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INTRODUCTIONThis report is provided in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2371(h) which requires the

Secretary of Defense to submit a report annually to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House of Representatives Committee on National Security on all those transactions entered into under 10 U.S.C. 2371(a) which are not categorized as contracts, cooperative agreements or grants (hereafter referred to as “other transactions”) and all cooperative agreements entered into under 10 U.S.C. 2358 which include a section 2371 authorized clause requiring “Recovery of Funds”.

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department are authorized by section 2371 to enter into other transactions to carry out basic, applied, and advanced research projects. That same authority also permits certain transactions to include a clause requiring a person or other entity to make repayments of funds to the Department of Defense or any other department or agency of the Federal Government as a condition for receiving support under the agreement or other transaction. The authority of 10 U.S.C. 2371 was extended by Section 845 of Public Law 103-160 and Section 804 of Public Law 104-201 to permit the Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Secretary of a military department, and any other official designated by the Secretary of Defense, to enter into other transactions to carry out prototype projects that are directly relevant to weapons or weapon systems proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense.

This report addresses two types of other transactions: other transactions for research and other transactions for prototypes. There were no reportable cooperative agreements entered into during the report period and there were no funds recovered on a cooperative agreement or other transaction in FY 1998. Collectively, DARPA, Air Force, Army, Navy and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency awarded 61 other transactions for research and 43 other transactions for prototypes in FY98.

The following pages of this report answer other specific questions posed by Congress such as:

(A) The Technology Areas in which research projects were conducted under such agreements or other transactions.

(B) The extent of the cost sharing among Federal and non-Federal sources.(C) The extent to which the use of the cooperative agreements or other transactions-

(i) has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs; and

(ii) has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United State

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Agreement Number: DAAL01-98-3-0035

Title: Digital Watermark Agents

Type of Agreement: Other Transaction for Research

Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Army Research Laboratory

Recipient: Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics (CRCG)

Effective Date: 12 Dec 97

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 12 Dec 98

U.S. Government Dollars (000): $241

Non-Government Dollars (000): $279

Dollars Returned to Government Account: $0

Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Develop and demonstrate digital watermarking techniques for labeling, authenticating, and protecting sensitive or proprietary information. Watermarking is the addition of hidden control information in a digital document. Watermarking technology can be used on the digital battlefield to authenticate messages and detect intrusions into tactical networks. Active watermarks can track sensitive documents in battlefield networks and report their unauthorized possession or use.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Fraunhofer CRCG is a non-profit entity which does not normally do Government work; in fact, this effort is the first formal relationship they have had with DOD. Fraunhofer has unique expertise in the development of watermark technology. They are marketing one of the first commercially available watermarking applications, and have a world-class researcher leading the technical effort. The technical expertise and commercialization experience they possess would not have been available to the Government if the dual-use program using the “Other Transaction” authority had not been available. This effort allows Fraunhofer to advance the state-of-the-art in watermarking technology and develop a product which has DOD-required features yet has significant commercialization potential as well. In addition, the program has provided increased benefits to the Government with no corresponding cost increase.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Because Fraunhofer had not been involved in previous Government agreements or contracts, this effort has served to introduce Fraunhofer to Government-sponsored research and has made the technical expertise at Fraunhofer available to DOD. Fraunhofer no doubt sees this effort as a dream come true, as they are being partially funded to perform research and development that will not only serve the national defense, but will also result in an improved commercial product for themselves.

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Agreement Number: DAAL01-97-3-0164

Title: High Accuracy Optical Character Recognition Arabic and Persian


Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Army Research Laboratory

Recipient: Applications Technology, Inc.

Effective Date: 25 Sep 97

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 31 Mar 99

U.S. Government Dollars (000): $104 modification on FY 98 (total $701)

Non-Government Dollars (000): $104 modification in FY98 New total of $701K.


Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The goal of this agreement is to develop optical character recognition software that handles both Arabic and Persian text as well as text in Arabic and Persian mixed with any Latin-character-based language. The objective of the effort added in FY98 is to enhance and improve name finder software under development in Arabic and Farsi.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: .The use of an OT has allowed ARL to involve two firms that would not have otherwise participated in the project. The two firms are Onset Technology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA and Shnout Ltd., Hertzelia, Israel. The flexible provisions of an OT has enabled these companies to determine delivery schedules and milestones as well as prioritize product features. These two companies have never done business with the Government before and have always relied on commercial market sales. The use of an OT has allowed the recipient, Technology Inc., to obtain new technology faster. OT’s have allowed for more aggressive development schedules due to more competitive practices. ARL has obtained better OCR for Arabic and Farsi at a faster pace of development and at lower consumer costs than otherwise. The dual use requirement that industry share development cost with Government has helped to promote a more competitive practice on the part of AppTek.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: See above.

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Agreement Number: DAAB07-98-3-D008

Type of Agreement: Other Transaction for research

Title: Dynamic System Defense Tool For Information Warfare (DSDIW).

Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM), Battlefield Electronics Communications Sector

Recipient: PRC Inc. Effective Date: 22 Dec 1997

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 22 Jun 1999

U. S. Government Dollars (000): $685



Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:This project will provide intrusion detection and automated response mechanisms to the Tactical Internet (TI) Security architecture. The capabilities will be developed and integrated into the TI, and a detailed analysis and testing will be performed to insure that the active portions of intrusion reporting and response minimize impact to the networks communications and processing. There are four main tasks . Task 1 is to develop the DSDIWs basic intrusion detection capabilities, establish a data base concept to assist in continuous monitoring of collected network data, and the development of the response methodology. Task 2 will tailor the capabilities developed in Task 1 for operation in the Army’s TI environment. The software will be ported to the TI equipment, the various elements will be optimized to minimize the impact on the processing and communications overhead of the TI, and attack signature recognition specific to the TI will be added. Task 3 is to integrate the DSDIW into a testbed, and perform system testing. Task 4 will be to provide a demonstration of the DSDIW in the CECOM’s Digital Integrated Laboratory (DIL).

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The Tactical Internet brings forth many interconnections and therefore vulnerabilities which did not previously exist. This project will greatly benefit the military by providing significant enhancements to the Army’s deployed networks, because the Tactical Internet does not currently have these capabilities.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The Army’s deployed networks are compromised of components based on commercial equipment and protocols. The increased interconnection of these networks, and migration to a seamless communication architecture from the foxhole to the sustaining base has introduced new vulnerabilities into the tactical environment. Previously, encryption on LPI/LPD communications techniques were sufficient to protect deployed systems. These measures do not counter the hacker and insider type vulnerabilities. The Army’s tactical network security capabilities must address issues such as network access control, intrusion detection and improved host security to counter these threats. There has been a great deal of work done by government and commercial organizations for fixed station, large bandwidth security measures.

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Agreement Number: DAAB07-98-3-D262.

Title: Infrared Imaging For Medicine (IIFM)


Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Communications-Electronic Command (CECOM)

Recipient: Lockheed Martin Corporation IR Imaging Systems

Effective Date: 21 Jul 1998

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 21 Jul 2000


Non-Government Dollars (000): $ 1,043


Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:To develop high performance high resolution thermal imaging technology and demonstrate the medical value of the modality at a military medical research center.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Noninvasive imaging modalities may reduce morbidity and mortality by enabling medics to locate, triage, and diagnose casualties more quickly and effectively on the battlefield. Given that one out of three US Army soldiers killed in action (KIA) die after ten minutes of wounding, the new doctrine for casualty care emphasizes the need to provide immediate resuscitation and life support, limited surgical stabilization, and emergent operative/non-operative trauma care near the front. To accomplish these missions, medical units must be smaller, lighter, more mobile and also have equipment that enables medics to treat more effectively. Portable noninvasive imaging sensors that quickly and effectively assist triage and wound debridement, diagnosis of life threatening injuries, and improve the treatment decision-making process are envisioned to be an important part of the empowered medic of the future. Thermal imaging may enhance surgical vision by enabling surgeons to verify blood flow and tissue perfusion, determine ischemic length, verify revascularization and monitor laser ablation in real time. Thermal imaging may also be a valuable adjunct for diagnosis of head injury and internal bleeding, burns, shock, and circulatory disorders. The Infrared Imaging for Medicine (IIFM) project develops high performance high resolution thermal imaging technology and demonstrates the medical value of the modality at a military medical research center. Emergency medical service and trauma facilities may also benefit from the development of portable imaging sensors operating in the infrared.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: A team consisting of members from industry, government and academia is being formed to formulate the baseline study and review the results. In addition to the US Army CECOM NVESD and LMIRIS, the team will have at least one (1) member from the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and one (1) member from a civilian medical research center or university actively working in the field. The “partnership” formed by this allows Academia, Government and Industry to work together towards a mutual goal in an environment that encourages an open sharing of information without the typical limitations that are encountered in other forms of Government contracting.

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Agreement Number: DAAB07-98-3-J002

Title: Uncooled IR Sensors For Commercial And Military Applications


3Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Communications-Electronic Command (CECOM)

Recipient: Raytheon TI Systems, Inc., Surface Systems & Sensors, Electronic Systems Division

Effective Date: 26 Nov 1997

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 26 Aug 2000

U. S. Government Dollars (000): $12,000



Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The specific vision of the Uncooled IR Sensors DUAP S&T program described in this Agreement is to leverage the success of the current Uncooled IR Sensors Technology and to radically reduce the cost of Uncooled IR Technology thereby facilitating use by the U. S. Army and the other Services.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Continuation and expansion of the commercial production base for uncooled IR sensors will facilitate and accelerate the spin-on to the military. The program will result in a suite of thermal imaging sensors, unmatched in cost, size, weight, and power consumption, for a broad range of military and commercial applications. Future products envisioned as a result of this DUAP effort include a driver’s aid for commercial and military cars, trucks, tanks, ships, and boats; covert surveillance and weapon sights for military and law enforcement agencies; small utility cameras for physical security of commercial and military compounds, bases, posts, buildings, ports, airports, and prisons; personal “pocket FLIRs” for soldiers, firemen, and law enforcement squads; low cost, light-weight thermal imagers for manned and unmanned military, law enforcement, and commercial aircraft; and low cost, light-weight uncooled IR sensors for missile seekers, and other munitions for the military services. The long range vision is that over the next ten (10) years, the number of potential applications for Uncooled IR sensors will approach an estimated six million units in numerous market segments (police, fire fighting, marine, federal agency, military, stationary security, automotive, trucking, missile and other munitions seekers and sensors).

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: These transactions allow for Government and industrial partners to work together in a commercial type environment to adapt Commercial technology to Military applications. The agreement is encouraging new technologies which will keep the United States ahead of other nations. The Uncooled Infra Red technology will assist the armed forces and other federal agencies in protecting the United States by with the following strategies:

Target key markets to maintain customer focus

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Target automotive markets as the main enabler for high volume, low cost production of products

Target additional markets as development investment and product cost allows

Develop business alliances with knowledgeable national and local distribution channels

Establish a position as the lowest cost producer by continuously improving and measuring processes and by monitoring and reducing cost drivers

Enable military and federal agency applications from the beginning and spin-on to appropriate applications

Also these new relationships will keep United States national security in the forefront. These transactions allows for maximum leverage of Government and private industry dollars, in such a manner that maximizes application of money to research and reduces application of funds to administrative costs and fees. The cost share encourages the contractor to closely monitor costs.

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Agreement Number: DAAB07-98-3-J006.

Title: Dual Use Science & Technology Program.


Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)

Recipient: Indigo Systems Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The specific vision of the Dual Use Science & Technology Program described in this Agreement is to develop and demonstrate a low cost, low power, small size uncooled infrared camera.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs:Uncooled sensors are presently targeted for use on manportable equipment such as rifle sights, in terrestrial vehicles as driver aids, in security systems for intrusion detection, smart munitions and seekers. In the commercial world, the sensor is targeted for application in fire fighting, facial recognition in teller machines, traffic control and in situ industrial monitoring. The low power, compact, moderate performing sensor expected to be demonstrated under this effort is expected to be marketable and find application in the military and commercial areas previously listed.

If successful, this uncooled sensor would be competitive in performance, reliability and cost with more expensive sensors. The follow-up to this program would be the insertion of the uncooled sensor into application requiring the size and performance exhibited by the sensor for demonstrations and marketing.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:These transactions allow for Government and industrial partners to work together in a commercial type environment to adapt Commercial technology to Military applications. The agreement is encouraging new technologies which will keep the United States ahead of other nations.

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Title: Adaptive IR Sensor.


Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM)

Recipient: Raytheon Systems Company

Effective Date: 18 Jun 98

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 30 Jan 2000.

U. S. Government Dollars(000): $475


Dollars Returned to Government Account: $0.

Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The development of “smart” infrared focal plane arrays will improve lethality and survivability of future weapons platforms without placing added burdens on essential ATR systems and image processors. Infrared imaging focal plane arrays that incorporate advanced signal processing functions directly on-chip enable scene information to be preprocessed massively in parallel, reducing the workload and processing time of image processors downstream. In addition, sensitivity enhancement circuitry will enable future systems to interrogate spectral and temporal signatures of stationary and moving targets in the scene. “Smart” IRFPAs will enable target acquisition systems to more efficiently cue, reject scene clutter, reduce false alarms and increase target identification ranges by providing high image quality with spectral and temporal resolution. The “smart” signal processing functions performed directly on-chip are transparent to the infrared detector material underneath and can be applied to imaging systems ranging from low cost missile seekers to fully integrated target acquisition suites.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The on-chip circuitry proposed by the offeror is implemented within the unit cells of a silicon readout multiplexor directly hybridized to a large staring infrared imaging focal plane array. The proposed design includes subframe accumulation and temporal high pass filtering circuits to improve sensitivity, reduce noise, perform scene based nonuniformity correction (NUC) and moving object detection. The offeror has simulated the performance of the proposed temporal high pass filtering (THPT) circuit and can implement the circuitry within the unit cell of existing staring IRFPA technology to demonstrate its capability.

The subframe accumulation approach to enhance sensitivity and dynamic range is well understood and can also be implemented within the same unit cell as the THPF circuitry, enabling benefits of scene based NUC and enhanced sensitivity to be realized within the same unit cell. This effort directly supports concepts being considered for use in the next generation of infrared imaging sensors.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The commercial potential for this technology is excellent, although the major application is military. Smart sensors of this type reduce system power requirements and the complexity of video processing electronics, potentially reducing overall system cost. Simplification of user interfaces resulting from “smart” on-chip processing may enable the technology to be inserted into several commercial markets

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including medical imaging sensors, automotive and aviation safety sensors, and manufacturing control sensors.

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Title: Development of Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) Technology for Aviation Helmet Mounted Displays (HMD).

Type of Agreement: Other Transaction for Research:

Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM)

Recipient: Kopin Corporation Effective Date: 28 May 98

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 28 May 2000


Non-Government Dollars (000): $1,089


Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The specific vision of this Other Transaction is to design, manufacture, assemble, test and deliver Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays (AMLCDs) and associated drive and interconnect assemblies for use in the Army Comanche Vision System and future high resolition, vehicle powered military applications.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs:The government desires the use of a display, in binocular heads-up head-mounted systems for the display of high-resolution data, which satisfies certain requirements for see-through systems. The government has chosen to fund research and development of such a display at Kopin Corporation to meet the technical requirements called for in the Comanche HIDSS program with application to all rotorcraft and aviation see-through helmt displays. Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:Government and Industrial partners work together in a commercial type environment to adapt commercial technology to military applications. This type of agreement is encouraging new technologies which will keep the United States ahead of other nations.

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Agreement Number: DAAE07-98-3-0002

Title: Soft Switching Inverters for AC Adjustable Drives


Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)

Recipient: General Motors Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Development of an advanced, efficient, cost-effective and reliable ac motor controller capable of powering electric and hybrid-electric automobiles and scaleable to heavy-duty trucks and military ground vehicles.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The agreement with General Motors includes participation by the Virginia Power Electronics Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The success of the project will result in smaller, cheaper electric and hybrid-electric drive trains with improved fuel economy and reliability.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Use of this other transaction has enhanced partnering with industry for common goals. Without use of this instrument, the extent of cooperation between the government and commercial firms would not have been possible, because the government will be involved in the progress of the work to a greater extent that is allowed under a standard contract or grant.

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Title: Smart Diagnostic and Repair Tool for The FMTV J1939 Data Bus



Recipient: Operation Smart Force



U.S. Government Dollars (000): $1,204



Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Assessment, development, and demonstration of a software template for selected faults, using the Smart Diagnostic and Repair Tool. Use of this tool will result in more timely diagnosis and repair of vehicles which use microprocessors, electronic controls and sensors.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Operation Smart Force is a consortium of private commercial firms (Raytheon Training, Inc.; General Motors Service Technology Group; and Interactive Solutions Incorporated), the Army National Guard, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The branches of the commercial firms have not previously contracted with the government and would not have made the necessary restructuring of accounting systems, etc., that a procurement contract would have required.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The combination of these various consortium members provide a synergy of expertise that would not have been possible under a conventional contract. The proprietary rights of Interactive Solutions would have created obstacles to the acquisition of this technology and development of the appropriate templates.

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Title: Optimized Motor and Motor Controller for Use in Heavy Duty Hybrid-Electric Trucks



Recipient: The ISE Research Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Development of an advanced, high power AC induction drive motor and a practical, cost-effective method of controlling this motor in heavy duty electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The agreement with ISE Research will, if successful, result in development of a motor and controller set capable of meeting the power and torque requirements of the largest road vehicles, whether commercial or military, at a 50-80% lower cost than comparable systems. Such electrically-driven vehicles may ultimately have numerous operation advantages over conventional engine driven vehicles, including reduced fuel consumption, lower emissions, less noise, and reduced maintenance.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This agreement builds upon work partially funded by the California Transportation Department. Without use of this instrument, the extent of cooperation between the government and ISE would not have been possible, because the government is involved in the progress of the work to a greater extent that is allowed under a standard contract or grant.

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Title: DT-800 Driver Interface Unit



Recipient: DriverTech, Inc. Effective Date: 30 Dec 1997

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 30 Oct 1998




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Improve electronic mapping calabilities based on the Global Positioning Satellite system. DriverTech started with a base commercial part they had been developing. They, with cooperation from government experts in tactical vehicle electronics, investigated security, ruggedization, and software and hardware interface issues. DriverTech then created, tested, and is demonstrating the improved system.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs:.DriverTech, Inc. is a small business who had not done business with the Government before, and using an OT allowed us to bring them into the competitve base. They required unique data rights, and could not meet CAS requirements.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United StatesUsing an OT allowed us to tap into DriverTech, Inc.’s existing R&D investment in the commercial trucking industry.

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Title: Enhanced Crash Protection For Occupants of Heavy Tactical Vehicles: Inflatable Restraint Systems and Crewcab Delethalization Techniques



Recipient: Simula Technologies Inc. Effective Date: 22 Dec 98





Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Determine feasibility of utilizing Simula's Inflatable Tubular Technology in heavy tactical vehicles. Define the flailing envelope of vehicle occupants; conduct rollover tests and crash tests to identify crash environment.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This program is expected to provide a better understanding of the dynamics of heavy Tactical Vehicle crashes and proposed methods for reducing the probability, types and severity of injuries or fatalities among troops assigned to these vehicles.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: During the execution of the Dual Use Application Program, TACOM's Contractor, Simula Technologies, has worked to adapt commercially available technologies to military vehicles.

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Title: Lightweight Diesel Engine Technology



Recipient: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Lightweight Diesel Engine Technology

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The U.S. Army currently includes a fleet of vehicles which have predominately diesel engine power propulsion systems (over 98%). Fuel efficiency has always and will always remain a key area of continued research and development since it implicitly and explicitly impacts overall fleet performance. One potential area of benefit to improved fuel efficiency is targeted at lightweight engines which is the focus of this ‘OT for Research’ project with Cummins Engine Company. This type of procurement instrument was vital to this project due to the flexibility it has provided in allowing an intimate Government/contractor relationship.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This joint Government-Cummins Engine Company effort has provided analytic and manufacturing methodologies for producing an aluminum diesel engine. Again, lightweight engines provide a mechanism for reducing the U.S. Army fleet fuel economy if they maintain the same level of durability as compared to older ferrous engines. The current program to date has resulted in developed prototype parts for further evaluation in-conjunction with the establishment of certain analytic tools geared at predicting engine strength. This OT mechanism has provided an opportunity for the U.S. Army to work jointly with Cummins Engine Company in developing this key technological area which otherwise might have been impossible due to the nature of this intimate technological relationship/interaction.

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Agreement Number: DAAE07-98-C-0009

Title: Uncooled Microbolometer IR MicroCamera



Recipient: Lockheed Martin IR Imaging Systems


Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 18 Sep 1999




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Reduce the size, power consumption and cost, while increasing the level of performance, of a current production design of an uncooled infrared camera for use as a night vision aid in automotive and emergency personnel applications. The technology area in which the project is being conducted is Intelligent Transportation and Robotics.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The contractor may not have pursued their technology research effort to the extent they have without the flexibility Other Transactions afford. They have other, larger Government and commercial contracts that they might have exclusively focused their efforts toward. The program technology has significant potential in the commercial marketplace as well as military vehicle application. The dual use nature of the technology being developed will result in economies of scale that will bring the program technology to a level of affordability unforeseen only a few years ago.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: General Motors Corporation has expressed interest in using the developed technology in their luxury vehicles. Municipalities/local Government may also want to apply the technology to assist in traffic control. These potential relationships with Lockheed most likely would not be fostered if an Other Transaction were not utilized, as the contractor may not have pursued the technology development otherwise. The program will have a tremendous impact on the performance of military ground vehicle, as "owning the night" is a stated military objective. Lower per unit cost will enable wider use of night aids than that currently utilized.

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Title: Development of Material Processing Technologies for Utilizing Recycled Polymer and Synthetic Automobile Components.



Recipient: Ultramer Inc.



U.S. Government Dollars (000): $ 1,110



Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of this agreement is to research technologies which permit the reuse of synthetics and polymers recovered from wheeled military vehicles in and environmentally friendly manner. The agreement will demonstrate the feasibility of these technologies on the recycling of waste tires.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This agreement will incorporate a new process currently used by the tire manufacturing industry with an ultrasound device. The use of ultrasound, coupled with the contractor system where both pressure and heat can be applied to ground tire crumb. This process has demonstrated that devulcanization of ground scrap tires is possible. This process will result in significant cost savings and should result in the creation of a demand for scrap tires.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This other transaction allows the parties to share in the development of new technologies that will enhance the industrial base. The agreement stimulates activity within the commercial market for the public good. This technology will address the environmental impacts that the technology would present, namely in the reuse of materials derived from scrap tires.

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Title: Fuel Fired Absorption HVAC and NICC for Commercial and Military Trucks


Awarding Office: U.S. Army, Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Recipient: Rocky Research






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The goal of this task is to evaluate different configurations and features possible with complex compound absorption cooling and heating for the following vehicles using complex sorption technology . 1) Commercial truck No Idle Climate Control (NICC), 2) Military truck cabin Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC), 3) Fighting vehicle HVAC. The task will result in development of two generations of commercial NICC. This technology will also be the basis for a retrofit system for military trucks which will not require modifying the truck engine installation. The OT allowed for participation with Rocky Research and Bergstrom Inc.,

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The tank cooling system can be operated while the tank is operating, or when the tank is shutdown for “silent watch” or simply on standby. Benefits to the army are increased warfare capability and enhanced mobility, including (1) extended silent watch capability since crew and electronics will be cooled, or heated for operation in cold climates without the need for engine operation and without burner operation if operated in thermal storage mode, (2) extended operation with air conditioned interior to allow for improved human combat response and extended operation, (3) ability to put additional electronics in the tank crew area, using the additional heat removal capacity, and (4) extend life and improved reliability of electronics components due to controlled environmental temperature. Also reduced exhaust emissions and means to comply with the increasing number of government regulations prohibiting truck idling due to the pollution problems.

Rocky Research will conduct the research and development of the sorbers. Bergstrom will focus on development of the commercial fuel-fired HVAC. Rocky is also teamed with United Defense, which will guide Rocky Research in the military Development issues.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The project will create a commercially available retrofittable air conditioning system for Army trucks which does not require attachment to the truck engine, or impose exceptional electrical demands. The project will also create a design for a larger retrofittable system for combat vehicles, which will not impose major propulsion penalties. The system will have lower fuel consumption when compared to vehicle engine-drive air conditioning systems. Widespread availability of air conditioning equipment in military ground vehicles will allow U.S. soldiers to perform better for long missions in hot climates.

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Title: Automotive Collaborative Design Framework (ACDF) to Streamline Acquisition of Ground Vehicles - Virtual Product Development Distributed Collaborative Framework (PDF)



Recipient: TASC, INC.






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: This $4.850M dollar instrument permits a collaborative design, via software virtual prototyping, to streamline the acquisition of ground vehicles within the Automotive Collaborative Design Framework (ACDF). This activity will generate the software tools and foundation technologies required supporting the creation of a distributed, collaborative and cross-domain virtual product development environment.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs:

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This project will initially support and facilitate the rapid design, development, test and manufacturing of the next generation of military ground vehicle electronic systems, and the required interoperability between other important engineering domains and development tools. This project will also serve as the building block that will enable the military and its supplier base to streamline the military acquisition process and to produce the highly capable next generation vehicle systems at an affordable cost. In the Commercial Sector, this project directly addresses two well-established trends in the design of commercial automotive vehicles - the increasing content of electronic controlled subsystems and the need for concurrent design and engineering in the assembler-supplier relationship. Commercial industry will use this project to more fully leverage the tools and technologies developed and supported within the commercial marketplace.

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Title: Electronic Controlled Active Braking System for Medium Duty Vehicles



Recipient: Continental Teves (formally ITT Automotive)






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Increase the mobility and improve the safety of the HMMWV by integrating state-of-the-art Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Low Speed Traction Control System (TCS), active brake boosters, hydraulic control units, and an electronic controller. The ABS/TCS is targeted for the 9,000lb-19,000lb commercial vehicle weight class, the same weight class as the HMMWV.

