Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office 2018 Review Book

The mission of the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) is to identify and develop capabilities to combat terrorism and irregular adversaries and to deliver these capabilities to Department of Defense (DoD) components and interagency partners through rapid research and development, advanced studies and technical innovation, and provision of support to U.S. military operations.

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) established CTTSO in 1999 to consolidate its research and development programs previously administered by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence). The research and development effort that supports the interagency, Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), was the first program to transition to CTTSO.