Cyril Robbe is a mandated researcher at the Royal military academy (RMA). He's currently the head of the "Internal ballistics" Research Unit and is very active in human aspects related to ballistics in the "Terminal Ballistics" Research Unit at the "Weapon Systems and Ballistics" department (ABAL). 

He received his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 and an extra master in management in 2008 from the Université Catholique de Louvain. He received his Doctoral Degree in applied sciences and engineering sciences in 2013 from the Royal military academy and the Université de Liège (ULiège).

He's working at the ABAL department since 2009 in various fields related to ballistics. His fields of expertise cover experimental ballistics, ballistic metrology, the evaluation of non-lethal weapons, the experimental evaluation of Behind Armour Blunt Trauma, Wound ballistics, and small calibre internal ballistics.

He's president of the Technical Subcommission of the “Commission Internationale Permanente pour l’épreuve des armes à feu portatives” (C.I.P.), member of the Joint Non-Lethal Weapon Capability Group – Non-Lethal Kinetic Energy Team of Expert (JNLWCG NLKE ToE), member of the European Working Group on Non-Lethal Weapons (EWG) and member of the communication Committee of the International Ballistic Society (IBS).