COLLABORATION & THE INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL BASE


microorganisms to make products in a way that’s similar to how a neighborhood microbrewery uses yeast to produce beer.


Biomanufacturing uses


biological technology and advances in genetic engineering. It is likely to disrupt all prior industrial technology, with all the military applications that implies. Its mili- tary impact may be on the same scale as the transition from sail to steam, horses to armored vehicles and propellers to jets.


DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center stands poised to function as DOD’s go-to agency for enhancing and scaling up the manufacture of high-value chemicals and materials of military value for hand-off to industry. Tis places it in a key role in the larger national project of developing America’s bioindustrial base and driv- ing the evolution of the nation’s arsenal of democracy.


For more information or to contact


DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center, go to https://www.cbc.devcom.army.mil.


HENRY S. GIBBONS, PH.D., is a


research microbiologist at the DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center, where he serves as principal investigator on research and development programs


in synthetic FINDING THE BEST SUITED MICROBE


DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory scientists evaluate microorganisms to find the microbe best suited for scale up production of materials via biomanufacturing. (Photo by Jack Bunja, DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center)


biology, biomanufacturing and chemical and biological defense. He also serves as the Army's deputy program manager for DOD's Triservice Biotechnology for Resilient Supply Chains program. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Duke University and a B.A. in chemistry from Amherst College.


warfighter in mind. A more complete domestic defense supply chain means more certainty in getting the warfighters what they need when they need it. Devel- oping new, specialized materials increases warfighter lethality and survivabil- ity. Better artillery propellants increase range, better composites for body armor and combat vehicles make them robust and enable warfighters to stay in the fight. Jam-resistant bioelectronic computing


components keep warfighters communi- cating and coordinating on the battlefield. Te range of benefits to the warfighter expands with every new material discov- ered, optimized and scaled up to industrial production.


CONCLUSION Te world is on the cusp of a bioindustrial revolution made possible by the blurring of the divisions between the digital and


BRIAN B. FEENEY, PH.D., is a public affairs specialist at the DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center, where he writes news and feature stories on the science and engineering achievements of the center’s researchers. He has written for the center since 2014. He holds a Ph.D. in risk communication from Temple University, an M.A. in communications from Cornell University and a B.A. Colorado College.


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