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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.

Nov. 10, 2021

DTRA Leaders and Staff Meet with BRIG Joanne Whittaker

Fort BELVOIR, VA — BRIG Joanne Whittaker, the Director General for Special Operations Modernisation at Australia's Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) visits DTRA HQ at Fort Belvoir, VA 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

FORT BELVOIR, VA Oct. 27, 2021

Battling Emerging Threats: New DTRA Strategy 2022-2027 keeps counter-WMD agency aligned with national, DOD priorities

In keeping its missions, priorities and values aligned with the most recent higher-level guidance, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has published the 2022-2027 Agency Strategy. The new document is a timely, strategic blueprint that ensures DTRA addresses the challenges posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and emerging threats. When referring to WMD, the Agency is specifically focused on nuclear, chemical, and/or biological weapons.

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.

Oct. 14, 2021

Detecting and Deterring Biological Threats, Then and Now

Fort BELVOIR, VA — 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.

Oct. 14, 2021

DTRA Readies Senegal First Responders for Peer-level CBRN Response

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Security Cooperation Engagement Program (CSCEP) concluded a six-year cooperative Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Preparedness and Response training program with Senegal’s National Fire Brigade’s, Sapeur Pompiers CBRN Unit.

A military member in a uniform sits in a conference room

Oct. 7, 2021

“The last levee”: Travis DTRA ensures New START compliance

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Travis Air Force Base, California, hosted Ms. Rose Gottemoeller, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, 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.

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.

Oct. 5, 2021

DTRA's Dr. Rhys Williams, Director (Acting) met with Major General Andrew Freeman AM

DTRA's Dr. Rhys Williams, Director (Acting) met with Major General Andrew Freeman AM, on Oct. 4

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

Sept. 30, 2021

Dr. Ron Hann, Acting Director of DTRA's R&D Directorate visited the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center

Dr. Ron Hann, Acting Director of DTRA's R&D Directorate visited the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center

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,

Sept. 24, 2021

Director General of National Public Health Institute of Liberia

Director General of National Public Health Institute of Liberia

The MeMed Key diagnostic tool recently received full FDA licensure after four years of research, development, and investments by Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Department in its role as the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) for the Chemical and Biological Defense Program.

FORT BELVOIR, VA Sept. 23, 2021

MeMed Key Diagnostic Tool Receives FDA Clearance

The MeMed Key diagnostic tool recently received full FDA licensure after four years of research, development, and investments by Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Department in its role as the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) for the Chemical and Biological Defense Program.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is supporting Panama in developing Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear (CBRN) capabilities under the Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction Security Cooperation Engagement Program (CSCEP) and participating in PANAMAX Alpha21.

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA Sept. 22, 2021

DTRA Partners in Panama to Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is supporting Panama in developing CBRN capabilities under the CSCEP and participating in PANAMAX Alpha21, a multi-phased exercise ending later this month.