Defense Threat Reduction Agency

2015







Dec 30 - Resistance is futile: DTRA working on therapies to defeat antimicrobial resistance, reduce threat 







Dec 29 - Guinea, ground zero of the Ebola outbreak, is now free of the deadly disease







Dec 22 - How Earthquake Scientists in Missouri Stumbled On Military Blasts in Iraq







Dec 7 - New Clues for Battling Botulism







Dec 2 - U.S. Embassy hosts "One Health" master class workshop for Armenian medical, scientific experts







Nov 24 - ECBC Scientists Gain Insight Directly from Warfighters







Nov 10 - Sierra Leone is free of Ebola, 18 months and 4,000 deaths after outbreak







Nov 9 - Latest Discovery Could Enhance Development of Portable Particle Accelerators







Nov 6 - US Supports Regional Disease Surveillance Group







Nov 6 - Nanoparticle Delivery Maximizes Drug Defense Against Bioterrorism Agent







Nov 4 - US Supports Regional Efforts to Raise Awareness on African Swine Fever







Oct 30 - Scientists Demonstrate a Way to Reduce the Ability of Ebola Virus to Exit a Host Cell and Spread







Oct 29 - Workforce Recruitment Program Marks 20th Anniversary 







Oct 28 - DTRA assists in the Development of Technology to Help Protect the Warfighter







Oct 23 - Some antibiotics work by stressing bacteria out (metabolically)







Oct 22 - DTRA wins Commander’s Cup title







Oct 9 - Secretary of the Air Force Visits the Defense Threat Reduction Agency







Oct 1 - Defense Threat Reduction Agency training in Ukraine







Sept 29 - Survivors of Ebola Outbreak Take Part in Vanderbilt Vaccine Research







Sept 25 - DTRA/SCC Participates in “Ukraine 15” Consequence Management Exercise







Sept 24 - Watch Live at 2:45 p.m. EDT: Carter, Ukrainian Defense Minister Conduct News Conference







Sept 17 - Armed Forces of the Philippines receives equipment against chemical warfare from US







Sept 15 - DHS Participates in Successful Demonstration of DTRA's New Nuclear Forensics Capability







Sept 14 - Reservists prep first responders for Pope's visit







Sept 4 - DTRA/SCC-WMD Deputy Director Joins Prime Minister of Georgia at Vessel Commissioning







Sept 3 - DTRA/SCC-WMD hosts the 13^th Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Synchronization Conference







Sept 1 - MIGHTY SABER Technology Demonstration of Post-Detonation Technical Nuclear Forensics Capabilities







Aug 31 - DTRA/SCC-WMD Builds Philippines CBRN Response Capability







Aug 24 - Mobility Airmen Recover Radiological Material from Mexico







Aug 19 - DTRA Mentors the Nation’s Next Generation of Scientists at Annual STEM Event







Aug 17 - McChord Civic Leaders visit DNWS at Kirtland AFB







Aug 14 - Senegal Still Vigilant Against Ebola







Aug 11 - 2015 Judith C. Gilliom Outstanding Workforce Recruitment Program Award Recipients







Aug 6 - Researchers strategise to outsmart bacteria







Jul 31- The Lancet - Ebola Vaccine Trial







Jul 31 - WHO: Trials show new Ebola vaccine is 'highly effective'







Jul 28 - NNSA recovers radiological material from Mexico







Jul 27 - 6-year Anniversary for Director Myers







Jul 23 - Dangerous Mission: Destroying Chemical Weapons at Sea







Jul 14 - 2015 NAACP Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award - Ms. Donald 







Jun 30 - Beware animal diseases as biological weapons, health experts say







Jun 25 - Army Test Fabric for New Warfighter Uniforms







Jun 25 - New protein design research could deter chemical, biological attacks







Jun 22 - Ambassador Norland meets with DTRO staff at training event in Batumi







Jun 19 - Logistics in Support of Operation United Assistance: Teamwork, Transition and Lessons Learned







Jun 17 - Disposal of effluents from neutralized Syrian chemical weapons completed







Jun 11 - Laboratory's role in underground explosives test will help nation's detection capabilities







Jun 10 - Rice researchers make ultrasensitive conductivity measurements: Photonic platform could provide 'optical signatures' for molecular electronics







