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Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Funds defense technologies that reduce chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and emerging security threats.

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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is the U.S. defense agency focused on countering weapons of mass destruction. It sits under the Department of Defense and centers its research mission on chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives threats. The agency's RDT&E budget was about $654 million in FY2023, which gives its external research portfolio a meaningful but tightly targeted sca

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Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: www.dtra.mil