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# Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/defense-threat-reduction-agency/
- Published: 1999-01-02T15:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-02T05:30:35.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)** is an American government agency within the [United States Department of Defense](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-Defense).

## History

DTRA was officially founded October 1, 1998.[\[1\]](#fn1)

On September 26, 2007, [Nanobiosym](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Nanobiosym) announced that it and Nanobiosym Diagnostics had received a $2 million contract from the DTRA to support the development of its Gene-RADAR genetic test, "a portable nanotechnology-enabled platform, that can rapidly and accurately detect genetic fingerprints from any biological organism."[\[2\]](#fn2)

In 2008, DTRA awarded Black & Veatch a five-year Biological Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (BTRIC) for work in Ukraine alongside the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS) and the State Committee of Veterinary Medicine.[\[3\]](#fn3)

In August 2014, the DTRA asked [Robert Malone](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Robert-Malone) to help [NewLink Genetics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/NewLink-Genetics) (through its subsidiary, [BioProtection Systems](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/BioProtection-Systems)) manage its Ebola vaccine project.[\[4\]](#fn4)

## Organization

DTRA has been a client of [CENTRA Technology](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CENTRA-Technology).[\[5\]](#fn5)

## Activities

DTRA has provided funding to:

- Black & Veatch[\[3:1\]](#fn3)
- [Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Johns-Hopkins-Center-for-Health-Security)[\[6\]](#fn6)
- [Nanobiosym](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Nanobiosym)[\[2:1\]](#fn2)

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=defense%5Fthreat%5Freduction%5Fagency)
- [Housatonic](https://sites.google.com/housatonicits.com/home0004/research/defense-threat-reduction-agency)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense%5FThreat%5FReduction%5FAgency)
- [Wikispooks](https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Defense%5FThreat%5FReduction%5FAgency)

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1. *Our History.* Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Retrieved October 24, 2019, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20191024224130/https://www.dtra.mil/About/DTRA-History/> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. Bagwadia, Z. (2007, September 26). *Press Release: Nanobiosym Awarded $2M Contract From U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).* Nanotechnology Now. <http://archive.today/2024.05.07-205708/https://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story%5Fid=25215> [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1)
3. *BTRIC Ukraine.* Black & Veatch. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220225024920/https://www.bv.com/projects/btric-ukraine> [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1)
4. *The Team.* Atheric Pharmaceutical. Retrieved July 14, 2017, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20170714055404/http://www.atheric.com/team> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Clients.* CENTRA Technology, Inc. Retrieved May 5, 2006, from <http://archive.today/2006.05.05-183529/http://www.centratechnology.com/clients.cfm> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Research Projects.* Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved July 11, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.07.11-201712/https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/center-research-projects> [↩︎](#fnref6)