Jun 8 - ATHENA: Human Organ Simulator - DTRA partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory in developing cutting edge medical countermeasures technology







Jun 4 - Zoloft as Ebola cure? NIH researchers see promise in drugs already on market







May 20 - Experimental Ebola treatment boosts survival in mice







May 18 - DoD Exercise Simulates Home-grown Terrorists, Nuclear Incident







May 13 - Defense Threat Reduction Agency Completes NUWAIX 15







Apr 30 - US Ambassador Helps Open National Coast Watch Center to Enhance Philippine Maritime Domain Awareness







Apr 28 - DTRA/SCC-WMD Dir. Ken Myers discusses Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate on Fed News Radio







Apr 15 - "Body on a Chip" Project Update: Video of Mini Hearts and Livers







Mar 11 - Army researching uniforms that automatically decontaminate







Feb 27 - U.S. Added Speed, Scale to West Africa Ebola Fight







Feb 17 - Defence researches seek 'Homo-chippens'







Feb 13 - For more than a decade, DTRA has been working on Ebola countermeasures







Feb 11 - Gator Blood Contains Naturally Strong Germ Fighters







Feb 10 - White House: Progress in Our Ebola Response at Home and Abroad







Feb 3 - Inauguration of the Vietnam Emergency Operations Center







Feb 2 - Air Force getting 25 Isolation Units for Contagious Patients







Feb 2 - Nanoparticles transforming medication delivery







Jan 27 - Nanoparticles transforming medication delivery 







Jan 26 - TRANSCOM System Brings DoD New Capability to Move Patients 







Jan 23 - U.S. Transcom unveils Ebola isolation units for cargo planes 







Jan 22 - Drug Delivery Innovation: Breaking Through the Blood Brain Barrier 







Jan 20 - Study of Experimental Ebola Drug ZMapp Could Start Next Month 







Jan 8 - New approach may lead to inhalable vaccines for infuenza, pneumonia







2014







Dec 22 - DTRA Experts Scan World Horizons for Biothreats







Dec 12 - DTRA Medical Countermeasures Help West African Ebola Crisis 







Dec 9 - Two Robots, One Challenge, Endless Possibility







Dec 08 - DoD Threat Reduction Agency Builds Anti-Ebola Capacity







Nov 12 - DTRA, SCC-WMD and SJFHQ-E Receive Joint Meritorious Unit Awards







Nov 10 - Ebola Response Hospital Opens in Liberia







Nov 4 - Army Scientists Make Ebola Vaccine Advances







Nov 3 - We have military research to thank for Ebola vaccines







Nov 3 - Rockets 'destroy chemical weapons'







Oct 31 - Closing In On An Ebola Vaccine







Oct 31 - DTRA Solutions to Counter Ebola Outbreak







Oct 28 - The world relies on this one U.S. company to fly Ebola patients







Oct 26 - Pentagon builds units to transport Ebola patients







Oct 16 - U.S. Military Stands Up Labs, Hospital in Liberia







Oct 16 - Pentagon Spokesman Notes Operation United Assistance Progress







Oct 16 - US Support to Ghana for Ebola Preparedness







Oct 10 - Remarks at a Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) base in Kyiv







Oct 9 - AMC civilians essential part of Syrian chemical weapons disposal







Oct 9 - Cyborg Bacteria Can defeat Bioterrorism







Oct 8 - DoD Medical Countermeasures Find Use in Ebola Outbreak







Oct 6 - Potential Ebola vaccines studied by DoD agencies







Oct 6 - Ebola drugs are in the works







Oct 5 - Pentagon official who headed Syria chemical weapons removal to help combat Ebola outbreak







Sep 27 - DTRA/SCC-WMD Director joins U.S. Ambassador at Ribbon Cutting for A Public Health Research Laboratory in Kazakhstan







Sep 26 - Simulations Provided Early Alert to Deadly Potential of Ebola







Sep 22 - Years of Preparation Pay Off with Ebola Diagnostic 







Sep 18 - Portsmouth-based Cape Ray back from Syria mission







Sep 15 - Armed With Science: I See Your Smart Phone and Raise You Smart Bacteria







Sep 15 - With Bio-Threats on the Rise, US Focuses on Global Cooperation, Rapid Detection in Wake of BioWatch Gen-3 Demise







Sep 10 - Germany begins incinerating Syria's chemical weapons previously neutralized aboard the MV Cape Ray 







