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20 EXPANDING THE USES OF NA VAL OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



Navy Technology Application Assessment — A Navy Technology Application As- 

 sessment (NTA A) is a documented summary describing the application of tech- 

 nology developed by ONR that is potentially useful to state and local govern- 

 ments or the U.S. private sector. NTAAs are released to the National Technical 

 Information Service. 



Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer — The Federal Labora- 

 tory Consortium (FLC), including ONR laboratories, is supported by its compo- 

 nent agencies and responsible to the National Institute for Standards and Tech- 

 nology of the Department of Commerce. The FLC identifies and facilitates 

 technology transfer. The level of support contributed by the Navy to the FLC is 

 determined by the CNR (presently 0.008 percent of the total Navy R&D budget). 



Office of Research and Technology Application — An Office of Research and 

 Technology Apphcation (ORTA) has been established at each Navy laboratory 

 for managing and coordinating DTT activities. Each organization within DOD 

 must establish ORTA functional units of at least one employee's full-time effort 

 (FTE) if there are between 200 and 1,000 technical personnel and at least two 

 FTEs if more than 1 ,000 technical personnel are employed. ONR headquarters 

 manages and assesses the ORTA process at each laboratory. Funding support of 

 ORTAs comes from internal laboratory overhead or return on invention licensing 

 and royalties. 



Cooperative Research and Development Agreement — Cooperative Research and 

 Development Agreements (CRDAs) are agreements between a federal agency or 

 agencies and nonfederal parties to perform cooperative R&D. A CRDA is a legal 

 mechanism for federal agencies to work with private companies to exploit gov- 

 ernment technology and invention while protecting the title and Ucensing rights 

 of each party. The federal agency provides personnel, services, facilities, equip- 

 ment, and other resources with or without reimbursement. The nonfederal party 

 provides similar resources but receives no government funds. 



Individual Awards and Compensation for DTT Contributions — The Navy offers 

 individual awards and compensation to federal employees who make significant 

 contributions to Navy DTT. Eligibility for patent license royalties is an addi- 

 tional award mechanism. In addition to the above formal DTT mechanisms 

 prescribed by regulations, ONR has several other means for facihtating technol- 

 ogy transfer, including the various types of industrial agreements and programs 

 discussed below. 



Industrial Agreements Other than CRDAs — In addition to CRDAs, ONR uses 

 other agreements with industry that promote technology transfer. These agree- 

 ments include contracts and grants for which 100 percent of the funding is pro- 



