Transcript Technology Transfer at JFCOM
Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA)
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Opportunities for Partnering with US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
Dr. Russell Richards Manager, Office of Research and Technology Applications August 15, 2007
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Mechanisms for Engaging w Industry
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ORTA Coordinates Industry Engagement
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USJFCOM Public Web Site
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Annual Industry Symposium
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Focused Forums
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Capability Presentations and Demonstrations JFCOM Contracting / Business Manager Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
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Contracts
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Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
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Requests for Information (RFI)
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Unsolicited Proposals ORTA Manages Technology Transfer Authorities (ORTA)
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Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
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Education Partnership Commercial Test We now have several mechanisms to facilitate the engagement of businesses (large and small) and universities with JFCOM.
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Personnel Exchanges
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Licensing Agreements
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Scope of Technology Transfer
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Industry; Academia; State & Local Gov’ts; Service, National, and Other Labs
JFCOM
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Jt Context/CONOPs
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Refine Capabilities
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Systems Integration
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Test Interoperability
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Develop Prototypes
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Experimentation
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Evaluate Capabilities
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Doctrine & Training Package Joint Operations
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Partner and “Spin-On” Provide Value Added Needs
Determine what the warfighter needs; inform our partners; infuse their technologies and capabilities; partner with them to make sure the capabilities meet the warfighter’s needs and transition capabilities to the warfighter
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Responding to Joint Warfighter Needs
Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) Technology Lessons Learned COCOM IPLs and Engagement JFCOM Org HiPri’s; Lines of Operation JCA Prioritized Gaps CHIO’s Prototypes, Concepts Guidance
(e.g., from President, SecDef, Chairman, DPG, QDR, Transformation Road Map)
Inputs
Filter by JOE and USJFCOM Core Competencies and Mission Concise message to tell industry how you
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JFCOM High Priority Capability Areas can help us!
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Typical Capability Focus Areas
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Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (CIED) Information Sharing, Information Security
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Visualization Technologies
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Interagency Coordination
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Effects Based Planning; Decision Support
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Database Integration, Knowledge Management
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Joint Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance
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Force and Materiel Tracking, Personnel Recovery
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Modeling and Simulation
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Joint Command & Control (Capability Portfolio Manager), Net Enabled Command & Control
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Engaging with Industry
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Process for Engaging with Industry
Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) “These are the problems that require your help.” “We have a potential solution.” Send email to [email protected]
JFCOM Focused Forums, Industry Symposium, Web Page, Announcements, Presentations, Engagement Industry/Academia Abstract with Briefing or White Paper Request Opportunity to Give Capability Presentation or Demo
Outcome?
Tasker to Determine Interest
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Hold capability presentation/demo; Discover promising capabilities “Who is interested in a capability presentation?” “What is the capability? Who might be interested?”
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Industry Engagement
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Capability presentations Capability demonstrations Focused forums (select a single important JFCOM need; inform industry; seek solutions)
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Live events Virtual (webcasts)
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Advantages: Provide greater reach, easier and more convenient for you, and less expensive to do.
Annual NDIA/JFCOM Industry Symposium FedBizOps, JFCOM Web Page JFCOM Outreach
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Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
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What is a CRADA?
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Cooperative Research & Development Agreement
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USJFCOM partners with non-federal government organizations on research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) efforts; CRADA authorization arises from a separate statute, so FAR procedures do not apply;
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Several pieces of Congressional legislation to encourage federal labs to partner with industry and academia
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Stevenson-Wydler Act, Bayh-Dole Act, Tech Transfer Act CRADAs allow us to share risks and resources; should provide clear benefit to both JFCOM and the partner (“win/win”)
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What is a CRADA? … cont’d
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USJFCOM cannot pay $$$ to partner or use contractor employees under contract to DOD, but we can provide other types of resources (technical and operational personnel, data, M&S tools, facilities, network access, evaluations, experimentation opportunities) CRADAs protect the intellectual property of our partners; trade secrets or confidential information supplied by a partner shall not be disclosed Partner gets right to patent inventions and may get an exclusive license to inventions in a specific negotiated field of endeavor under the CRADA efforts, but at a minimum the government gets a royalty-free license to inventions that are developed through the partnership
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Partnering for Success
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JFCOM CRADA PARTNER
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Summary of Potential CRADA Partners
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Hewlett Packard Honeywell L-3 Communications Boeing IBM VMASC / Old Dom Univ Intel Trusted Comp Solns State of Virginia Raytheon Lockheed Raytheon Northrop Grumman Sun Microsystems George Mason Univ BAE Systems Crisis Simulations Inc.