Extent to which the other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting DoD needs/Extent to which the other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States. The use of the [10 USC 2371 OT] allowed the government/industry technical community a "hands on" (flexible working arrangement) approach in lieu of a "hands off" (contract by regulation) approach under normal FAR contracts. Technical obstacles were able to be solved collectively, instead of just by the contractor. The provisions of the OT that enabled Continental Teves (formally ITT Automotive) to participate were:

* The contractor did not have to set up separate government accounting/tracking procedures (they could use there current commercial system)

* The contractor did not have to hire or set up personnel to follow/and/or become FAR experts

*Flexible Intellectual Property rights let the contractor protect prior investment in technology

Flexibility in working with government program manager and technical community

* Simplified agreement and a commercial approach to conducting business

Technical benefit for the government. The current estimate for a stand alone, ABS/TCS for the HMMWV is $2500 per vehicle, due to the small number of HMMWVs in inventory as compared to huge numbers of future commercial vehicles. By combining the Army's needs with the commercial needs upfront, it is projected that future orders of ABS/TCS for commercial vehicles in the same weight class as the HMMWV will be at approximately $450/vehicle. This is due to economies of scale and the large base of commercial vehicles in comparison to the small HMMWV fleet.

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The working relationship between the commercial/government technical community, as fostered by the use of the OT, has identified future areas of collaboration, based upon the technology under this OT, to improve the braking for vehicles in the 19,000lb to 33,000lb vehicle weight class that will have application to medium sized Army trucks.

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Title: Commercially Based Tactical Truck



Recipient: ERIM International, Inc.






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The recipient's program will identify and integrate emerging commercial automotive/light truck technologies slated for introduction in the model years 1998 through 2000 that have dual-use applications in the re-manufactured High Mobility Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The recipient will also identify and demonstrate the dual-use capability of commercial North American light truck platforms and emerging automotive component technologies to meet the requirements of the HMMWV.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This Other Transaction has allowed the Government and the Recipient to share the cost of looking at the dual-applications and demonstrating the feasibility of using a track platform that is in the required timeframe. ERIM International has assembled a team consisting of Ford, Chrysler, AM General and several major automotive suppliers. Participating team members will contribute funding, equipment and combat environment expertise. Government funding will be used to conduct analyses, tests and evaluations of vehicles, equipment and integration strategies that would not normally be conducted by automotive companies.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This Other Transaction is attempting to take advantage of advances in the automotive technology by utilizing a commercially available light truck platform for the future Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV). This has the potential to save millions of dollars provide the Army with new LTV.

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Title: Heavy Truck Powerpack Enhancement Project



Recipient: Oshkosh Truck Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Integration of a new 500-600 HP engine ceritifiable to 1998 Environmental Protection Agency requirements and associated subsytems for a Palletized Loading System vehicle. The powerpack will be further enhanced to conform to year 2000+ EPA standards.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The development of this technology will allow both military and commercial applications to take advantage of higher horsepower engines for use in over-the-road tractor/trailer systems and heavy haul transports.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Use of this other transaction has allowed partnering for a common benefit. Without use of this instrument, the government would not have been able to be involved in the work the extent required.

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Title: Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Ground Vehicles, Phase II


Awarding Office: U.S. Army, The National Automotive Center - TARDEC and The Acquisition Center - Warren Tank Automotive and Armament Command

Recipient: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Automotive Research Center (ARC)






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:This Instrument allow the continuation of R&D efforts begun in the Phase I, Contract DAAE07-94-C-R094. The Five Main Thrust Areas are: 1) Intellengent Vehicle Dynamics, 2) Synthetic and Virtual Environments, 3) High Efficiency Structures and Materials, 4) Advanced and Hybrid Powertrains and 5) Integrated Systems Design and Simulation.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Under the Phase I Automotive Research Center (ARC) contract, the University of Michigan, together with Seven participating Universities, with close cooperation from many Automotive Industry Partners, addressed critical ground military needs with project thrusts in key modeling and simulation areas. The primary thrust of TARDEC's needs and the ARC's Phase I research activities revolves around the ability to simulate complete military ground vehicles systems in an accurate and fundamental manner. Such an overall simulation capability permits military vehicles to be developed in the most optimized and cost effective manner possible, while reducing the time needed to produce such a system via protyping means .

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This is a collaborative effort wherein the best minds of academia, commercial industry and government converge to enhance current technology or discover new technologies that combine the many automotive disciplines, thus strengthening national security and commerce of the United States of America.

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Title: Lightweight Robotic and Semiautonomous Ground Vehicle Mobility and Survivability Enhancements



Recipient: Utah State University, College of Engineering






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Develop and demonstrate technologies and components that improve mobility and survivability for unmanned vehicles. Phase I: do an interim technology demonstration to highlight maneuverability and survivability benefits through multi-agent cooperative command and control of robotic and semi-robotic ground vehicles that are smart-wheel equipped. Phase 2: design and build a full-size prototype wheel for testing; then build a small-scale multi-smart wheel vehicle to demonstrate the developed technology.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This effort requires significant interplay between the contractor and the Government that would not be appropriate under a regular contract arrangement, for the benefit of both the commercial market and the Government. This technology has application in hazardous site cleanup, agriculture, mineral extraction, etc, in addition to military missions.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Using an OT made it easier to cooperate on this effort. It opened the communication between the requirers with expertise in our military needs and vehicle systems and the robotics experts at USU who have already developed significant expertise in robotics mobility technology.

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Title: Mobile Medical Unit



Recipient: Mobile Medical International Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Objective: Create a virtual environment design of a mobile medical unit that incorporates state-of-the-art medical technology into a lightweight, expandable standard container. The project advances MMIC’s mobile medical surgical unit’s technology into a containerized, sterile surgical unit.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs:This effort requires significant interplay between the contractor and the Government that would not be appropriate under a regular contract arrangement, for the benefit of both the commercial market and the Government. This technology has application in disaster relief and rural and third world medical outreach in addition to reducing military casualties. There were also special data rights required. Mobile Medical is a small business, but is also the only manufacturer of this kind of unit. They needed to protect their data until they could recoup their R&D expenses.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: MMIC had had only one previous government contract – an 8a contract. Using an OT allowed us to tap into their research while opening the communication between the military and commercial medical community, a German partner (Daimler-Benz/Dornier), and this small business developer to ensure we meet as many requirements and share as much technology as possible. Using special data rights provisions allowed us to add this company and its expertise and R&D investment into the Government’s technology base.

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Title: Diesel Fuel Reformer for Fuel Cell Truck


Awarding Office: US Army TACOM, AMSTA-AQ-LGC

Recipient: SunLine Services Group






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Objective: Develop, test, and demonstrate a first generation diesel fuel cell reformer that will reduce emissions and improve fuel economy, but with military-required fuels rather than the current commercial alternative fuels.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: SunLine Services Group is a small business that had never done business with the federal Government before. Using an OT allowed us not only to work more cooperatively than would be allowed under a normal contract – to share fuel cell reformer technology and military fuels and vehicle expertise. This technology has application in the commercial trucking industry as well as the military.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: SunLine had never done business with the Government before. Using an OT allowed us to bring them into the technology and competitive base.

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Agreement Number: N61339-98-3-0001

Title: Artificially Intelligent Tutoring for Advanced Distributed Learning


Awarding Office: U.S. Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

Recipient: Asymetrix Learning Systems, Inc. Effective Date: 25 Sep 1998





Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Development of an artificial intelligence tool, called an Authoring Tool, that enables delivery of quality learning on demand. This will be accomplished by providing intelligent tutoring capability in instructional materials produced with the Authoring Tool.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The Other Transaction was awarded pursuant to the congressionally mandated Dual Use Application Program (DUAP) in order to leverage commercial products with DOD applications. In this case, Asymetrix is modifying/improving an Authoring Tool with a commercial application, but from which DOD will benefit by the introduction of intelligent tutoring capabilities. This improved Authoring Tool may not have been developed without cost sharing and the existing commercial application was not suitable for DOD needs.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The program could not have been awarded as a FAR contract because of the dual use (commercial) implications and Asymetrix is a small business that does virtually no DOD contracting. Use of the OT provides NAWCTSD the opportunity to foster a non-traditional contract relationship with a commercial entity. Adapting a more commercial mindset in the acquisition of intellectual property rights and administration of the program allows greater program use of DOD dollars as well as obtaining a valuable business partner.

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Title: Generalized Automated Maintenance Environment (GAME) System Software


Awarding Office: U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Recipient: Raytheon Systems Company, Training and Services






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The generalized Automated Maintenance Environment (GAME) will provide an open architecture software product to lower the total cost of equipment such as aircraft, ship, and land vehicles. The primary goal of GAME system is to provide a single, scaleable, comprehensive modular product support system. The GAME product will initially consist of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products united into what the user will see as a single piece of software. The Application Program Interfaces (API) that unite these COTS products are being developed under the GAME effort to allow other COTS or government software products to be substituted for the original software components. The premise is that the API package will allow the development of AME (Automated Maintenance Environment) software for both military and commercial applications to maintenance and supply requirements of any complex piece of equipment. Raytheon is the prime contractor on this effort and the following companies are subcontractors to Raytheon: Evolutionary Systems Inc., Giordano Automation; and , MxI Technologies Ltd. Raytheon is also supplying its own software products, AIMSS (Advanced Integrated Maintenance Support System) and Eagle to be integrated to provide a comprehensive GAME system. AIMSS is the most advanced and capable Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) authoring and display system available today. Eagle is a comprehensive supportability database implementing MIL-STD 1388-2B data elements as a relational database system. Both products have been developed in standard Windows environments and architectures.

Raytheon's business goals are to turn their individual products into an integrated tool set that is the premiere choice for commercial industry, U.S. and foreign military managers to smoothly manage maintenance requirements. To accomplish this goal, joint marketing agreements have been executed between Raytheon and their subcontractors, joint marketing activities have been initiated in both military and commercial arenas. Two subcontractors, Evolutionary Systems Inc. and MxI Technologies Ltd. , that would not otherwise have participated in this project are critical to this effort.. Their products are COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) which will allow a truly open Architecture Product capable of combining COTS and government-owned software. The result will be lower cost to the Government and easier upgrades to the software. New or improved COTS can easily replace older, less efficient software as required without adverse effects to the entire software package.

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Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: See above.

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Title: Navy EarthMap Observer (Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite)


Awarding Office: U.S. Navy, Office of Naval Research

Recipient: Space Technology Development Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:NEMO represents the merging of Navy-developed technology with the expertise of industry capabilities which will put into space a satellite-based hyperspectral sensor with the aerial coverage and sensitivity required to gather synoptic imagery over thousands of square-kilometers of land and/or sea. NEMO will develop, demonstrate, and refine new technology that augments and enhances traditional remote sensing techniques for use by the government as well as establish a commercial industry for hyperspectral imagery.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The Government believes that understanding the complex interrelationships between the different parts of the global environment is a fundamental element of a national security strategy. Hyperspectral remote sensing is a powerful tool for characterizing the environment particularly in the littoral regions of the world.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The agreement for NEMO would have not been possible absent the authority of 10 USC 2371. The agreement incorporated heavily modified FAR data rights language. Waiving rights to data rights traditionally received by the government has made it possible for the development of a commercially viable hyperspectral satellite data market. Also, an alternative Patents/Inventions provision was used to permit recipient choice between trade secret protection and patent protection. Partners under the agreement include STDC, the prime recipient; the Naval Research Laboratory; Allied Signal Technical Services Corporation; SAIC; Space Systems /Loral; and Applied Coherent Technology.

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Title: Power Conversion Technology



Recipient: Power Systems Group






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Dual Use Application Program – Power Conversion Technology: Power Systems Group has proposed to design, develop and demonstrate, through breadboard testing, that the concept of high speed switching power electronics, using Power Electronic Building Blocks (PEBB) modules, can significantly reduce the size and cost of isolation transformers. The successful completion of the proposed effort will provide electronic engineers with a design tool for application of this concept to high power converters requiring isolation of power sources from loads.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The future trend in Naval applications is towards all electric ships, reduced size, reduced manning, low cost and higher power density. Therefore, the development of isolation transformers, operating at high switching speeds utilizing Power Electronic Building Blocks (PEBB) modules, will result in up to 10 to 1 reduction in size and weight of the magnetics used in power conversion equipment. This technology is critical to the navy since it will enable the application of power electronic converters to a broad spectrum of submarine and surface ship platforms with the attendant benefits of the increase power density.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:Alternate Provisions Not Otherwise Available:Patent Clause – To permit recipient choice between trade secret or patent protection

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Title: Dual-Use Science and Technology Program, "Thermal Sprayed Nanostructured Coatings for Dual Use Applications"



Recipient(s) : Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Inframat Corporation

Effective Date: 01 May 1998

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 30 Apr 2000




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Development and implementation of nanostructured (n-) coatings technologies into specific application areas in both the military and commercial sectors of the US economy.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The research to be conducted will: 1) develop new thermal spray processing technologies for the high rate deposition of new classes of nanostructured coatings for applications in shipboard systems, gas turbine engines, and automobile engines. 2) implement rapidly these new technologies into the existing thermal spray industry and 3) utilize advances in process diagnostics and modeling to develop computer-controlled thermal spray systems for the reproducible deposition of nanophase coatings on shaped parts. If successful there are numerous military and commercial applications.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:

Participants of Consortium Arrangement:Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Co-Lead)Inframat Corporation (Co-Lead)A&A CompanyNanopowder Enterprises, IncNanodyne Inc.Sermatech InternationalPraxair Surface Technologies

Alternative Provisions:1. Patents/Invention: permits recipient a choice between Trade Secret protection and Patent protection2. Administrative: Allowed Rutgers and Inframat to be Co-Leads with Inframat handling the technical

aspects while Rutgers handling the administrative work3. Accounting Procedures: In accordance with Section 21 of OMB Circular A-110 and FAR Part 314. Articles of Collaboration: allows each consortium member to be an Independent Contractor

responsible for their own work, cost incurrence, and audit preparation

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Title: Power Converter System



Recipient: Silicon Power Corporation

Effective Date: 1 Jan 1998

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 30 Jan 2000




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:To develop, fabricate, and demonstrate a high power soft switching, MTO based converter/inverter system capable of 3 MWatt operation for shipboard and utility applications.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This proposal supports the ONR and Navy requirements for quality power in the Megawatt regime by providing new and unique technologies into a single modular system that is programmable and flexible. These power electronics systems to be developed by SPC will create advanced prototypes and hardware which supports IPS for the SC-21 and other surface combatants.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:Silicon Power Corporation and the government are the only participants in this award. An alternative provision for PATENTS/INVENTIONS was used to permit the recipient a choice between Trade Secret protection or Patent protection.

