Technology Transfer at JFCOM

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Opportunities for Partnering with US Joint
Forces Command (USJFCOM)
Dr. Russell Richards Manager, Office of Research
and Technology Applications July 2007
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Mechanisms for Engaging w Industry
Before March 2005
JFCOM Contracting / Business Manager
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

• Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
• Requests for Information (RFI)
• Unsolicited Proposals
• Contracts

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Scope of Technology Transfer
Inform
Capability Transition
JFCOM

• Jt Context/CONOPs
• Refine Capabilities
• Systems Integration
• Test Interoperability
• Develop Prototypes
• Experimentation
• Evaluate Capabilities
• Doctrine Training

Partners
Industry Academia State Local Govts
Service, National, and Other Labs

Joint Operations
Infusion
Provide Value Added
Needs
Partner Spin-On
Determine what the warfighter needs inform our
partners infuse their technologies and
capabilities partner with them to make sure the
capabilities meet the warfighters needs and
transition capabilties to the warfighter
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Responding to Joint Warfighter Needs
JFCOM Org HiPris Lines of Operation
Technology
JCA Prioritized Gaps
Prototypes, Concepts
Lessons Learned
CHIOs
(e.g., from President, SecDef, Chairman, DPG,
QDR, Transformation Road Map)
Guidance
COCOM IPLs and Engagement
Inputs
Concise message to tell industry how they can
help us!
JFCOM High Priority Capability Areas
Output
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Process for Engaging with Industry
We have a potential solution.
These are the problems that require your help.
Send email to tech.transfer_at_jfcom.mil
Abstract with Briefing or White Paper
JFCOM Focused Forums, Industry Symposium, Web
Page, Announcements, Presentations, Engagement
Request Opportunity to Give Capability
Presentation or Demo
Tasker to Determine Interest
Outcome?
Who is interested in a capability presentation?
Hold capability presentation/demoDiscover
promising capabilities
What is the capability? Who might be interested?
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Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
(CRADAs)
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What is a CRADA?
Cooperative Research Development Agreement

• USJFCOM partners with non-federal government
  organizations on research, development, test and
  evaluation (RDTE) efforts
• CRADA authorization arises from a separate
  statute, so FAR procedures do not apply
• 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? contd

• 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, MS
  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 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
JFCOM
PARTNER
CRADA
Leverage Resources Share Risks Collaborate!
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Summary of Potential CRADA Partners
Hewlett Packard Lockheed SAIC
Honeywell Raytheon Alion/BMH
L-3 Communications Northrop Grumman Microsoft
Boeing Sun Microsystems NCOIC
IBM BAE Systems General Dynamics
VMASC / Old Dom Univ George Mason Univ MITRE
MIT CORMINE JHU/APL
CISCO MAERSK Shipping Intel
State of Virginia Stanford University SpeeDev
Raytheon Boeing Trusted Solutions Gp
Most major defense companies some major
non-defense IT companies a few small businesses
and a few universities
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Why Do a CRADA with JFCOM?

• 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 and evaluation
• JFCOM r D T E
• Partner R D t e
• Calculus r D T E R D t e R D T E
• Plus JFCOM rounds this out with conops,
  training, and doctrine so that we provide a
  complete DOTMLPF package to the warfighter

Good partnerships result when the partners
complement each other both partners benefit.
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Benefits to JFCOM

• 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
• Reduces the resources that JFCOM will have to
  provide
• Reduces the amount of time required to accomplish
  the projects
• Reduces the risk
• Improves the quality of the product
• Better, cheaper, faster, lower risk not bad!

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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

• A competitive 3-phase program addressing the
  research needs of government organizations
• Phase I lt 100K 6 months feasibility study
• Phase II lt 750K for those that are selected 2
  years for prototype development
• Phase III No SBIR funding Other funding for
  commercialization or transition
• Targets small businesses (lt 500 employees)
• Funding is awarded competitively (FAR applies),
  but process is streamlined
• Our plan Make multiple Phase I awards (2-3) per
  topic and compete the good ideas down select to
  one Phase II award for each topic.
• Expectation Submit 5-7 topics per year,
  resulting in 10-20 Phase I awards
• Next JFCOM solicitation will come out July 18 as
  part of OSD program

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SBIR Summary
Title/Company Org Props Awards
Secure Dynamic Configuration of Real-Time Networks JPRA 7 2
Architecture Technology Corp
Innovative Solutions Intl.
Automating the Production of Terrain Databases JATTL 11 2
Sentinel AVE, LLC
TerraSim, Inc.
Next Generation Database Modeled on Human Neurological Processes JTC-I 24 3
Physical Optics Corp
Applied Technical Systems Inc.
Infobionics, Inc.
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Other ORTA Activities

• Focused forums (live and virtual)
• Capability presentations
• Demonstrations (Boeing, Accenture)
• Baseline assessments
• Education Partnership Agreement
• Inventions, patents, trademarks, data rights,
  licenses (protecting JFCOM intellectual property)
• Technology transfer training

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2007 Industry Symposium

• Co-sponsors National Defense Industrial
  Association (NDIA) and JFCOM
• When July 31 and August 1
• Where Hampton Convention Center
• Theme Hampton Roads Supporting Joint Force
  Operations
• Highlights
• Presentations Governor Kaine, Secretary Chopra,
  Warfighter, others
• Panels JFCOM Needs, Area Military Reps
  Requirements, Hampton Roads Communities of
  Excellence
• Breakout sessions to provide specific discussions
  about needs
• Recognition of our CRADA partners
• Exhibits (over 70 spaces sold)
• Register at NDIA web site, http//www.ndia-ghrc.or
  g/

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Concluding Comments

• JFCOMs technology transfer authorities have
  enabled us to significantly improve our
  relationships with industry and academia
• We are becoming more externally focused
• We are looking to find capabilities and
  experience that we can leverage before we
  undertake it ourselves
• We are becoming a better partner
• Our technology transfer authorities provide us
  with tremendous opportunities to leverage and
  influence the investments of others
• Benefits Better, cheaper, faster, lower risk
• We are just now touching the surface of what we
  could do to support the missions of JFCOM and the
  needs of the joint warfighter
• Other DoD organizations benefit from our
  technology transfer activities leverage our
  CRADAs

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Discussion
Contact tech.transfer_at_jfcom.mil ORTA
russ.richards_at_jfcom.mil