MAERSK Shipping Stanford University SRC SAIC Alion/BMH Microsoft NCOIC General Dynamics MITRE JHU/APL CORMINE MIT CISCO
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Most major defense companies; some major non-defense IT companies; a few small businesses; and a few universities
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Signed; executing Close; final review Draft CRADA Proposals
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Why Do a CRADA with JFCOM?
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JFCOM is not a traditional Federal laboratory; we are first and foremost a combatant command whose main mission is transformation We do little research; more development (and integration); but significant test & experimentation Our partners are generally strong in R&D Our strength is on the T&E part of RDT&E
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Examine how well capabilities integrate with other capabilities; test for interoperability
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Experiment to determine utility to the warfighter; provide feedback on what we like or don’t like; partner with you to “get it right” Plus – JFCOM rounds out the RDT&E with conops, training, and doctrine so that we provide a complete capability package to the warfighter Good partnerships result when the partners complement each other; both partners benefit.
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Benefits to JFCOM
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Partners bring access to thousands of scientists and engineers Improve our standing with industry CRADAs give us a chance to leverage work our partners have already done
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Reduces the resources that JFCOM will have to provide
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Reduces the amount of time required to accomplish the projects
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Reduces the risk Improves the quality of the product Better, cheaper, faster, lower risk – not bad!
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Advantages to our Partners?
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Many different metrics of “Value” Access to JFCOM personnel; both technical and operational “Warfighter” feedback
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What do they like?
What needs to be improved?
What is the utility?
JFCOM support for the doctrine, training, TTPs Integration and interoperability testing Inclusion of capabilities in experiments and other events Access to JFCOM facilities, M&S tools, networks, databases, scenarios, and other resources Exposure beyond JFCOM
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
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A competitive 3-phase program addressing the research needs of government organizations
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Phase I: < $100K; 6 months feasibility study
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Phase II: < $750K for those that are selected; up to 2 years for prototype development
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Phase III: No SBIR funding; Other funding for commercialization or transition; non-monetary assistance from the government Targets small businesses (< 500 employees) Funding is awarded competitively (FAR applies), but process is streamlined
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Phase I SBIR from 2006.3
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Title/Company
Secure Dynamic Configuration of Real-Time Networks Architecture Technology Corp Innovative Solutions Intl.
Automating the Production of Terrain Databases Sentinel AVE, LLC TerraSim, Inc.
Next Generation Database Modeled on Human Neurological Processes Physical Optics Corp Applied Technical Systems Inc.
Infobionics, Inc.
Org JPRA JATTL JTC-I Props Awards 7 2 11 24 2 3
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SBIR Programmatics
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JFCOM topics submitted as part of the Navy program in 2006 A change in JFCOM R&D funding line from the Navy in 2006 to the Office of SecDef (OSD) in 2007 resulted in transition problems JFCOM attempting to resolve the problems JFCOM is “exploring” its own SBIR program to give us more flexibility to address the research problems important to us Our objective:
– Submit 5-7 topics each year – Award 2-3 Phase I contracts for each topic – Compete the good ideas and down select to one Phase II award for each topic 20
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Other ORTA Activities
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Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program
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Similar to SBIR but for small businesses partnered with universities or other research institutions (FFRDCs, not-for-profits) Education Partnership Agreement -- none yet but several discussions
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ODU, Hampton U., William and Mary, ECPI Inventions, patents, trademarks, data rights, licenses (protecting JFCOM intellectual property); “spin off” Technology transfer training
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Concluding Comments
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JFCOM’s technology transfer authorities have enabled us to significantly improve our relationships with industry and academia
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We are becoming more externally focused
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We are looking to find capabilities and experience that we can leverage before we undertake to build the capabilities ourselves
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We are becoming a better partner We value our partnerships with industry and academia Contact us at [email protected]
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Discussion
Contact: [email protected]
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