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JPEO-CBRND Featured in APG's The Proof Winter 2024
March 11, 2024 — The JPEO-CBRND has two features in the Winter 2024 edition of APG's The Proof Magazine. The full magazine focused on APG South's tenant commands and history of chemical and research and engineering. Find the full winter edition of the magazine online:... MORE

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AL&T Feature - Agile Acquisition for … Hardware?
March 7, 2024 — The interior of the Negatively Pressurized CONEX at the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills in Omaha, Nebraska, in June 2023. The NPC was developed using methods typical of agile software development. (U.S. Air Force Photo)Read the full article about the JPM CBRN Protection's Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC), which keeps... MORE

GUIDE Program Prepares DOD to Defend Against the Unknown
February 27, 2024 — Significant biological events can take different shapes and sizes, from disease to intentional poisons and anywhere in between. COVID-19 taught the world firsthand that we likely will not know what the next threat is, but that any biological event can cause great harm to society and the world. To meet this reality, Joint Program Executive Office... MORE

The graphic shows the various elements included in the decision tree for the GUIDE program. The slide is broken in two halves (right and left). The left upper corner shows a microbe, models of manufacturability, efficacy, safety data and pharmacodynamics. On the right side of the slide shows how the GUIDE program will help pair these things for the optimal output through the GUIDE program's capabilities.

Department of Defense Transitions Legacy Special Immunization Program to Commercial Partners
February 16, 2024 — Some professions are inherently risky—and for military personnel, first responders, and medical providers, special precautions are required to safely perform their duties. The same holds true for people who study infectious diseases with the aim of developing medical countermeasures to protect U.S. troops and the general population.Fort Detrick’s... MORE

Crystal Tyler, pharmacy technician, prepares an injection for an Operation Warp Speed patient volunteer at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, November 16, 2020. BAMC and Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center are participating in the Phase III trial to evaluate the vaccine under development by AstraZeneca as part of a national initiative to accelerate the development, production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

CSC2 Moves Full Speed Ahead on the Software Acquisition Pathway
February 6, 2024 — Do you drive in a vehicle that has blind-spot warning indicators, adaptive cruise control or back-up cameras? Do you wear a smart watch or use a smart phone that integrates your entertainment, scheduling, location sharing, and warns you when you’ve been exposed to loud noises that could harm your hearing? If so, then you likely understand the power... MORE

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JPEO-CBRND Awards $235.8 Million Procurement Contract to Emergent Biosolutions to Supply BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) to the DOD
January 19, 2024 — On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) procurement contract to Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. to supply the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for anthrax disease, for use by all branches of... MORE

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Joint Industry Day Event Inspires Collaboration and Trust in the Fight Against Chemical Nerve Agent Threats
January 3, 2024 — Medical countermeasures (MCMs) are the first line of defense against novel weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats, and discussions surrounding the development of improved chemical agent MCM capabilities took center stage at the “Reactivators and Multi-Drug Autoinjector Industry Day” event held on 1-2 November in McLean, Virginia. U.S. government... MORE

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Sharpening the Tip of the Spear: USSOCOM Experiment Yields Valuable User Feedback for CBRN Defense Developers
December 10, 2023 — Delivering lifesaving capabilities into the hands of warfighters who need them is a mission that the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) doesn’t take lightly. Rapid access to cutting edge CBRN defense equipment is critical to the readiness and safety of the joint force, particularly... MORE

CBRN sensors on robot dogs are let into a door by a service member in full CBRN gear.

Enduring Capability: JPEO-CBRND evolves public/private partnership with National Resilience
December 5, 2023 — Before the COVID-19 Pandemic, there were other smaller scale outbreaks such as SARS as well as the H1N1 pandemic flu scare in the early 2000s that triggered changes in public health approaches. One such change was the establishment of the Department of Defense Advanced Development and Manufacturing (DoD-ADM) Facility in Alachua, Florida. A Defense... MORE

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So Rad! Virtual Training Facilitates Faster Fielding of Personal Radiation Detection Tool to the Joint Force
November 16, 2023 — Radiation exposure is a concern in many fields from construction to mining. It’s critical for operators to know what their current radiation exposure is to be able to make decisions that can keep them safe.The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense’s (JPEO-CBRND) Joint Project Manager for CBRN... MORE

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