¶ Defense Threat Reduction Agency
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is an American government agency within the United States Department of Defense.
¶ History
DTRA was officially founded October 1, 1998.[1]
On September 26, 2007, 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]
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]
In August 2014, the DTRA asked Robert Malone to help NewLink Genetics (through its subsidiary, BioProtection Systems) manage its Ebola vaccine project.[4]
¶ Organization
DTRA has been a client of CENTRA Technology.[5]
¶ Activities
DTRA has provided funding to:
- Black & Veatch[3:1]
- Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security[6]
- Nanobiosym[2:1]
¶ External links
Our History. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Retrieved October 24, 2019, from https://web.archive.org/web/20191024224130/https://www.dtra.mil/About/DTRA-History/ ↩︎
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_id=25215 ↩︎ ↩︎
BTRIC Ukraine. Black & Veatch. Retrieved February 25, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220225024920/https://www.bv.com/projects/btric-ukraine ↩︎ ↩︎
The Team. Atheric Pharmaceutical. Retrieved July 14, 2017, from https://web.archive.org/web/20170714055404/http://www.atheric.com/team ↩︎
Clients. CENTRA Technology, Inc. Retrieved May 5, 2006, from http://archive.today/2006.05.05-183529/http://www.centratechnology.com/clients.cfm ↩︎
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 ↩︎