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Title: Hybrid Power Module “HEXPACK” Evaluation for an Automotive Traction Drive System



Recipient: General Motors Corporation, GM Advanced Technology Vehicles

Effective Date: 01 Mar 1998

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 28 Feb 2000




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:To develop, demonstrate, and test a 100KW inverter/converter for traction applications by using a combination of 400A and 600V IGBT devices, integrated with microelectronic controls and an integrated cooling system for maximum power density.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This proposal addresses the ONR and Navy mission of quality power electronics, namely, inverters and converters for shipboard applications. GM AVT proposes a low cost dual use MODULE, called HEXPACK, that will be incorporated into traction-electric vehicles. Based on the high volume manufacturing of the automotive application, the Navy will have available a low cost power converter.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This was the first time that GM AVT has partnered with the government. Special accounting provisions were used to provide relief from some of the COST ALLOWABILITY provisions of FAR Part 31, and an alternative provision for PATENTS/INVENTIONS was used to permit the recipient a choice between Trade Secret protection or Patent protection.

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Title: Sb-Based III-V Quantum Devices and Circuits for Ultra-High Frequency Digital Signal Processing Applications



Recipient: The Quantum Devices and Ultra High Frequency Digital Signal Processing Consortium






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Sb Based III-V Quantum Devices and Circuits for Ultra-High Frequency Digital Signal Processing Applications. The development of high performance digital integrated circuits based on InAs/AISb/GaSb heterostructure materials and quantum devices. Brought to maturity, this technology offers a revolutionary advance in power-gate delay product, a critical fissure of merit for high performance defense and commercial applications, including advanced communications receivers, radar imaging systems, and electronic warfare systems. The establishment of core elements of an advanced integrated circuit technology: device modeling , epitaxial growth of InAs/AISb/GaSb heterostructures, circuit simulation, circuit fabrication, and ultrahigh speed testing.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The goals of the other transaction are consonant with HRL business objectives, which are strongly driven by the need for increased speed and reduced power dissipation in digital integrated circuits for satellite communications systems, and with DoD objectives for high speed, low power, digital processing systems.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Partners: Alternate Provisions:

HRL Laboratories, LLC To permit recipient choice of protection between trade secret University of Michigan or patent protectionUniversity of Notre Dame

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Title: Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices



Recipient: General Motors Corp.; General Motors R&D Center






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Development of new materials for thermoelectric cooling

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The major advantage of this Other Transaction is the ability to have more flexibility in dealing with a multi-national corporation where typical Government contracting methods might inhibit development of technology with an international as well as domestic benefit.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Patents/Inventions - An alternative Patents/Inventions provision was used to permit recipient choice between trade secret protection and patent protection

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Title: Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) Using Wireless Communications



Recipient: Rockwell International Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objectives of this effort are the development and deployment of wireless sensor networks for shipboard diagnostics and health monitoring of rotating machinery. Motor/pump combinations are the target application. Developments will include: integrated, multi-function sensor networks, advanced signal processing and diagnostic algorithm development, communication protocol development for wireless shipboard use, diagnostic system/user interface development and system integration and validation testing.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The use of the Other Transaction was instrumental in inducing Rockwell Science Center to participate in this project. Rockwell would not have been able to justify the expenditure of its internal funds on these CBM technologies if the Navy were the only market open to the results (products) of the development effort. In order to get involved in this project, Rockwell needed to bring a market-viable product to as many different industry sectors as possible. In order for the Fleet to be able to afford the products resulting from our Science and Technology (S&T) investment, the Navy needs Rockwell to have systems available at the lowest possible unit cost.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The use of the Other Transaction did foster a new relationship between different business units at the same firm, namely, Rockwell Science Center (RSC) and Reliance Motors. RSC does corporate research in areas such as controls, and Reliance provides motors to the Navy. As a result of these two groups working together, the Fleet will likely benefit by having the technology developed to meet Navy requirements embedded into the types of products (shipboard equipment) it commonly uses. The provisions of the Other Transaction stipulate that operational Fleet equipment must be the focus of the research effort.

The use of the Other Transaction also enables the recipient to explore a new business practice. Instead of developing a proprietary, Navy-unique system, Rockwell Science Center is developing a CBM system with open architecture. This system, while meeting Navy requirements, allows for customizations to meet the needs of a commercial customer with no constraints on the equipment type targeted for monitoring. The Fleet will benefit from Rockwell’s adoption of open system protocols by enabling

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improvements to the CBM system’s capabilities over time, without the additional cost burdens associated with paying for rewriting code on proprietary, gate-keeper software. A “plug and play” capability is an affordability enabler. The modular nature of an open system architecture is a requirement of the Other Transaction

Also, the use of an alternative Patents/Inventions provision was used to permit recipient choice between trade secret protection and patent protection.

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Title: High Speed Resonant Tunneling Circuits



Recipient: Raytheon TI Systems, Inc.






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The objective is to develop ultrahigh frequency digital signal processing integrated circuits that can become enabling system components into future digital RF systems. By developing such circuits based on Resonant Tunneling Diodes, circuits will perform at digital frequencies at least an order of magnitude higher than can be achieved with any other technology. Such circuits will require fewer components, dissipate much less power as well. By incorporating such circuits into digital systems such as the Navy AMRFS program and the TI Local Multipoint Distribution System, there will be a wide-reaching impact on both military and commercial interests. These are new technology developments with the requirement to optimize materials properties, to develop new fabrication and processing methods and equipment, to devise new testing methods and to revise approaches to digital circuit implementation. The successful program will lead to a revolution in systems approaches such as military radar and global wireless networks and in commercial systems such as SONET and other satellite communication networks. Based on this revolutionary development, the ability to devise low power, high-speed digital circuits will suggest many new system applications of RTD technologies.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Raytheon-TI would have been involved in this research topic but the extent or breadth of investigations would have been much narrower. The importance of the DoD support was to allow for exploration of more novel applications of the technology. Since the firm has identified this technology as an insertion technology for their identified products, the additional effort and additional goals of interest to both DoD and Raytheon, will open new product lines, i.e. this is a multiplying factor for developing advanced digital technologies. The OT has promoted extensive collaboration with university research programs, which has enhanced the innovativeness and provides training to employment, since finding research personnel for industry has become a national problem.


The OT process allows for a stronger exchange of information and more efficient development of mutual technology interests between industry and DoD. The DoD support from Applied Research funds has a great leveraging effect on in-house support for more long-term and riskier projects, projects which would not be supported by industry without DoD validation of its usefulness. The process has an impact on

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graduate training, since innovation is intrinsic to university research which is involved in the collaboration, and the collaboration assures that graduate research is focused on creative projects with important results useful to industry and DoD. The agreement included an alternate Patents provision permitting the recipient to choose between trade secret protection and patent protection.

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Title: Wear/Corrosion/Erosion/Fouling Resistant Coatings and Applications Method



Recipient: Northrop Grumman Corporation, Military Aircraft Systems Division






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:

The objective of this 24-month Agreement is to develop and demonstrate thermal spraying of Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) coating to increase the durability, cost effectiveness, survivability, and maintainability of composite structures by a significant amount. This coating would also show significant advantages for metallic structures. Performance improvements enabled by LCP coatings have the potential to significantly improve life and cost effectiveness of Department of Defense (DOD) and commercial systems. This work will entail development and optimization of Plasma and/or other thermal spray coating process for LCP coating deposition. The technical approach includes obtaining candidate LCP powders, coating spray process optimization, coating coupon evaluation and testing, prototype element coating as well and planning for commercialization and scale-up. The overall program will have broad applicability to both defense and commercial industrial processes.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Structures on ships and military and commercial aircraft experience significant damage and degradation due to oxidation, moisture, erosion, fouling, salt spray, wear, ultraviolet (IV) radiation, impact, high/low temperatures, and chemicals. This is particularly true for structures built of advanced composite materials. Results of this program will produce a protective-coating process that will increase the durability, cost effectiveness, survivability, and maintainability of composite structures by a significant amount. Prototype applications will be developed and demonstrated. Thermal spray will be used for repair and maintenance of navy assets. Successful implementation of this technology will permit the use of polymeric materials to be used in situations where metallic materials are currently required, which will result in significant savings in weight (enhanced range and performance for air vehicles) and cost (enhanced affordability).

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The use of this Other Transaction will enable Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Government to share the technology which will have both Navy relevance and sufficient potential commercial applications to support a viable production base. The development and availability of cost saving advanced coatings technologies to maximize the effects of wear, corrosion, erosion, and fouling will provide increased system-life goals, meet affordability goals, and comply with current and emerging 21 st century environmental regulations.

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Also, an alternative Patents/Inventions provision was used to permit recipient choice between trade secret protection and patent protection.

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Title: Models, Sensors and Controls for Electron Beam Deposition



Recipient: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Effective Date: 28 Oct 1998





Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Virtual Integrated Prototyping (VIP) of Vapor Deposition Processes – Phase III – Models, Sensors, and Controls for Electron Beam Deposition

The development of models, sensors, and controls for electron-beam deposition will solve two critical problems in electron-beam deposition of oxide materials and advanced materials for metal matrix composites. The critical problems are the control of film composition when using multiple evaporation sources and the control of film growth morphology and texture. The following will be developed: 1) Sensor models which enable the refinement and understanding of the growth of magnesium oxide and yttrium-barium-copper oxide films, 2) Algorithms which permit the inversion of RHEED sensor data, and which lead to a real-time RHEED sensor, 3) Models of ion beam assisted deposition film growth to show the evolution of polycrystalling film texture, 4) A sensor for copper vapor, and techniques which lend themselves to other optically dense vapor plumes, 5) Control of multiple vapors using laser atomic absorption sensor, and 6) Controlled co-evaporation.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The promise of low loss energy transmission, power conditioning systems, generators and electric motors based on the use of high temperature superconductors (HTS) in the wire is highly attractive to DoD. Power conditioning systems may also be important in this context since competition for electrical resources may be very intense during actual engagements and transients created by switching in large loads will always be an issue. This other transaction helps fund one of the first transitions of these promising HTS materials from the research laboratory into an industrial scale process, increasing the length of wire available by five orders of magnitude and enabling construction of prototypes for the applications. Thus this OT should allow us to transition from potentiality to first demonstrations.

That the award is an OT helped meet these goals because:1) it is less expensive to the government for the same work to be done.2) it allowed the government to increase the level of involvement of subcontractors beyond the point that the vendor would have tolerated due to the accounting requirements if the award had been a simple contract.3) encouraged a company that does little work for the government to take on the work at all -- while closely related to the rest of their product base in the sense of being a tape product, the materials involved are very different from anything else they have previously done and market will be quite different (more other companies, less individual customers).

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4) the milestones could be written in a fashion that made the high technical risk of the program less of a financial risk.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This OT includes the involvement of several subcontractors who are attempting to develop control technologies utilizing probes that are currently only qualitatively linked to film parameters which means the level of scientific innovation is high and not at all guaranteed to succeed. Had the company set out by itself to grow the HTS tape material, it probably would not have assumed that all the technique development work was necessary and would have instead tried to approximately optimize using the old trial-and-error way. Thus if the program is successful, the state of the art in manufacturing technology will have been advanced and both the applied mathematicians and companies involved will be more willing to collaborate in the future on optimizing other material systems. Therefore, new productive relationships are indeed being formed.

