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The purpose of DoD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs is to harness the innovative talents of our nation’s small technology companies for U.S. military and economic strength. The program funds at over one billion dollars of projects annually and is made up of 12 participating components. SBIRS program […]

Research & Development (R&D) Cost consists of development costs (both contractor and Government) incurred from the beginning of the Materiel Solution Analysis (MSA) Phase, Technology Development (TD) Phase and through the end of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase. – See R&D Appropriations Typically costs include: [1] Advanced technology development Assembly Common support equipment

  The purpose of Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is to harness the innovative talents of our nation’s small technology companies for U.S. military and economic strength. STTR’s most important role is to bridge the gap between performance of basic science and commercialization of resulting innovations.   The

Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) examines the military utility and provides an assessment of new technology to clearly establish its operational utility and system integrity. The demonstration introduces operational concepts utilizing this new technology to solve important military problems and facilitates technology transition. A JCTD may be a substitute for a formal Capabilities Based Assessment

A Patent is a form of intellectual property that consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention. [1] Website: FAR Subpart 27.3 – Patent Rights under Government Contracts Website: US

A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is a written agreement between a private company and a government agency to work together on a project. It’s one of the principal mechanisms used by federal labs to engage in collaborative efforts with non-federal partners to achieve the goals of technology transfer. The government laboratories provide equipment,

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA is independent from other more conventional military R&D and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA has around 240 personnel (about 140 technical)

A Critical Technology Element (CTE) is a new or novel technology that a platform or system depends on to achieve successful development or production or to successfully meet a system operational threshold requirement. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) are a method of estimating the technology maturity of CTE of a program during the Acquisition Process. They

An Advanced Technology Development (ATD) is a Budget Activity (BA) 3 within a Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriation account. ATD includes the development of subsystems and components and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment. ATD also includes Concept and Technology Demonstrations

Applied Research Applied Research is designed to solve practical problems of the modern world, rather than to acquire knowledge for knowledge’s sake. One might say that the goal of the applied scientist is to improve the human condition. For example, applied researchers may investigate ways to: Improve ballistic materials for bulletproof vests Increase fuel efficiency