United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory

The Engineer Research and Development Laboratory (ERDL) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers research facility located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

The ERDL performed research and development related to earthmoving, industrial engines and turbines, fuels handling, environmental control, electric power and propulsion, direct energy sources, detectors, bridges and marine craft, mine warfare, fortifications and obstacles, camouflage and deception, water purification, nuclear weapons effects, materials, and environmental testing.

It also prepared procurement data, packages including development of specifications of materiel procured in quantity; engineering studies and tests to determine performance and quality assurance data for standardization documents; evaluation of unsatisfactory equipment reports and development of equipment modifications; tests of preproduction models, production samples and production sampling techniques; industrial engineering for all items of materiel; value engineering; product reviews; training literature and maintenance packages; initial production of new equipment procured in quantity.