The directors of the FBI and ATF, along with Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and the military attended a groundbreaking Monday for a new Terrorist Explosive Devices Analytical Center (TEDAC) Laboratory at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.
The FBI described the new center as “a milestone in TEDAC’s development and in the combined efforts to defeat the threat of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs.”
An FBI press release said the new building will provide dedicated forensic and technical exploitation workspace for TEDAC.
Currently, TEDAC shares laboratory facilities with the FBI Laboratory at Quantico. The facility works with multiple agencies.
Photo: Breaking ground: pictured from left to right are FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III; Redstone Arsenal commander Major General Lynn Collyar; U.S. Senator Richard Shelby; and Acting ATF Director B. Todd Jones.
