Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a large Department of Defense testing area in Maryland which is historically associated with ordnance testing; however, today it encompasses more than 60 different tenant activities spanning diverse technology areas including:
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE)
- Public Health and Medical Research
- Test and Evaluation
- Research and Development
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Sensors and Reconnaissance Team (C4ISR)
Tenant groups include:
- Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD)
- US Army Research Lab (ARL)
- US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC)
- 20th Support Command (CBRNE)
- US Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC)
- Aberdeen Test Center (ATC)
- US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)
- US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
- US Army Public Health Command (USAPHC)
- 48th Chemical Brigade, US Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA)
- US Army National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC)
- US Army Research Institute (ARI)
APG occupies a land area of over 70,000 acres and is composed of two major areas: the northern Aberdeen area and southern Edgewood Area that were combined in 1971.
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