Prime SubcontractorMinnesota, Mining and Manufacturing California Institute of Technology

New York UniversityUniversity of MichiganStanford UniversityCornell UniversitySC Solutions

Alternate Provisions Not Otherwise Available

Patents Clause – To permit recipient choice between trade secret or patent protectionAdministration and Accounting Procedures were in accordance with the DoDGARs

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Title: Advance Power Generation and Control of Naval Shipboard Electric Power Plants



Recipient: General Atomics

Effective Date: 31 Aug 1998





Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:To expand control system design and simulation software, building upon a commercial software package to develop a highly integrated, intelligent, real-time control system for naval and commercial electrical power distribution systems.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The development of real-time intelligent control systems for shipboard electrical distribution is key to developing electrically reconfigurable ship baseline technologies.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:General Atomics and EDSA Micro Corporation are teaming to work with the government under this program. An alternative provision for PATENTS/INVENTIONS was used to permit the recipient a choice between Trade Secret protection or Patent protection.

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Title: Advanced High Speed Vessels for the Littoral



Recipient: Pacific Marine & Supply Company






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The technical objective of this effort is to enhance the payload, power, range, endurance, and mission flexibility of the “SLICE” Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) vessel in the near term, with the long-term goal being an integrated SLICE Littoral Warfare Ship System. Technical enhancements to the SLICE vessel will further improve its existing capability as an Advanced High Speed Vessel for the Littoral. The Advanced High Speed Vessel for the Littoral program will be accomplished in two phases. The first phase will define the concept and requirements of a vessel that can achieve the goals. The second will verify the feasibility of the first phase by developing the detailed design and by constructing, installing, testing, and demonstrating the advanced concept on the existing SLICE vessel. If successfully developed, this technology has both Navy relevance and sufficient potential commercial applications to support a viable production base.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The research will demonstrate: (a) the overall concept design of a small, agile ship/trailer/integrated system capable of performing a number of diverse littoral warfare missions, (b) the feasibility of affixing an additional underwater propulsion pod to the SLICE ATD vessel and (c) the design or a interconnecting coupler between the existing SLICE vessel and a notional SLICE trailer. The results, if successful, will have military and commercial application.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States

PARTNERS: ALTERNATIVE PROVISIONS:

Lockheed Martin Patents/Inventions - To permit recipient a choice between trade secret protection and patent protection.

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Title: Active Control Of Radiated Noise



Recipient: Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronic Sensors and Systems Division






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of this 2-year Other Transaction (OT) for Research is to demonstrate the control of radiated noise from shell vibrations on a section of a MK48 torpedo.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Result of this developmental effort will be a noise control technology that can be transitioned to both military and commercial applications where sound radiation from vibration is the problem. Military applications are noise quieting for torpedoes, submarines, and unmanned undersea vehicles. Examples in commercial applications are noise control for aircraft, power generation plants, appliances, and fluid handling (piping) systems. This effort will also result in a conformal array which can be used for improved sensing and torpedo homing missions. There are two commercial products that will be developed as part of this OT, SmartPanel and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) boards. SmartPanel is a low profile transducer with co-located sensors and actuators. It will be used to control vibration and noise from general vibrating structures and surfaces, such as aircraft, power generation plants, appliances, and piping systems. The DSP is a COTS processor board in the standard VME format for applications requiring a high processor throughput. The applications of this DSP are data/signal processing and communication. The biggest impact of this DSP is to reduce the cost per megaflop of processing power and thus provides the foundation for the development of cost effective data processing system. Overall, these two commercial products provide the critical components for building affordable active control systems for both military and commercial applications.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: OT Partnerships:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology2. Material Systems Inc.

Flexible OT Provision:

1. Patents/Inventions - Alternative Inventions provision to permit recipient choice between trade secret protection and patent protection.

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Additionally, the use of this OT allows us to create new relationships and new business practices to transition the noise control technology to both defense and commercial sectors in a cost effective manner. Specifically, this new relationship with a small business, Material Systems Inc. (MSI), helps to accelerate the transition of a noise control product to the market place, i.e., aircraft, power industry and home appliance. The agreement between Northrop Grumman Corp. and Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. on the DSP develops a transition path for implementing a cost effective COTS processor board. Both the SmartPanel and DSP will help to build a wide spectrum of businesses using cost effective active control systems. This in turn will provide cost effective noise control systems for the Department of Defense.

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Title: Piezo-Electronic Microwave Power Components, Circuits and Systems



Recipient: TRW, Inc., Electronics & Technology Division






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Dual Use Application Program – Piezo-Electronic Microwave Power Components, Circuits and Systems

The Navy’s more-electric platforms, ships, planes, etc. need transistors that can handle massive and increasing amounts of electrical power at higher voltages. One problem with all electrical devices, especially power transistors, is that they produce waste heat. However, it has been determined that wide gap semiconductors can allow very high power performance, by virtue of high thermal conductivity (remove waste heat), high break down voltages, and high temperature tolerance. Bipolar transistors which are made from the wide gap semiconductor GaN have been identified as the best test device for power applications. The large hole concentrations needed for low electrical resistance in the transistors base region will be accomplished by using the Piezo-Electric effect. The large hole concentrations result from strain during growth of the semiconductor materials. Therefore, the proposed effort will develop a viable technology and the design protocol for GaN/AlGaN heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT).

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Before this DUAP program, industry had no expertise in high power microwave amplifiers possible with nitride semi-conductors or the application of piezo-electric effects to enhanced performance. The current DUAP program will insert this technology into the U.S. Defense industry. The Department of Defense (DoD) is in support of this technology because there will be many DoD applications for this technology in the near future. Furthermore, in five (5) to ten (10) years there will be many dual-use, commercial and military, applications for this technology in the form of electric vehicles and electrical power distribution, conversion, and rectification. Additionally, there will be a range of semiconductor transistors, diodes, and thyristors as result of this technology

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: TRW has through this program fostered a collaborative relationship with the Georgia Tech semi-conductor facilities which will allow accelerated insertion of high-tech semi-conductor developments into the U.S. Defense industry.

Prime SubcontractorTRW Inc., Electronics & Technology Division University of Minnesota

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Alternate Provisions Not Otherwise Available:Patent Clause – To permit recipient choice between trade secret or patent protection

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Title: Processing of Lead Magnesium Niobate Materials for use in Sonar Transducers and High Strain Actuators



Recipient: Sensor Technology Limited, BM Hi-Tech Division






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The Office of Naval Research has been involved in the development of novel materials as a means to effect revolutionary advances in acoustic source technology. The end objective of this effort is to develop compact, high energy density, broadband active transducer array technology to enable the tactical use of small and lightweight, high-powered active sonar arrays to detect, classify, and localize quiet diesel-electric submarines in shallow waters. The focus has been on the development of compact transducer source arrays that will be accomplished by reducing the number of transducers in a low-frequency projector array without reducing the radiated power. This will be achieved by replacing conventional piezoelectric ceramic driver material with new transduction materials capable of much greater energy density. The development of high energy density driver materials is the core of this effort. The development and scale-up production of an electrostrictive driver material which promises a 10 dB increase in power density is critical to this program and the basis of this agreement.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This effort will assist in the commercialization of high power electrostrictive materials (e.g., lead magnesium niobate (PMN)), which will enlarge the competitive base for both military and commercial purchase of these materials. SensorTech has a manufacturing process for these materials which is much simpler than currently embraced by other manufacturers. However, with current technology the ability does not exist to manufacture these materials in large quantities, in a repeatable manner, and at a competitive cost. There is a potentially large commercial market for these materials in the form of actuators for such applications as commercial aircraft and helicopters.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:As a result of a shrinking defense industrial base, it is important to cultivate industrial manufacturing and government research efforts in a manner that leverages the commercial potential of the product as a means to meet the defense required needs. In this specific OT, the focus is on the development of a new high strain electrostrictive composition, affordably manufactured, that can meet the needs of both the U.S. Navy and the commercial actuator market and be unencumbered by constraints of normal procurement practices. By the use of an OT, a pliable relationship between the U.S. Navy R&T community (ONR) and a commercial researcher /manufacturer (SensorTech) has been effected. This

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built-in flexibility will permit the effort to develop in a non-linear manner, adapting to the subtleties of the technology. Alternate provisions in this Agreement include PATENTS/INVENTIONS, which permits the recipient to choose between Trade Secret protection or Patent protection.

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Title: Metal Matrix Composite Baseplates for High Power Density PEBB Modules


Awarding Office: U. S. Navy, Office of Naval Research

Recipient: Lanxide Electronic Components Inc.

Effective Date: 1 Apr 1998





Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:Lanxide Electronic Components (LEC) manufactures composite materials, which are ideally suited for use in Power Electronic Building Block (PEBB) modules. LEC has been focusing on becoming a key supplier of packaging components to PEBB switch module fabricators. Within this agreement, LEC will be developing and commercializing the following components and technologies:

I. Baseplates for applications requiring passive or active coolingII. Baseplates with integral metalized dielectric substratesIII. Baseplates with spray-deposited, metalized dielectric surface layersIV. Joining technology for attaching dielectric substrates to baseplates

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The United States Navy has a requirement for a new generation of electronic solid state switch modules for use in propulsion, electromechanical actuators, and high power weapons systems on ships, submarines, and aircraft. Critical Navy needs are reduction in size and cost, increase in power density, and the inclusion of intelligence within power devices that can provide electric power control, conditioning, and very high speed switching. Recent advances in semiconductor devices, packaging materials, and control technologies can potentially be combined to enable the production of low cost power electronics with dramatically reduced size. These developments have led to the concept of an intelligent power module, the Power Electronic Building Block (PEBB). The Navy envisions the PEBB as a standard programmable device to carry out tasks in applications as diverse as machinery control, power conditioning, circuit protection, motors, generators, motor drives, actuators, energy storage, pulse power systems, etc.

The development effort by LEC will benefit DoD in several ways: the anticipated higher thermal and mechanical performance of the LEC developed baseplates will lead to a substantial increase in the reliability of PEBB modules. More reliable PEBB modules in turn will increase the reliability and efficiency of weapons systems. Savings will be realized through reduced repair and maintenance costs. Ultimately, the capability of the U.S. electronics industry to produce flexible PEBB modules for a myriad of commercial applications will increase its global competitiveness, which has far reaching social and economic benefits.

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Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This is one of the prototype projects selected as part of the FY97 Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative (COSSI). The purpose of COSSI is to introduce commercial products into fielded military systems thereby reducing operation and support costs. The COSSI solicitation stipulated that an other transaction would be awarded for the selected prototype projects. Using an other transaction affords the government the flexibility to operate more like a commercial entity and negotiate the terms and conditions appropriate for each agreement. By operating this way, the government can attract firms that normally would not do business with DoD. Due to the proprietary nature of the product and manufacturing technologies employed by LEC, without 10 U.S.C. 2371 authority, this contractor would not have considered entering into an agreement with the U.S. government.

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Agreement Number: F33615-98-3-5103

Title: The Composite Affordability Initiative, Phase II, Pervasive Technology


Awarding Office: U.S. Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory

Recipient: The Boeing Company






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of this program is to significantly reduce the acquisition costs of airframe structures through the revolutionary utilization of composite materials. The specific goal of the Composite Affordability Initiative (CAI) is to develop the tools and technologies necessary to enable integrated product teams to confidently design, manufacture and integrate with aircraft subsystems, an “all-composite” airframe utilizing revolutionary design techniques, innovative manufacturing concepts, materials, processes, advanced simulation modeling tools, and advanced business practices, to enable breakthrough reductions in cost, schedule and weight. The CAI, Phase II, Pervasive Program is a joint effort between the government and The Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation. The effort is conducted under four individual other transactions with the same Statement of Work and Vision Statement.

Extent to which the other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs:Use of the other transaction provided a way for the four separate recipients to work in a cooperative manner for the attainment of joint technology advances. The participation of the four major airframe manufacturers in this collaborative manner ensures that the cultural changes accomplished under CAI will be spread across the industry. This same cooperation could not have been accomplished under a standard FAR contract. While there is currently no direct involvement by commercial firms, use of an other transaction has provided the ability to facilitate future participation by commercial subcontractors, as different composite affordability projects are defined and executed. In addition, the agreement does contain a provision that gives each recipient the ability to share data coming out of the other transaction with its commercial divisions. As a result of this, future payoff in the form of increased use of commercial processes and practices is anticipated. Extent to which the other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The four recipients, who are normally competitors within the industry, are committed to combining resources to achieve CAI objectives. The four recipients have entered into memorandums of agreement with each other that facilitate their collaborative working relationship, something which would not have been possible under a traditional FAR contract. The initiative is managed by an integrated product team consisting of members of the government as well as representatives of each of the four companies. Decisions regarding the focus and direction of the CAI program are made by this IPT and cross all four of the agreements. The participating companies are sharing results of past research as well as contributing data from this program which may have not been previously available to industry or government.

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Recipient: McDonnell Douglas Corporation



U.S. Government Dollars: $8,239

Non-Government Dollars: $7,501


Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of this program is to significantly reduce the acquisition costs of airframe structures through the revolutionary utilization of composite materials. The specific goal of CAI is to develop the tools and technologies necessary to enable integrated product teams to confidently design, manufacture and integrate with aircraft subsystems, an “all-composite” airframe utilizing revolutionary design techniques, innovative manufacturing concepts, materials, processes, advanced simulation modeling tools, and advanced business practices, to enable breakthrough reductions in cost, schedule and weight. The Composite Affordability Initiative (CAI), Phase II, Pervasive Program is a joint effort between the government and The Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation. The effort is conducted under four individual other transactions with the same Statement of Work and Vision Statement.

