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DTRA Acting Director Dr. Rhys Williams, Operational Integration Director Kyle Lampela recently met with the Agency's new liaison to the UK - DTRA Acting Director Dr. Rhys Williams, Operational Integration Director Kyle Lampela recently met with the Agency's new liaison to the UK to discuss linkages between allies and strengthening partnerships.

Dr. Ronald Hann, Acting Research & Development (RD) Director for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), hosted Dr. Sze Kim Pang, Deputy Future Systems and Technology Architect, from the Future Systems and Technology Directorate (FSTD) within the Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). - Dr. Pang Sze Kim, Deputy Futures Systems/Technology Architect with Singapore Ministry of Defense Visit to DTRA Dr. Ronald Hann, Acting Director, Research and Development; Mr. Stephen Dowling, Director Counter WMD Technologies, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 09-13-2021. Portions of this image were masked for security reasons.

BRIG Joanne Whittaker, the Director General for Special Operations Modernisation at Australia's Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) visits DTRA HQ at Fort Belvoir on the morning of Tuesday, 9 November 2021 to meet with DTRA leaders and staff. - BRIG Joanne Whittaker, the Director General for Special Operations Modernisation at Australia's Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) visits DTRA HQ at Fort Belvoir on the morning of Tuesday, 9 November 2021 to meet with DTRA leaders and staff.

Outpacing New Threats: New DTRA Strategy 2022-2027 keeps counter-WMD agency aligned with national, DoD priorities - Outpacing New Threats: New DTRA Strategy 2022-2027 keeps counter-WMD agency aligned with national, DoD priorities

Throughout the year 2021, the Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program will celebrate 30 years of collaboration with foreign partners to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by securing and eliminating chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and preventing proliferation of such weapons components, weapons-related materials, technology, and expertise. - Throughout the year 2021, the Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program will celebrate 30 years of collaboration with foreign partners to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by securing and eliminating chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and preventing proliferation of such weapons components, weapons-related materials, technology, and expertise.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Security Cooperation Engagement Program, or CSCEP, concluded a six-year cooperative Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Preparedness and Response training program with Senegal’s National Fire Brigade’s, Sapeur Pompiers CBRN Unit. - The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Security Cooperation Engagement Program, or CSCEP, concluded a six-year cooperative Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Preparedness and Response training program with Senegal’s National Fire Brigade’s, Sapeur Pompiers CBRN Unit. The Sapeur Pompiers CBRN unit will continue to partner, at a peer-level, with additional U.S. organizations, including the Vermont National Guard State Partnership Program. Through these linkages, the unit can ensure their critical CBRN response capability stays ahead of emerging threats.

A military member in a uniform sits in a conference room - A member of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Travis Air Force Base, California, attends an all-call chaired by Rose Gottemoeller, Deputy Secretary General of NATO and one of the original architects of the New START treaty, Sept. 24, 2021, at Travis AFB. As part of the New START Treaty’s verification regime, DTRA members and their Russian counterparts conduct inspections of each other’s nuclear storage facilities and participate in a free exchange of data as a means of ensuring compliance to the treaty’s agreement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Conrad)

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Dr. Rhys Williams, Director (Acting) met with Major General Andrew Freeman AM, Head of Australian Defense Staff and Defense Attaché to the United States on October 4. - The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Dr. Rhys Williams, Director (Acting) met with Major General Andrew Freeman AM, Head of Australian Defense Staff and Defense Attaché to the United States on October 4. The meeting was to re-synch and update US-AUS collaborative efforts in support of on-going collective CWMD, proliferation prevention and countering emerging threat efforts with Australia.

Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Dr. Ron Hann, Acting Director of DTRA's R&D Directorate visited the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center - On Sept. 28, 2021, Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Dr. Ron Hann, Acting Director of DTRA's R&D Directorate visited the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center, located in Natick, Massachusetts. The DEVCOM Soldier Center is one of eight science and technology domains within the command, which has the mission to ensure decisive overmatch for unified land operations to empower the Army, the joint warfighter and the nation. During the visit, Dr. Hann got the opportunity to meet the powerhouse team who create the prototypes for the Uniform Integrated Protective Ensemble (UIPE), the Joint Force's next generation chemical and biological (CB) protective suit.

Director General of National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) Honorable. Jane A. MaCauley Visits DTRA Cooperative Threat Reduction Directorate Director Dr. Robert Pope, SES, BT Leadership, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir VA, - Director General of National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) Honorable. Jane A. MaCauley Visits DTRA Cooperative Threat Reduction Directorate Director Dr. Robert Pope, SES, BT Leadership, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir VA, 09212021