Directorates

COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION DIRECTORATE

 

The Cooperative Threat Reduction Directorate prevents the proliferation or use of weapons of mass destruction by working with partner nations to secure, eliminate, detect and interdict WMD-related systems and materials.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

 

Project the Agency's knowledge and capabilities in order to combat the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction and emerging threats and to ensure nuclear deterrence.

NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE

 

The Nuclear Enterprise Directorate provides capabilities to the Department of Defense and interagency stakeholders, allies, and partners to ensure the safety, security, reliability, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear deterrent force and the countering weapons of mass destruction mission.

ON-SITE INSPECTION & BUILDING CAPACITY DIRECTORATE

 

The On-Site Inspection and Building Capacity Directorate enables the Department of Defense, the U.S. Government, and International Partners to counter and deter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) by conducting Arms Control Treaty Verification and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Building Partner Capacity Activities.

OPERATIONS & INTEGRATION DIRECTORATE

 

The Operations and Integration Directorate provides operational, analytical, and security support for CCMD and DTRA missions in collaboration with FVEY and interagency partners to achieve strategic outcomes against NDS threats.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE

 

The Research and Development Directorate provides science, technology and capability development investments that maintain the U.S. military’s technological superiority in countering weapons of mass destruction & emerging threats, mitigate the risks of technical surprise and respond to the warfighter’s urgent technical requirements.

STRATEGIC INTEGRATION DIRECTORATE

 

The Strategic Integration Directorate shapes DTRA’s response to the challenges and priorities set forth in the National Defense Strategy, focusing the Agency’s operations, activities, and investments in a manner that maximizes their cumulative effect in support of our warfighting customers.

Our Legacy

DTRA’s history is long and storied; we trace our roots all the way back to the Manhattan Project in 1947. A mission that began strictly as a weapons development program quickly adapted to include weapons effects and survivability, as nuclear technology proliferated. During the Cold War, we turned to stockpile stewardship and hardening targets. Post-Cold War, the DTRA mission implemented non-proliferation and arms control activities. In the 1990s began to delve into expanded definitions of Weapons of Mass Destruction, including chemical and biological threats.

DTRA itself was established in 1998, and since that time has been entrusted with some of the Department’s most critical “emerging threat” missions. We have developed knowledge and capabilities to counter and defeat not only chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, but matured the DoD counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) and counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) portfolios as well, before transitioning them successfully to the U.S. Army.

As technology changes – as the United States National Security landscape changes – DTRA leads the way to Detect, Deter, and Defeat WMD and Emerging Threats.

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