Extent to which the other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs:Use of the other transaction provided a way for the four separate recipients to work in a cooperative manner for the attainment of joint technology advances. The participation of the four major airframe manufacturers in this collaborative manner ensures that the cultural changes accomplished under CAI will be spread across the industry. This same cooperation could not have been accomplished under a standard FAR contract. While there is currently no direct involvement by commercial firms, use of an other transaction has provided the ability to facilitate future participation by commercial subcontractors, as different composite affordability projects are defined and executed. In addition, the agreement does contain a provision that gives each recipient the ability to share data coming out of the other transaction with its commercial divisions. As a result of this, future payoff in the form of increased use of commercial processes and practices is anticipated.

Extent to which the other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The four recipients, who are normally competitors within the industry, are committed to combining resources to achieve CAI objectives. The four recipients have entered into memorandums of agreement with each other that facilitate their collaborative working relationship, something which would not have been possible under a traditional FAR contract. The initiative is managed by an integrated product team consisting of members of the government as well as representatives of each of the four companies. Decisions regarding the focus and direction of the CAI program are made by this IPT and cross all four of the agreements. The participating companies are sharing results of past research as well as contributing data from this program which may have not been previously available to industry or government.

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Recipient: Lockheed Martin Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The objective of this program is to significantly reduce the acquisition costs of airframe structures through the revolutionary utilization of composite materials. The specific goal of CAI is to develop the tools and technologies necessary to enable integrated product teams to confidently design, manufacture and integrate with aircraft subsystems, an “all-composite” airframe utilizing revolutionary design techniques, innovative manufacturing concepts, materials, processes, advanced simulation modeling tools, and advanced business practices, to enable breakthrough reductions in cost, schedule and weight. The Composite Affordability Initiative (CAI), Phase II, Pervasive Program is a joint effort between the government and Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and Northrop Grumman Corporation. The effort is conducted under four individual other transactions with the same Statement of Work and Vision Statement.

Extent to which the other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Use of the other transaction provided a way for the four separate recipients to work in a cooperative manner for the attainment of joint technology advances. The participation of the four major airframe manufacturers in this collaborative manner ensures that the cultural changes accomplished under CAI will be spread across the industry. This same cooperation could not have been accomplished under a standard FAR contract. While there is currently no direct involvement by commercial firms, use of an other transaction has provided the ability to facilitate future participation by commercial subcontractors, as different composite affordability projects are defined and executed. In addition, the agreement does contain a provision that gives each recipient the ability to share data coming out of the other transaction with its commercial divisions. As a result of this, future payoff in the form of increased use of commercial processes and practices is anticipated. Extent to which the other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The four recipients, who are normally competitors within the industry, are committed to combining resources to achieve CAI objectives. The four recipients have entered into memorandums of agreement with each other that facilitate their collaborative working relationship, something which would not have been possible under a traditional FAR contract. The initiative is managed by an integrated product team consisting of members of the government as well as representatives of each of the four companies. Decisions regarding the focus and direction of the CAI program are made by this IPT and cross all four of the agreements. The participating companies are sharing results of past research as well as contributing data from this program which may have not been previously available to industry or government.

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Recipient: Northrop Grumman Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of this program is to significantly reduce the acquisition costs of airframe structures through the revolutionary utilization of composite materials. The specific goal of CAI is to develop the tools and technologies necessary to enable integrated product teams to confidently design, manufacture and integrate with aircraft subsystems, an “all-composite” airframe utilizing revolutionary design techniques, innovative manufacturing concepts, materials, processes, advanced simulation modeling tools, and advanced business practices, to enable breakthrough reductions in cost, schedule and weight. The Composite Affordability Initiative (CAI), Phase II, Pervasive Program is a joint effort between the government and Northrop Grumman Corporation, The Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and Lockheed Martin Corporation. The effort is conducted under four individual other transactions with the same Statement of Work and Vision Statement.

Extent to which the other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Use of the other transaction provided a way for the four separate recipients to work in a cooperative manner for the attainment of joint technology advances. The participation of the four major airframe manufacturers in this collaborative manner ensures that the cultural changes accomplished under CAI will be spread across the industry. This same cooperation could not have been accomplished under a standard FAR contract. While there is currently no direct involvement by commercial firms, use of an other transaction has provided the ability to facilitate future participation by commercial subcontractors, as different composite affordability projects are defined and executed. In addition, the agreement does contain a provision that gives each recipient the ability to share data coming out of the other transaction with its commercial divisions. As a result of this, future payoff in the form of increased use of commercial processes and practices is anticipated.

Extent to which the other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The four recipients, who are normally competitors within the industry, are committed to combining resources to achieve CAI objectives. The four recipients have entered into memorandums of agreement with each other that facilitate their collaborative working relationship, something which would not have been possible under a traditional FAR contract. The initiative is managed by an integrated product team consisting of members of the government as well as representatives of each of the four companies. Decisions regarding the focus and direction of the CAI program are made by this IPT and cross all four of the agreements. The participating companies are sharing results of past research as well as contributing data from this program which may have not been previously available to industry or government.

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Title: "MBDS--MEMS-Based Data Storage"



Recipient: Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The proposed research will develop MEMS (microelectromechanical systems)-based technology components and integrate them into prototype sub-systems leading to an ultra-high density storage device. The resulting MBDS (MEMS-Based Data Storage) device, whose high-capacity, low cost, small size, light weight, low power and rugged constitution are enabled by MEMS technologies, will be ideal for portable or mobile applications and for other applications where power and weight are at a premium. An initial product based on the MEMS-based technology would yield a storage module with the following characteristics: 1) a non-volatile capacity of 1 Gbyte, 2) a size of 15 mm X 15 mm X 4 mm, 3) a data transfer rate of 200 Mbits/second, 4) a data access time of approximately 1 millisecond, and 5) a power consumption less than 0.5 Watts. Such a module would be sealed and mechanically rugged and have a low manufacturing cost. It is envisioned that the storage device will be the storage component of choice in both military and space applications as well as in mobile applications for both professionals and consumers.

Extent to which the other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Use of an Other Transaction enabled the government to reach an agreement with Hewlett Packard Research Laboratory, a commercial firm that would not have entered into a DOD agreement absent the flexibility provided by 10 USC 2371. Specifically, the patent rights provision has been tailored to allow the protection of subject inventions as trade secrets, rather than by patent, in accordance with the Hewlett Packard’s current business practices. Disclosure of subject inventions to the government is still required, and the government still has march-in rights.

Extent to which the other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The agreement includes provisions or features that would not have been possible absent the authority of 10 USC 2371. Flexibility in the patent rights area has resulted in insertion of new and commercial technology to meet DOD's needs, allowing the government to have access to technologies otherwise unavailable if restricted to the terms of a traditional FAR contract. If successful, this technology advancement may allow DoD the benefit of leveraging commercial investment, resulting in state-of-the-art commercial technology insertion into military's weapon systems.

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Title: "Fast Read-out Optical Storage Technology (FROST)"


Awarding Office: U. S. Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory

Recipient: The Fast Readout Optical Storage Technology (FROST) Consortium

Members of the Consortium are:Call/Recall, Inc., San Diego, CAHewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CAIrvine Sensors Corporation, Costa Mesa, CAUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Under this program, the consortium plans to develop and demonstrate technologies capable of addressing the limiting bottlenecks in digital storage systems. The program seeks to combine the inherent advantages of multilayer optical storage media in terms of density and removability with very large scale integration (VLSI) Photonic techniques to develop high-throughput parallel optical readout systems which will enable orders of magnitude improvement over conventional storage systems in future military and commercial digital systems. The research will develop and demonstrate a prototype model of a massively parallel, high speed optical disk record and read-out head for next generation memory systems with both commercial and military applications. Development of a 3D storage media using two-photon recording technology in photochromic materials to demonstrate a storage capacity of over 100 GB, and read-out rates of over 3.2Gb/s is envisioned. A wide variety of military and commercial applications exist for storage systems offering the performance to be developed under the proposed work. The availability of large-capacity, fast read-out optical memory is extremely important for many military applications, such as data-mining and automatic target recognition. This research project is anticipated to enable revolutionary concepts and capabilities in future military and commercial information processing systems.

Extent to which the other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Use of an Other Transaction enabled the government to reach an agreement with a consortium which includes Hewlett Packard Research Laboratory, a commercial firm that would not have entered into a DOD agreement absent the flexibility provided by 10 USC 2371. Specifically, the patent rights provision has been tailored to allow the protection of subject inventions as trade secrets, rather than by patent, in accordance with the recipient’s (HP specifically) current business practices. Disclosure of subject inventions to the government is still required, and the government still has march-in rights.

Extent to which the other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:

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The FROST proposal was submitted in response to a competitive Broad Agency Announcement and was selected for award based on its anticipated ability to enable revolutionary concepts and capabilities in future military and commercial information processing systems. Other transactions encourage teaming, use of commercial processes and standards, and provide contractors with tremendous flexibility in determining designs. The result in the FROST program was the formation of a team comprised of a commercial firm, two small business firms, and a university. Use of an OT resulted in more streamlined and effective relationships among the teammates because a traditional prime/subcontractor relationship was not required. Flexibility in the patent rights provision was negotiated specifically for the commercial firm, but was also seen as a benefit to the other members of the consortium. This flexibility allowed them to take advantage of the commercial business practices of Hewlett Packard, while at the same time allowing the government to have access to technologies that would have otherwise been protected under the terms of a traditional FAR contract.

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Title: AF STAR LADAR


Awarding Office: U.S. Air Force - Air Force Research Laboratory

Recipient: Lockheed Martin Vought Systems





Dollars Returned to Government Account: $0.00

Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of this effort is to provide the Air Force with a state of the art laser radar (LADAR) seeker capable of being used in ground and airborne collection applications. The data collected with this seeker will be used to expand the government LADAR database for Autonomous Target Acquisition (ATA) algorithm development. This seeker will also establish a LADAR performance baseline for future seeker development.

Extent to which the other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: As part of this agreement, Lockheed Martin Vought Systems (LMVS) is authorized to use government furnished property provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate to build a state of the art LADAR seeker for the Air Force. This seeker represents the first flight-ready LADAR seeker owned by the Air Force. The Air Force contributions to this agreement supplement the IR&D funds supplied by LMVS to develop a stronger technology and industrial base in LADAR seeker technology. With the limited oversight on an Other Transaction for Research, the contractor can focus its efforts on research and the commercial technologies, thereby meeting the requirement of an Assistance Instrument.

Extent to which the other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The LADAR seeker that the Air Force will acquire through the flexibility of this agreement will contribute to the research and development of LADAR seeker technology and ATA algorithms while improving the LADAR seeker technology and industrial base. LADAR seeker technology and ATA algorithms are key technologies of future munition concepts, e.g. Powered Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (P-LOCAAS), which will provide an affordable, miniature, munitions with autonomous broad area search and detection, identification, and destruction of the entire spectrum of ground mobile targets. Although this is a traditional company in the Government contracts arena, utilization of the Other Transaction for Research has allowed the flexibility to negotiate an agreement that would otherwise not have been possible with the FAR restrictions on data. Specifically, because of the recipient’s sizable investment in the project, the government agreed to allow the recipient a longer period of time to achieve practical application before exercising march-in rights. The government will, however, receive government purpose rights to the data developed under the agreement.

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Agreement Number: MDA972-98-3-0001

Title: Smart Materials and Structures Demonstrations


Awarding Office: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Recipient: Boeing Information, Space and Defense Systems






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to demonstrate the performance gains achievable by using smart materials to control helicopter rotor structures to reduce vibration and noise, and improve performance. Several approaches will be demonstrated, culminating in wind tunnel testing and flight testing of smart helicopter rotor blades. Concepts which will be demonstrated include discrete actuation, shape memory alloy actuation, and piezoelectric controlled two rotor, small, man-rated helicopter.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The SMSD Agreement consists of three Divisions of Boeing Helicopters, MIT, and Penn State University. The Universities and businesses are providing smart materials, structures technology and intellectual property to the Consortium which could not be available in the absence of the Agreement. Boeing Helicopters will demonstrate the technology using helicopter rotor as the demonstration vehicle. The structure of this effort will provide a rapid movement of technology from basic research to product insertion. This rapid insertion path is of great benefit to the DOD.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Provisions or features of the agreement that would not have been possible absent the authority of 10 U.S.C 2371 include rapid implementation of technology into DOD products from diverse small business and non-commercial sources, evaluation of outside high risk concepts by a DOD prime prior to risk reduction, and partnerships which provide small business and universities equal position in intellectual property technology into DOD products.

