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PREFACE 



To help ONR improve its technology transfer efforts, James DeCorpo, Di- 

 rector of the Ocean, Atmosphere, and Space Department of ONR, requested that 

 the OSB review the status of technology research in ONR laboratories and rec- 

 ommend programs that would serve to meet science and technology needs of the 

 Navy, other agencies, industry, and academia. The OSB formed the Committee 

 on Alternative Uses of Naval Technology in response to this request. The com- 

 mittee was further requested to produce a report detailing (1) how ONR now 

 interacts with industry, (2) how those avenues of interaction may be improved, 

 and (3) future areas of technology research that may be appropriate for ONR to 

 pursue, which might have applications to interests outside the Navy. The com- 

 mittee did not discuss specific areas of basic research for ONR to pursue in the 

 future (the OSB has provided such advice in more than 12 recent reports to 

 ONR), but rather focused on establishing future technology needs of the nonmili- 

 tary industrial marine sector. This report. Expanding the Uses of Naval Ocean 

 Science and Technology, offers advice that should lead to a more effective trans- 

 fer of technology from ONR-sponsored scientists and laboratories to the nonmili- 

 tary marine sector. More effective use of U.S. defense research dollars could 

 serve to strengthen scientific research, marine transportation, economic develop- 

 ment, and global competitiveness. 



WILLIAM MERRELL 



Ocean Studies Board, Chairman 



