Innovating Together

DTRA Mission

DTRA provides cross-cutting solutions to enable the 

Department of Defense, the United States Government, and 

international partners to DETER strategic attack against the 

United States and its allies; PREVENT, reduce, and counter 

WMD and emerging threats; and PREVAIL against WMDarmed adversaries in crisis and conflict.

SBIR and STTR Programs

SBIR/STTR are highly competitive programs that encourages 

U.S. domestic small businesses to engage in Federal 

Research/Research and Development with the potential for 

commercialization. Through a competitive awards-based 

program, SBIR and STTR purpose is to provide seed money to 

enable small businesses to explore their technological potential 

and provide the incentive to profit from its commercialization. 

By including qualified small businesses in the nation’s R&D 

arena, high-tech innovation is stimulated, and the United States 

gains entrepreneurial spirit as it meets its specific research and 

development needs.

Central to the STTR program is the partnership between small 

businesses and nonprofit research institutions. The STTR 

program requires the small business to formally collaborate 

with a research institution in Phase I and Phase II. STTR’s most 

important role is to bridge the gap between performance of 

basic science and commercialization of resulting innovations.

Contact Us

SBIR/STTR Program Manager: mark.d.flohr.civ@mail.mil 

DTRA Office of Small Business Programs: DTRA_SB_Outreach@mail.mil

Phone: (703) 767-3436

@doddtra

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SBIR/STTR 

supports DTRA’s robust

R&D portfolio through focused 

innovation and

technology insertion.

SBIRs/STTRs fuel

DTRA’s abilities to identify,

develop and field

innovative technology

solutions to counter WMD

& emerging threats.

DTRA anticipates

participating in the 2nd

SBIR /STTR Solicitation

each year with 6-8 topics.

DETER. PREVENT. PREVAIL.

Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA)

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

and Small BusinessTechnology

Transfer (STTR) Programs
SBIR/STTR Goals

• Meet federal research and development needs

• Increase private-sector commercialization of innovation derived from federal research

and development funding

• Stimulate technological innovation

• Foster and encourage participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by women

and socially/economically disadvantaged individuals

• Foster technology transfer through cooperative R&D between small businesses and

research institutions (STTR)

US Small Business Administration: www.sbir.gov

Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal: www.dodsbirsttr.mil

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

SBIR and STTR Programs

Innovating Together

Past SBIR Topics

• Edge Computing for AI/ML Based in Forward Deployed Cell Phones and

Associated Equipment

• Distributed, Cooperative, Learning for Subterranean Robotic Autonomous Systems

• Global Nano Aerial Terrestrial Sensing (GNATS)

• Mathematical Models to Build Multi-radiation Detector Algorithms

• Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Image Generation Data Augmentation (SIGDA)

• Modernized Low Visibility RF Radio Capability

• Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

• Advanced Optics Based Magnetic Field Diagnostic for Nuclear Weapons Effects

(NWE) Testing

Phase I

Concept

Development

$162.5k

Phase II

Prototype

Development

$1.1M

Phase III

Commercialization

Not SBIR funded

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