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Title: Intelligent Maintenance Advisor for Turbine Engines (IMATE)



Recipient: Consortium comprised of: GE Aircraft Engines; GE Corporate Research & Development; Lockheed Martin Control Systems; Ocean Sensor Technologies, Inc.; Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory – IMATE Consortium






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to test a condition-based intelligent maintenance advisor, which brings together the most advanced prognostic and diagnostic technologies for predicting and identifying turbine engine faults and failures, and for prescribing maintenance actions.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Otherwise traditional competitors have elected to combine resources, share data and information, and cooperate in accomplishing this R&D. This arrangement, not only make for the more effective use of individual corporate talents, but also broadens subsequent market penetration opportunities for Consortium members, individually and collectively..

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The Consortium’s members entered into Articles of Collaboration that, in effect, cause the Consortium’s members to police themselves. This arrangement makes less burdensome the administration of those instruments that are typically associated with procurements for goods and services. The Government’s reliance of this self-policing mechanism is reflected in the Agreement in the absence of any auditing role by the DCAA.

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Title: Continued Development of Precision Assembly Process for Optoelectronic Subassemblies



Recipient: Auric Corporation

Effective Date: 9 Feb 1998





Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The technical objective of this effort is to continue development of the precision assembly process for Optoelectronic subassemblies initiated under the DARPA Optical Interconnect Project with a focus on improvements to the assembly machine previously developed. Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Auric Corporation is a commercial firm that would not have entered into a Department of Defense agreement absent the flexibility provided by 10 U.S.C 2371.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States.This Agreement allows Auric to borrow equipment in order to continue technology development with both defense and commercial applications. Accomplishment of these development objectives, will result in products that can be produced in high volume and be affordable for Defense systems including insertion in intelligence and communications related programs. Without the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2371 this type of bailment arrangement with a commercial firm would not have been possible.

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Agreement Number: MDA972-98-3-0004.

Title: The Affordable Multi-Missile Manufacturing (AM3) Program Implementation and Demonstration, Phase 3



Recipient: Lockheed Martin Vought Systems





Dollars Returned to Government Account: 0

Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective to implement the key product design and manufacturing system and business practice concepts across the target missile mix. Missile seeker demonstrations will convincingly prove the capability of implementing the validated design and enterprise concepts in actual multi-missile programs and of achieving project cost, cycle time, and quality goals. The demonstrations will address the high cost of missile guidance and control.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The “other transaction’ entered into with Lockheed Martin AM3 Consortium is the result of a DARPA program that specifically targets U.S. tactical missile producers. A major component of the program is to demonstrate the effectiveness of introducing commercial technology, design and manufacturing practices into the tactical missile industry as a means of dramatically reducing the cost of producing missiles. The end effect of this migration toward more “commercial-like” approach to defense manufacturing will be to lower the barriers to entering the missile industry as a supplier of parts, components, subassemblies etc. and will offer the missile industry the opportunity to obtain significant leverage of the large private sector R&D investment in relevant commercial technology.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: As part of the “other transaction” with Lockheed Martin AM3 consortium, there will be demonstrations of highly integrated supply chains involving multiple tiers of suppliers linked to the prime contractor through Internet based tools that support a variety of design engineering, manufacturing and procurement functions. Effective implementation of this integration requires the formation of new business relationships that permit rapid contracting, collaboration and issue resolution largely in a non-paper based system. A major challenge to be addressed is the design of an information infrastructure that has sufficiently low entry requirements so that small and medium sized firms can participate in the new integrated enterprise.

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Title: Joint Department/Industry Research in the Area of Semiconductor Technology



Recipient: Microelectronics Advanced Research Corporation (MARCO)

Effective Date: 18 Feb 1998.

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 31 Jan 2001.




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purpose of this Agreement is to provide for a joint Department of Defense/Industry program of joint initiation, funding and management of innovative research proposals for semiconductor technologies of strategic long-term interest. This program, called Focus Center Research Program (FCRP), will solicit new ideas for research into design and test and fabrication technologies that can accelerate understanding of specific technology options, lead to breakthroughs for future semiconductor generations, and provide the foundations for very high risk high payoff approaches.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The performing organization on this project (recipient) is MARCO. It is a nonprofit, public interest scientific organization sponsoring innovative research in technologies for the future benefit of its member companies, related companies and suppliers, their customers and the general public. This particular teaming was created to effectively achieve the technology goals of this project and would not have occurred absent the flexibility provided by 10 U.S.C 2371.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This Agreement is a unique venture whereby Government (DARPA) and industry (MARCO) are working together through the solicitation and proposal venues to accelerate the development of a certain technology. Without the authority of 10 U.S.C 2371 this coordinated research effort would not have been possible.

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Title: Millimeter Wave Targeting & Imaging System




Effective Date: 19 May 1998.

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: 30 Apr 1999.




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to determine the feasibility of a millimeter wave synthetic aperture radar targeting capability, whose concept is proprietary to Raytheon.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This Agreement partners Raytheon and the Government in determining the feasibility of a concept that has military and commercial applications, and in that respect, it advances this technology for potential use by both parties, and broadens the market penetration opportunities for Raytheon and its suppliers. Further, the success of this effort should lead to a firmer basis for conducting follow-on R&D that is preparatory to production. Given that production sources will be competitively selected, this effort will also have broadened the technology and industrial base beyond Raytheon.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: While Raytheon is not relieved of any fiduciary trust responsibilities relative to the use of public monies, the Government is relying on Raytheon to police itself. This reliance is reflected in the Agreement, for example, in the absence of any auditing role on the part of the DCAA. This arrangement, while not without its risks, helps to foster a cooperative relationship, rather than an adversarial relationship, between Raytheon and the Government.

In entering into this Agreement, Raytheon has demonstrated that it considers the Government to be a partner in determining its success, whether in the public sector or in the commercial sector, and accordingly, it agreed to supply 39% of the resources necessary to accomplish this R&D. Significantly, the use of this type of agreement forced the parties to examine the timeline of benefits to each party. That examination identified that the Government would be the first party to realize any immediate benefit, and accordingly, the Government assumed the majority of the cost-share responsibility

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Title: National Shipbuilding Research Program



Recipient: Consortium comprised of: Avondale Industries, Inc.; Bath Iron Works; Electric Boat Corporation; Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.; National Steel & Shipbuilding Corporation; Newport News Shipbuilding; Atlantic Marine Holding Company; Halter Marine, Inc.; Todd Pacific Shipyard Corporation; The Executive control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program

Effective Date: 12 Jun 1998.





Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to develop a strategic investment plan for the improvement of American shipbuilding capabilities.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Otherwise traditional, and often bitter, competitors have elected to combine resources, share data and information, and cooperate in accomplishing this R&D. That the members of the Consortium even adopted this attitude is a sea-change in their relationship, not only among themselves, but also with the Government. This arrangement makes for the more effective use of individual corporate talents, and broadens subsequent market penetration opportunities for Consortium members, individually and collectively. Significantly, it also attempts to preserve an industrial base (shipbuilding, maintenance and repair) that is vital to the national defense.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The Consortium’s members entered into Articles of Collaboration that, in effect, cause the Consortium’s members to police themselves. This arrangement makes less burdensome the administration of those instruments that are typically associated with procurements for goods and services. The Government’s reliance of this self-policing mechanism is reflected in the Agreement of the absence of any auditing role by the DCAA.

In entering into this Agreement, the Consortium has demonstrated that it considers the Government a partner in its prospective success, whether in the public sector or in the commercial sector. For this reason, and because it has typically failed to achieve market share when individual members have ventured alone, the Consortium entered into this Agreement, and agreed to supply 50% of the resources necessary to accomplish this R&D.

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Title: 25kV/2kA SiC MTO Thyristor Switches



Recipient: Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronic Sensors and Systems Division






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:. The goal of this effort is to perform a joint DARPA/Industry funded research and development program that will lead to the development of silicon carbide junction field effect transistor (JFET) controlled Thyristor switch technology.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs:The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., a non-profit, public interest scientific organization joins DARPA in both the funding and management of this program. This organization has more than 700 utility companies as members and manages science and technology research and development for the electricity industry and would not have entered into a DoD agreement absent the flexibility provided by 10 U.S.C 2371.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The use of an Other Transaction for Research Agreement under the authority of 10 U.S.C 2371 allowed the Government to enter into a tripartite agreement that involved the Government, a defense contractor, and a non-profit, public interest scientific organization. Further, the use of an agreement allowed flexibility in clearly delineating the rights and responsibilities of all three parties. Certain rights pertaining to Obligation and Payment, Intellectual Property, and Copyright were important to the both the performer and the non-profit organization and thus required additional negotiation and flexibility in the provisions ultimately agreed upon between the parties.

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Agreement Number: N00421-98-C-1342

Title: Elevated Service Temperature Resin


Awarding Office: U.S. Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division

Recipient: Dow-UT






Technical Objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted:The immediate objective of this program is to develop polymer composite materials, compatible fiber sizings, and tackifiers for resin transfer molding (RTM) of elevated service temperature articles; theoverall goals are to scale-up, qualify, and commercialize high-temperature resin systems for use in aerospace applications.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: New material development and maturation is of interest to both the commercial and military communities; however, the requirements and testing required prior to implementation are often very different. Other Transactions are aiding in streamlining the process of attracting commercial technology developments that are responsive to U.S. military needs. This is being achieved by involving industry and the military together at a very early stage of development/maturation.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Though some of the respondents to the ONR-BAA announcement were from traditional Defense contractor community, several non-traditional respondents also submitted proposals. These proposals helped identify interest and priorities not previously considered.

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Title: Scalable Hybrid Scalar-Vector High Performance Computer

Awarding Office: National Security Agency (NSA)

Recipient: Silicon Graphics, Inc.






Technical Objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The goal of this agreement is to perform research encompassing the necessary technologies and architectural foundations to enable commercial development of a new scalable hybrid, scalar-vector high performance computer.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The flexibility in terms of negotiations of patent rights and provisions different than that required by Bayh-Dole allowed us to enter into an agreement where SGI was willing to provide significant investment in pursuit of this research. Because of the fundamental shift in the market place over the past few years, it was no longer economically practical for SGI to continue their investments in research and development of leading edge vector systems. Unfortunately, the market for such high performance systems is small and only with Government assistance can SGI continue to develop leading edge vector systems that will meet a critical need. However, in addition to Government uses of the technology being researched, this effort could also lead to commercial application of this technology in various business sectors to include pharmaceutical research, weather analysis and prediction, petroleum exploration and the automobile designindustry.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: See Above.

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Title: Active Denial Technology Applications

Type of Agreement: Other Transaction for Prototype


Recipient: Raytheon Missile Systems Company






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of the Active Denial Technology Applications project is to develop, demonstrate, test and evaluate and transition non-lethal directed energy weapons technology and data to the special operations forces and security forces in all services. This transition will be made through the development of one transportable and two mobile prototype demonstrators.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Competitive proposals were solicited utilizing a Research Announcement (RA); a procedure which would not normally be used for an acquisition of this type. Use of an RA was intended to encourage the submission of unique and innovative solutions. At the outset, it was hoped that there would be interest by non-traditional contractors and consortiums; however, proposals were only submitted by companies that regularly do business with DOD. The prototype developed under this award has exclusive military application and is not an item that is to be commercialized. Results of related independent research and development projects will be used to support the program; thereby enhancing the industrial base. Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Use of an other transaction affords the government the flexibility to negotiate terms and conditions appropriate for each agreement. For example, the data requirements were significantly tailored from what would be required using traditional DOD data requirements. The government has enough information to know what is happening on the program, without requiring the contractor to spend excess time on report preparation, taking valuable resources away from the technical effort. The agreement permits reimbursement of costs in the same manner recognized under the FAR for cost reimbursement contracts, thus enabling uninterrupted performance. Fee, however, is paid only upon successful completion of milestones. It is anticipated that withholding payment of fee until completion of milestones will incentivize milestone completion. The Raytheon team is structured as multi-layered Integrated product Teams (IPTs) to promote a systems engineering approach. The IPT approach permits close coordination with the government, enhances program communication about the work and its results, and fosters a cooperative government-industry teaming relationship. Accordingly, the government will be continuously involved with and have full visibility into all activities throughout the various program levels.

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Title: GEO Light Imaging National Testbed (GLINT)



Recipient: ThermoTrex Corporation






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of the GLINT program is to design, fabricate, and test a prototype optical system that provides images of satellites in geostationary orbit. Images will be of sufficient quality to determine size, orientation, and identification of the satellite. The testbed will be robust enough to be able to demonstrate scalability and traceability to a fieldable system.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The prototype developed under this award has exclusive military application and is not an item that is to be commercialized. Under the agreement, the contractor is performing development of the prototype optical imaging testbed. The government will maintain a technical team of personnel whose function is to support the company’s system design process by providing analysis based on government activities in related projects, a role of less oversight than found on a typical DOD contract. The use of an other transaction, however, and the associated reduction in government oversight will afford ThermoTrex and its primary subcontractor, Boeing, the opportunity to focus their resources on the technical requirements of the project.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The Government forged a relationship between ThermoTrex and Boeing. Each submitted separate proposals with strength in different technology areas that, if combined, would provide a better R&D solution for developing the prototype. In discussions, each was advised of the opportunity to combine proposals, a practice that would have been prohibited under FAR source selection principles. The result was that ThermoTrex and Boeing teamed under one agreement to integrate the strengths of each proposal thus resulting in a better R&D solution. The government benefits by receiving access to both technologies. In addition, even though the award is to ThermoTrex, and Boeing is technically considered to be a subcontractor, the government benefits by the ability to have more direct interaction with Boeing than would be allowed with a subcontractor under a FAR contract. ThermoTrex requested and was granted relief from FAR and DFARs cost principles, allowing them to attract other subcontractors that don’t normally do business with the government. Data required was kept to an absolute minimum necessary.

