Defense Technical Information Center

The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) is the U.S. Department of Defense field activity that acquires, manages, and disseminates scientific and technical information from DoD-funded research, development, test, and evaluation. DTIC operates a public Research and Engineering (R&E) Gateway, the Discover service for searching technical reports, the DoDTechSpace and Minsky natural-language platforms for defense researchers, and Dimensions for collaborative discovery. Most DTIC services require authentication tied to DoD or registered-user roles. DTIC does not publicly publish a developer API, though tools such as Dimensions and Minsky offer programmatic capabilities to authorized users.

Defense Technical Information Center publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Defense, Department of Defense, DTIC, Federal Government, and Knowledge Management.

Defense Technical Information Center’s developer surface includes documentation, product news, and 7 more developer resources.

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23.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
5 APIs
DefenseDepartment of DefenseDTICFederal GovernmentKnowledge ManagementLibraryResearchScientific and Technical Information

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 23.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

DTIC Website

Public-facing website of the Defense Technical Information Center describing DTIC services, products, and access programs. The site links to Discover, R&E Gateway, training, and...

DTIC Discover

Search platform for DTIC's collection of technical reports and other scientific and technical information assets. Discover offers faceted search, citation export, and document d...

DTIC Research and Engineering (R&E) Gateway

Authenticated portal for DoD researchers and registered users to access DTIC research and engineering resources, planning documents, and program information.

DoDTechSpace

Collaboration platform for DoD scientists, engineers, and program managers operated by DTIC for sharing knowledge, communities of practice, and project information.

DTIC FOIA Reading Room

Online portal that publishes records released under the Freedom of Information Act. Records are browsable and downloadable but there is no documented API.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Defense Technical Information Center Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Defense Technical Information Center Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Defense Technical Information Center Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Defense Technical Information Center Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ContactUs
ContactUs

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 News
News

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

FOIA
FOIA

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: defense-technical-information-center
name: Defense Technical Information Center
description: The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) is the U.S. Department of Defense field activity that acquires,
  manages, and disseminates scientific and technical information from DoD-funded research, development, test, and evaluation.
  DTIC operates a public Research and Engineering (R&E) Gateway, the Discover service for searching technical reports, the
  DoDTechSpace and Minsky natural-language platforms for defense researchers, and Dimensions for collaborative discovery.
  Most DTIC services require authentication tied to DoD or registered-user roles. DTIC does not publicly publish a developer
  API, though tools such as Dimensions and Minsky offer programmatic capabilities to authorized users.
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tags:
- Defense
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- DTIC
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- Knowledge Management
- Library
- Research
- Scientific and Technical Information
created: '2024-12-25'
modified: '2026-04-28'
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- aid: defense-technical-information-center:defense-technical-information-center-website
  name: DTIC Website
  description: Public-facing website of the Defense Technical Information Center describing DTIC services, products, and access
    programs. The site links to Discover, R&E Gateway, training, and registration but does not publish a developer API.
  humanURL: https://www.dtic.mil
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Website
  properties:
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- aid: defense-technical-information-center:defense-technical-information-center-discover
  name: DTIC Discover
  description: Search platform for DTIC's collection of technical reports and other scientific and technical information assets.
    Discover offers faceted search, citation export, and document download for authorized users. Programmatic access is not
    publicly documented.
  humanURL: https://discover.dtic.mil
  tags:
  - Discovery
  - Search
  - Technical Reports
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  - type: Documentation
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- aid: defense-technical-information-center:defense-technical-information-center-re-gateway
  name: DTIC Research and Engineering (R&E) Gateway
  description: Authenticated portal for DoD researchers and registered users to access DTIC research and engineering resources,
    planning documents, and program information.
  humanURL: https://discover.dtic.mil
  tags:
  - Engineering
  - R&E
  - Research
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://discover.dtic.mil
- aid: defense-technical-information-center:defense-technical-information-center-dodtechspace
  name: DoDTechSpace
  description: Collaboration platform for DoD scientists, engineers, and program managers operated by DTIC for sharing knowledge,
    communities of practice, and project information.
  humanURL: https://www.dodtechspace.mil
  tags:
  - Collaboration
  - Communities of Practice
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dodtechspace.mil
- aid: defense-technical-information-center:defense-technical-information-center-foia
  name: DTIC FOIA Reading Room
  description: Online portal that publishes records released under the Freedom of Information Act. Records are browsable and
    downloadable but there is no documented API.
  humanURL: https://www.dtic.mil/foia
  tags:
  - FOIA
  - Open Records
  - Transparency
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dtic.mil/foia
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- type: GitHubOrganization
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- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-technical-information-center
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dtic.mil
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.dtic.mil/about-dtic
- type: News
  url: https://www.dtic.mil/dtic-digest
- type: ContactUs
  url: https://www.dtic.mil/contact-us
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.dtic.mil/website-policies
- type: FOIA
  url: https://www.dtic.mil/foia
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com