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Status of ONR Technology 

 Transfer Programs 



This chapter provides an overview of ONR efforts to transfer technology. A 

 successful technology transfer program used by the National Aeronautics and 

 Space Administration (NASA) is discussed to provide perspective. The back- 

 ground to the present pohcy on technology transfer is provided by the Federal 

 Technology Transfer Act of 1986, Public Law 99-502 (Appendix C). 



In response to Public Law 96-480 and Executive Order 12591 (Appendix C), 

 the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition in 1988 issued a Domestic Tech- 

 nology Transfer (DTT) Program Regulation to "ensure the full use of the nation's 

 federal investment in research and development (R&D), stimulating improved 

 use by state and local governments and the private sector" (DOD, 1988). A 

 specific policy goal is to "promote the sharing of technology that fosters the 

 advance of science or that has commercial potential and thus should be employed 

 to best advantage for the security and socioeconomic well-being of the United 

 States" (DOD, 1988). SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5700.16 of 27 October 1989, 

 assigns the Chief of Naval Research (CNR) responsibility for miUtary-civiUan 

 domestic technology transfer for the U.S. Department of the Navy. 



ONR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MECHAMSMS 



In accordance with the regulation and instruction, the CNR issued OCNR 

 Instruction 5700.1 on 24 July 1991 to implement the pohcy and procedures for 

 the Navy DTT program. The numerous mechanisms formally estabUshed to 

 encourage and promote technology transfer are summarized below. 



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