63 



There are many potential Navy- and DoD-developed technologies to 

 consider for dual use and cooperative development with other federal 

 agencies and the civilian community. As there is no clear separation 

 between the application of these technologies to either the civilian uses 

 or programs managed by other federal agencies, I have lumped them 

 together. 



In considering civilian applications for Navy-developed 

 oceanographic technologies, it must be recognized that none of these 

 examples are turn-key operations. One can't just come in, sit down, and 

 necessarily be provided the information one wants. If there is a DoD 

 technology that is potentially suitable for use by other federal agencies, 

 an additional R&D investment will still generally be required to make it 

 useful to their needs. However, even with this investment, the non-DoD 

 users can still realize a significant cost savings, since the most 

 expensive part of the R&D investment has already been made. 



One way to think of transitioning DoD technology to civilian use is to 

 consider it as similar to patent licensing. Generally, a company requests a 

 licensing agreement with the patent holder. Once access to the technology 

 has been obtained, the company invests additional R&D funds to modify it 

 to meet the needs of the company. Through this transition investment, the 

 company obtains the benefit of the technology without having to fund its 

 original development, and all sides come out ahead. The same model 

 applies in transitioning DoD developed technology to civilian uses. 



NAVY OCEAN AND MARITiWiE ATMOSPHERE S&T CHALLENGE 



The Navy oceanographic community is currently confronting a truly 

 grand challenge - to obtain an oceanographic and maritime atmospheric 

 prediction capability that will work at all time and space scales. To do 

 this, we must be able to observe and understand how the ocean and marine 

 atmosphere systems interact and evolve in both time and space. 



The Navy has a requirement to provide timely and continuous 

 operational forecasts of the oceanic and atmospheric conditions to the 

 fleet. The foremost operational prediction facilities in the U.S. are located 

 at the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC) in Monterey California 

 and at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) at the Stennis Space 

 Center, Mississippi. Both of these facilities are field activities of the 



