Contingency Basing Integration Training & Evaluation Center

Contingency Basing Integration Training & Evaluation Center (CBITEC)

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)’s CBITEC is a venue for
training, assessing, evaluating, and integrating ERDC capabilities in a realistic military environment to
support the warfighter. CBITEC is seeking forward-thinking industry, academia, and government
partners to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of their solutions.

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What is CBITEC?

Located at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, CBITEC is a premier research and development facility operated in partnership with ERDC’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory and affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Spanning 70 acres, CBITEC is fully equipped to support a 400-soldier base camp, offering a real-world military environment for testing and evaluating contingency base capabilities and technologies, including power, water, waste, and construction.

Mission

The Contingency Basing Integration Training & Evaluation Center (CBITEC) field office is a venue for training, assessing, evaluating, and integrating ERDC capabilities in the areas of Warfighter Support and Installations into transferable technologies that enhance Department of Defense (DOD) capabilities in support of the Army’s Modernization Research Priority Areas.

CBITEC focuses on operational energy and storage, construction engineering, autonomous platform infrastructure and infrastructure life cycle management techniques and capabilities (from cantonment to contingency).

Focus Areas

Operational Energy

Capabilities

Alternative Energy
Energy Storage Technology
Flywheel Technology
Prime Power (500 kilowatts to 600 volts and above)
- Power Plant
- Line Distribution (medium voltage)
- Secondary Distribution Center (SDC)
Tactical Microgrid

Operational Water

Capabilities

Gray Water Treatment and Reuse System (G-WTRS)
Hydro-panels
Mobile Water Resilience
Water Reclamation

Joint Construction

Capabilities

3D Printing
General Construction
Materials Research
Modular Construction

Additive Manufacturing

Capabilities

3D Printing

Autonomous Infrastructure

Capabilities

Augmented Sensors

Why It Matters

CBITEC provides an unmatched platform to ensure that warfighters are equipped with safe, efficient, and mission-ready base operations. The center reduces risk and increases effectiveness by bridging R&D with hands-on, full-scale testing—empowering the U.S. Army and partners to evaluate and refine technologies before deployment.

Partnerships & Collaborations

CBITEC is actively seeking forward-thinking industry, academia, and government partners to leverage CBITEC’s expertise and military environments to advance the next generation of contingency basing capabilities in operational energy, water, infrastructure, and force protection challenges in real-life expeditionary environments.

Ideal partners are those who can demonstrate:

Innovation: A strong track record of developing novel, field-ready technologies tailored to military needs
Scalability: The ability to expand and adapt solutions for large-scale deployment across diverse DOD operational settings
Reliability: Partners are expected to demonstrate a strong track record of dependable performance in field conditions
Security: Robust cybersecurity practices to safeguard sensitive systems and data
Cost-Effectiveness: Solutions that offer measurable return on investment and long-term value

Partnership Pathways

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
Testing Service Agreement (TSA)
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (Government)
Form 7600 A/B (Government)