forward with Sensor Suite Upgrades: Modernizing the Stryker NBCRV
January 15, 2025 — While modernization in capability development can be a gradual and time-consuming process, it is essential to keep pace with up-to-the-minute technology and evolving threats. Stagnancy is too great a risk to warfighters’ lives. This is why the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) is... MORE

The Stryker vehicle seen here with the full NBCRV SSU equipment at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah for soldier training and evaluation in August 2024.

Piecing Together Passion and Purpose
December 17, 2024 — Balancing life and career is like assembling a puzzle. Piece by piece, it gradually comes together to reveal a complete picture. For one dedicated Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) professional, putting the pieces together is both an instinctive and conscientious effort.Finding... MORE

Deputy Chief Engineer for JPEO-CBRND’s Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE), Courtney Conner, shares details about her time competing in the Women's Masters Field Hockey World Cup with colleagues at the JPEO-CBRND FY25 All-Hands meeting in November 2024.

Fresh ideas help us see tomorrow, yesterday: Interagency partnership paves the way to innovation
December 9, 2024 — In 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unexpected partnership was forged between the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The relationship began as a pilot program to attract innovators, existing patent holders and... MORE

In October 2024 the JPEO-CBRND held four industry day events at the US Patent and Trade Office (USPTO), where our Joint Project Manager (JPM) for CBRN Protection and JPM for CBRN Medical briefed patent holders on our programs. This interagency partnership, and partnerships like it, helps us develop new solutions that protect our warfighters against CBRN threats on the modern battlefield.

JPEO-CBRND's Lieutenant Colonel Owen Roberts II Promoted to the Rank of Colonel
December 6, 2024 — On 4 October 2024, the Joint Project Manager for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medical (JPM CBRN Medical), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND), held a promotion ceremony for Lieutenant Colonel Owen L. Roberts II. The ceremony was held at the Fort... MORE

COL Owen Roberts II reaffirms his Oath of Office, administered by Ms. Nicole Kilgore, Deputy Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense, with support from his wife, Erin Roberts.

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