Naval Research Laboratory The Business of Science

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Naval Research LaboratoryThe Business of Science
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Establishment of NRL
A WORLD-CLASS LABORATORY
Idea followed the sinking of the Lusitania in
1915 Secretary Josephus Daniels Established
Naval Consulting Board with Edison Chair, meeting
October 7, 1915 August 29, 1916 Congress
appropriates funds to establish the Lab
Delayed by WW-I, Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Commissions the Lab at
Bellevue site on July 2, 1923
THOMAS A. EDISON GOVERNMENT
SHOULD MAINTAIN A GREAT RESEARCH LABORATORY
TO DEVELOP GUNS, NEW EXPLOSIVES AND ALL THE
TECHNIQUE OF MILITARY AND NAVAL PROGRESSION
WITHOUT ANY VAST EXPENSE.
THOMAS A. EDISON, THE NEW YORK TIMES
MAGAZINE SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1915
The Navy and Marine Corps Corporate Laboratory
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NRL Mission

• To conduct a broadly based multidisciplinary
  program of scientific research and advanced
  technological development directed toward
  maritime applications of new and improved
  materials, techniques, equipment, systems and
  ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and
  related technologies.
• Primary in-house research for the physical,
  engineering, space, and environmental sciences
• Broadly based applied research and advanced
  technology development program in response to
  identified and anticipated Navy and Marine Corps
  needs
• Broad multidisciplinary support to the Naval
  Warfare Centers
• Space space systems technology development
  support
• Designated as the Navy's corporate laboratory by
  SECNAV 1991

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Naval Research LaboratorysOrganizational
Relationships
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research,
Development Acquisition) The Honorable Delores
M. Etter
Chief of Naval Research RADM William E. Landay
III, USN
NRL
Director of Research Dr. John Montgomery
Commanding Officer CAPT Dan Gahagan, USN
Materials Science and Component Technology Dr. B.
B. Rath
Systems Directorate Dr. G. Borsuk
Business Operations Mr. D. Therning
Naval Center for Space Technology Mr. P. G.
Wilhelm
Ocean and Atmospheric Science Technology Dr. E.
O. Hartwig
Acoustics Remote Sensing Oceanography Marine
Geosciences Marine Meteorology Space Sciences
Radar Electronic Warfare Optical
Sciences Information Technology
Chemistry Materials Science Technology Comp.
Phys Fluid Dynamics Plasma Physics Electronics
Science Tech Biomolecular Science Engr
Space Systems Dev Spacecraft Engineering
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Naval ResearchLaboratory
ACREAGE - 508 BUILDINGS - 176 REPLACEMENT
VALUE 2B -Lab buildings 1.5B -
Equipment/facilities 0.5B
DC,MD, VA SITES
MONTEREY, CA Naval PG School
NAF, KEY WEST Marine Corrosion Facility
MOBILE, AL Ex-USS Shadwell
BAY ST. LOUIS, MS John C. Stennis Space Center
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Key Capabilities of Remote Sites
Monterey - Weather model development
- Forecasting - Colocated with Fleet
Numerical Stennis - Ocean modeling and
prediction - Oceanographic research -
Colocated with NAVOCEANO Mobile Bay -
ex-USS Shadwell - Shipboard firefighting
research
Key West - Marine corrosion
research Chesapeake Bay Division, Tilghman
Island - Electronic Warfare Development
- Microwave Ocean Environment Surrogate MRC,
Blossom Point, Pomonkey - Spacecraft
testing - Calibration - Control and
Operations
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Personnel FY 06(FTP Only)
TOTAL 2263 (WG INCLUDED) BACHELOR
506 MASTER 328 DOCTORATE 771
SCIENTISTS/ENGINEERS 1462
PHYSICISTS 400 ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS 343 OTHER

273 CHEMISTS 96 COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
128 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 59 ASTRONOMERS 41 AE
ROSPACE ENGINEERS 50 GEN PHYS SCIENTISTS 35 MATHEM
ATICIANS 25 METALLURGISTS 12
Other 4
Clerical 6
Technical 10
Admin 13
Professional 67
(other includes Materials, Electrical and
Computer Engineers, Meteorologists and
Oceanographers)
30 SEPT 06 CEIS DEGREE RPT
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NRL Research Performance

• ST
• Primarily within the Laboratory
• Limited support contracts
• RD (Outside ST)
• On behalf of an outside sponsor
• Sponsor determines program
• More expansive contracting opportunities

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U.S. Navy Technology Infrastructure
ALL SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
PRODUCT CENTERS
AIRCRAFT PLATFORMS WEAPONS
OCEAN SURVEILLANCE AND C DEVELOPMENT
MARINE CORPS TECHNOLOGIES
SPACE SYSTEMS
MEDICAL RD
(DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING)
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(ST)
NAVSEA
NRL
NAVAIR NAWC AD/WD
NAVSEA
NUWC
SPAWAR SSC
MARCOR SYSCOM
NSWC
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Facilities examples

• Class 100 Clean Room
• Transmission Electron Microscope
• Focused Ion Beam
• Vapor Deposition Machine
• Compact RF Ranges

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Facilities (cont)

• Fiber Fabrication for non-Oxide and specialty
  glasses
• Large anechoic chamber
• Ion Implantation Facility

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Working with NRL

• Cooperative RD Agreements (CRADA)
• Sale to Third Parties (non-Federal Government)
• Licensing/Sublicensing
• Collaborations
• Broad Area Announcements
• Small Business

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CRADA

• Cooperative and mutually beneficial research and
  development
• Formalizes interactions and partnerships between
  private industry and NRL
• NRL may provide personnel, services, facilities,
  and equipment, but no funds
• The non-Federal party may provide funds, in
  addition to personnel, services, facilities, and
  equipment
• Some Attributes
• Non-exclusive, paid-up, royalty-free license to
  any patents that are derived from the CRADA
• Option to obtain an exclusive license
• Leverage 2B state-of-the-art laboratory

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Sales to Third Parties

• Allows use of government facility by private
  industry
• Does not inhibit competition
• No capability in the private sector
• Private sector cannot respond in time required
• No cost to the government

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Licensing

• Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and the Federal Technology
  Transfer Act of 1986 authorize government
  laboratories to grant licenses to their patented
  technologies
• Prefers to issue non-exclusive licenses
• Exclusive licenses may be granted, if warranted
• Required to retain a non-exclusive, royalty-free,
  paid up license to use the invention for
  Government purposes.

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NRL Partnerships

• Partnerships with Industry
• Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
  (CRADA)
• Sale to Third Parties (non-Federal Government)
• Licensing/Sublicensing
• Partnerships with Universities
• 970 collaborations with 248 institutions in 48
  states (plus DC)
• 187 collaborations in 32 foreign countries
• International Agreements/Committees
• Involvement with 37 nations
• Joint Programs
• MOA/MOUs

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NRL Technology Transferhttp//www.nrl.navy.mil
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Important Links for Work with NRL

• NRL
• http//www.nrl.navy.mil/
• Tech Transfer Office
• http//www.nrl.navy.mil/techtransfer/
• CRADA
• http//www.nrl.navy.mil/techtransfer/cradas.php
• Small Business
• http//sadbu.nrl.navy.mil/
• BAA
• http//heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/0708baa/baa.ht
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• Contracts
• http//heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/home.htm
• Facilities
• http//www.nrl.navy.mil/pubs/2001Facilities(revise
  d).pdf