Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC)

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The Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) was formally established in 2003 to serve as the single interagency organization to receive, fully analyze, and exploit all terrorist improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, of interest to the United States.

TEDAC coordinates the efforts of the entire government, from law enforcement to intelligence to military, to gather and share forensic data and intelligence about devices, tactics, techniques, and procedures—helping to disarm and disrupt IEDs, link them to their makers, and, most important, prevent future attacks. To date, TEDAC has received more than 100,000 IED submissions from more than 50 countries.

Part of the FBI’s Laboratory Division, TEDAC’s organizational structure consists of a director (FBI); a deputy director (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives); an assistant section chief; the TEDAC Operations, Plans, and Policy Office; and eight units related to forensics, technical exploitation, intelligence, and investigations. TEDAC includes representatives from the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and international partner agencies who work collaboratively to address IED-related issues and develop solutions in support of the counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) fight.

On February 16, 2016, TEDAC celebrated the completion of its new laboratory facilities at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.