Aug 20 - MV Cape Ray Signals DTRA 'Mission Complete' 







Aug 19 -Hagel Congratulates Cape Ray for Syria Mission







Aug 18 - Statement by the President on the Completion by the M/V Cape Ray of the Destruction of Syria’s Declared Chemical Weapons







Aug 18 - Aberdeen Proving Ground team completes destruction of Syrian chemical weapons







Aug 18 - The Cape Ray Signals Mission Complete: Syrian Chemical Weapons Destroyed







Aug 15 - Neutron Detector Named Among Top 100 Technologies of the Year







Aug 12 - 75 Percent of Syria Chemical Materials Reported Destroyed 







Aug 7 - Almost Three Quarters of Syria's Entire Stockpile Now Destroyed







Aug 7 - Army shows ABC7 new chemical defense lab at Aberdeen







Aug 6 - 60% of Syria's known chemical weapons neutralized







Jul 25 - 25 percent of Syrian chemical weapons neutralized







Jul 18 - 15 percent of Syrian Sarin chemicals destroyed







Jul 18 - Cape Ray Continues Neutralizing Syrian Chemical Materials







Jul 15 - Syrian Chemicals headed for Cheshire after UK arrival







Jul 7 - Cape Ray Begins Neutralizing Syrian Chemical Materials



2013 

Standing Joint Force Headquarters for Elimination (SJFHQ-E) leverages the capabilities of DTRA/SCC-WMD to counter and eliminate WMD threats.  Department of Defense  6/19 Read







DTRA’s Defense Nuclear Weapons School (DNWS) hosts Nuclear Weapons Accident/Incident Response Training (NWIRT).  DTRA/SCC-WMD  6/19 Read







U.S. and Russia sign new framework on cooperative threat reduction.  whitehouse.gov  6/18 Read







DTRA/SCC-WMD Supports Ardent Sentry 13.  DTRA/SCC-WMD  6/10 Read







DTRA Chem Bio department develops "Second Skin" to protect warfighters. www.afcea.org 5/30 Read







DTRA to participate in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biosurveillance Symposium.  Knowledge Foundation  5/22 Read







DTRA Supports NUWAIX 13.  DTRA/SCC-WMD  5/21 Read







DTRA Hosts National Coast Watch System Tabletop Exercise in Manila. U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines, 5/17 Read

DTRA personnel escort Russian military inspectors on Open Skies Treaty observation flight. en.ria.ru  5/19 Read







DTRA Director, Azerbaijan Ambassador Discuss Defense Cooperation. American Forces Press Service 4/17 Read







Can Repurposed Cancer Drugs Counter Bioterror Threats? Newswire 4/3  Read







Team CBRNE leverages technology to advance, protect warfighters. U.S. Army 3/29 Read







Backpack-Sized Mini-mapper Captures Intel in Tight Spots. Johns Hopkins University 3/26 Read







DTRA helps fund world's largest flexible X-ray detector. Arizona State University 3/21 Read







Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal visits DTRA. U.S. Army 3/20 Read

Members of DTRA escort international group of chemical weapon inspectors at Blue Grass Army Depot The Richmond Register (KY) 3/15 Read

DTRA introduces social behavior modeling system to make disaster response more efficient. Joint Task Force Civil Support/DVIDS 3/7 Read







Next Generation of Smartphone Technology Capable of Diagnostic Biological Detection. U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center 2/22 Read

Future Soldiers will have flexible electronics everywhere. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, 2/19 Read

Senior Enlisted Leaders speak at the AFDW Chief Orientation Seminar. Air Force District of Washington 2/8 Read

Regional Cooperation Crucial against Transnational Threats, Ugandan & U.S. Officials Say at East Africa Workshop. Africa Center for Strategic Studies, 1/30 Read

Deputy Defense Secretary Honors DTRA for its fourth Joint Meritorious Unit Award. American Forces Press Service, 1/26 Read

Livermore researchers developing snakeskin-like 'smart' uniforms. San Jose Mercury News, 1/25 Read

ACSS to Hold Workshop in Uganda to Examine Transnational Threats. Regional Cooperation Africa Center for Strategic Studies 1/25 Read







Sandia airborne pods seek to trace nuclear bomb’s origins. Sandia National Laboratories, 1/9 Read