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Title: Affordable Rapid Response Missile Demonstrator (ARRMD)



Recipient: McDonnell Douglas Corporation (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Boeing)






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The overall objective of the ARRMD program is to develop and demonstrate, in flight, a concept for an affordable rapid response missile (ARRM). The ARRM is a hypersonic strike missile envisioned for use against time critical, heavily defended, high priority, hard and deeply buried targets.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Use of the Section 845 other transaction for the ARRMD program has brought together four major defense contractors; Boeing St. Louis (formerly McDonnell Douglas, Phantom Works), Boeing Seal Beach (Skunk Works), Aerojet, and Pratt & Whitney, to prototype a missile that could greatly contribute to the national security of the United States. These contractors would not have teamed in the same way had a regular FAR contract been utilized. Wherever possible, technical interchange is taking place, that will benefit both ARRMD concepts (as discussed below). Based on the commercial nature of this arrangement and lack of normal Government controls and oversight, there is a strong possibility that many lower tier subcontractors who ordinarily would not participate in a government program may be involved. Thus, the use of the Section 845 other transaction authority for this program has brought together a very unique contractor arrangement that will broaden the technology and industrial base for meeting DoD needs.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The four contractors involved in this program have teamed up to develop a weapon system that will greatly contribute to the national security of the United States. The contractors are able to operate this program using their commercial process and practices. While the Boeing St. Louis and Boeing Seal Beach groups each proposed separately, they eventually combined to form a very unique relationship. The Seal Beach and Pratt & Whitney group have formed a consortium under the prime contractor (Boeing St. Louis, Phantom Works). This unique conglomeration of contractors brings together two expert airframe concepts matched with two leading edge propulsion systems. The two leads, St. Louis and Seal Beach, are each leading a different concept design for the ARRMD, thus the competitive nature of this single award is very unique. In lieu of formal data submittals in government format as would be required under a traditional FAR contract, the winning contractor does reporting via a special access web page that they produced just for this program. All technical and financial reporting, in the contractor’s commercial format, is available on this page, and for the most part it provides real time insight into the program.

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Title: Space-Based Laser Readiness Demonstrator (SBLRD) Concept Definition Study #1


Awarding Office: U.S. Air Force, Space and Missile Systems Center

Recipient: TRW Space and Laser Programs Divisions






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The primary goal of the Space-Based Laser Readiness Demonstration is to decisively confirm the feasibility of a space-based laser (SBL) solution for defeating ballistic missiles. The purpose of the concept definition study being conducted under this other transaction agreement is to validate the SBL concept as a viable option for missile defense and to give decision makers data on the SBL concept by which to make future decisions on entering into the development of an operational SBL system.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The use of the other transaction (OT) authority to execute the SBLRD has facilitated an environment of open communication with industry, and has fostered a streamlined acquisition process. Demonstrable effects of the streamlined other transaction process are reduced overhead costs that were associated with the standard FAR approach and increased competition due to commercial type contracting methods. The contractors were freed in several instances from company internal processes that they, as DoD suppliers, had created specifically to meet requirements of FAR clauses. For the Phase I effort, use of an OT did not broaden the technology base, as no alternative suppliers were available outside of traditional DoD suppliers. The contractors are not conducting the effort as a commercial business unit, because the skills required reside in the respective contractor’s business units that are focused on DOD work. In the event of award of an OT for the much larger and more complex Phase II effort, however, there would be a higher probability for more major changes to the structure of the business organization. Another benefit to the government was that the contractor was able to respond more swiftly during the co-development of two parallel agreements for Concept Definition Studies. This translated into less cost to the government as well as the contractors by saving the time and effort otherwise created in the extended back-and-forth interchanges typical of FAR procurements. The contractors have estimated that their bid and proposal costs were reduced to a third of what they would have been if this procurement had been FAR-based, and direct administrative costs were reduced by half.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The other transaction procurement approach forces, in order to be successful, a recognition that the government and contractors are partners in achieving success. With that recognition comes the fostering of interaction with the contractor to determine what is in the best interest of the program. The team approach inherent in an other transaction is a healthy way to formulate the best effort at the very start and deal with the programmatic problems that are typically encountered in R&D efforts. To the extent that use of an OT creates a non-business-as-usual attitude, it fosters better practices. More specifically, the OT permitted the government and contractor to award the agreement and make prompt

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changes, allowing for greater flexibility in the contracting process. For example, as a result of extensive communications between the government and the contractor during the requirements definition, solicitation, and proposal preparation phases, the agreements for the Phase I Concept Definition Studies were able to be awarded in just six weeks. This allowed the contractor to have a completed proposal ready so that by the time the formal solicitation was issued, only 5 days elapsed until award. Additionally, an extension of the period of performance of the agreements was accomplished in just four days. This phase I effort was intended to set the stage in this regard for the larger, more complex phase II program to follow.

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Title: Space-Based Laser Readiness Demonstrator (SBLRD) Concept Definition Study #2


Awarding Office: U.S. Air Force, Space and Missile Systems Center

Recipient: Lockheed Martin Astronautics.






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The primary goal of the Space-Based Laser Readiness Demonstration is to decisively confirm the feasibility of a space-based laser (SBL) solution for defeating ballistic missiles. The purpose of the concept definition study being conducted under this other transaction agreement is to validate the SBL concept as a viable option for missile defense and to give decision makers data on the SBL concept by which to make future decisions on entering into the development of an operational SBL system.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The use of the other transaction (OT) authority to execute the SBLRD has facilitated an environment of open communication with industry, and has fostered a streamlined acquisition process. Demonstrable effects of the streamlined OT process are: reduced overhead costs that were associated with the standard FAR approach and increased competition due to commercial type contracting methods. The contractors were freed in several instances from company internal processes that they, as DoD suppliers, had created specifically to meet requirements of FAR clauses. For the Phase I effort, use of an OT did not broaden the technology base, as no alternative suppliers were available outside of traditional DOD suppliers. The contractors are not conducting the effort as a commercial business unit, because the skills required reside in the respective contractor’s business units that are focused on DoD work. In the event of award of an OT for the much larger and more complex Phase II effort, however, there would be a higher probability for more major changes to the structure of the business organization. Another benefit to the government was that the contractor was able to respond more swiftly during the co-development of two parallel agreements for Concept Definition Studies. This translated into less cost to the government as well as the contractors by saving the time and effort otherwise created in the extended back-and-forth interchanges typical of FAR procurements. The contractors have estimated that their bid and proposal costs were reduced to a third of what they would have been if this procurement had been FAR-based, and direct administrative costs were reduced by half.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The other transaction procurement approach forces, in order to be successful, a recognition that the government and contractors are partners in achieving success. With that recognition comes the fostering of interaction with the contractor to determine what is in the best interest of the program. The teamwork approach inherent in an other transaction is a healthy way to formulate the best effort at the very start and deal with the programmatic problems which are typically encountered in R&D efforts. To the extent that use of an OT creates a non-business-as-usual attitude, it fosters better practices. More specifically, the OT permitted the government and contractor to award the agreement and make prompt

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changes, allowing for greater flexibility in the contracting process. For example, as a result of extensive communications between the government and the contractor during the requirements definition, solicitation, and proposal preparation phases, the agreements for the Phase I Concept Definition Studies were able to be awarded in just six weeks. This allowed the contractor to have a completed proposal ready so that by the time the formal solicitation was issued, only 5 days elapsed until award. Additionally, an extension of the period of performance of the agreements was accomplished in just four days. This phase I effort was intended to set the stage in this regard for the larger, more complex phase II program to follow.

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Title: Airborne Video Surveillance (AVS) Program


Awarding Office: US Army – Communications Electronics Command for DARPA

Recipient: California Microwave, Inc., Information Systems Division (CMI/ISD) Effective Date: 10 Jul 1998




Dollars Returned to Government Account: None

Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of this effort is to evaluate, integrate, and demonstrate technology for real-time airborne video surveillance, to include accurate geographic coordinate measurement, surveillance of multiple moving targets, and automatic activity monitoring.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs California Microwave Inc., (CMI) was competitively selected to integrate sensors and communication equipment to provide real-time image Airborne Video Surveillance capability, not previously available to DoD. The agreement identifies technical milestones that must be successfully accomplished to receive payment. This payment structure, coupled with potential spin-off applications, is expected to highly motivate successful performance.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: CMI will be integrating products delivered to the government by Harris Corporation, Sarnoff, and SRI. Though these companies are not subcontractors to CMI, representatives of these companies will be working with CMI on the integration. Each contractor is bringing different technology to the prototype and there is a great deal of interaction required between the technologies to produce a working system. The success of the integrated system is in the interest of all the contractors. This has created an environment where driven by corporate pride, and a desire to be the leader and “best” in the field, each contractor will be motivated to work together and provide the best technology that they have to offer. The government’s technical representative will also work closely with the integrator and can function as the government conduit, if technical problems should arise between the integrator and the other government contractors.

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Title: Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Aviation Demonstration


Awarding Office: US Army – Communications Electronics Command

Recipient: Raytheon TI Systems Effective Date: 18 Jun 1998




Dollars Returned to Government Account: N/A

Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: This agreement describes the work to be performed by a joint contractor-government team to demonstrate a low risk 2nd generation aviation targeting FLIR. The work described in this agreement is partitioned into the following parts:Phase 1: Bench FLIR: design, fabrication, integration and test of a 2nd generation FLIR Horizontal Technology Integration (HTI) based bench FLIR. Phase 2: TADS FLIR: design and fabrication of the additional modules required to create a Target Acquisition Display System (TADS) FLIR, integration of these modules with the Bench system to create the TADS FLIR, and testing of the TADS FLIR. Phase 3: Upgraded TADS/PNVS: design, fabrication and integration of the support equipment required to operate a TADS/Pilotage Night Vision System (PNVS) while off the aircraft, and integration of the TADS FLIR with a TADS/PNVS. Phase 4: Flight Test: design, fabrication, test and integration of any flight test unique equipment, integration of the upgraded TADS/PNVS into an Apache helicopter and flight testing of the upgraded system.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs Currently there is only one producer of the Aviation FLIR. This agreement will develop a secondary source for the next generation of the Aviation FLIR and provide analysis to determine if HTI can cross from ground platforms to aviation platforms. The expansion of HTI could save the Army additional dollars in the future.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This agreement will broaden the industrial base for the Second Generation FLIR by developing a new producer of the equipment. The recipient of this Agreement has the potential of a new market for his FLIR, which had previously seen only vehicle mounted applications. The Defense Department will enjoy the benefits of a competitive market. The national Security of the United States will be enhanced by having the potential for two separate production facilities for Aviation FLIRs. This Agreement is expected to involve several different subcontractors that would not typically enter into business with the Government due to the amount regulations and CAS standards. By developing an additional source, we are also expanding the component industrial base.

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Agreement Number: DAAB07-98-9-D006

Title: Silicon Carbide Whisker Reinforced Metal Matrix Composite Track Shoe


Awarding Office: U.S. Army – Communications-Electronics Command

Recipient: Advanced Refractory Technologies, Inc.






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The objective of this program is to develop a Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) and a Metal Matrix vehicle track shoe specifically for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The proposed technology combines a novel, low cost silicon carbide whisker reinforcement with high volume, near net shape processing capability of squeeze cast aluminum, along with a new rubber for much improved wear resistance and significant weight savings. This MMC technology creates cost savings because of reduced weight and improved durability of the various track components.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The prototype project will foster the domestic capability to provide MMC technology for both military and commercial applications. The government’s investment in the project will leverage and accelerate the growth of metal matrix composites in the marketplace. The developments planned under this prototype project will lead to improved component durability and efficiency. It will also greatly increase domestic sales and create many more domestic jobs which are currently lost to off-shore supplies.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Advanced Refractory Technologies Inc. has spent more than $30 million over the past six years to develop the low cost, high volume production of metal matrix composites. The MMC technology is projected to improve the life of the shoe by 25%; the shoe pad by 300%; and the bushing assembly by 100%. Applications range from the track shoe for military vehicles (such as the Bradley, the Amphibious Assault Vehicle, the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank and the Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer) to pistons (diesel, low emission and high performance) to transmission pump gears to rocker arms to cylinders.

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Title: Sensor to Shooter Data Link Systems Study of Compression and Noise Interaction


Awarding Office: Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, CA

Recipient: Raytheon Missile Systems Company






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purpose of this project is to develop and implement prototype software for end-to-end system analysis of sensor to shooter concepts using Advanced Cruise Missile as a transition pathway. Development of compression methodologies, data link models, and Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) metrics will aid in understanding the highly non-linear interaction between sensors, data links of limited bandwidth subject to noise, and ATR algorithms. Prototype computer software which models the behaviors of compression schemes and data links under a variety of environmental and man-made noise conditions will be verified and validated against actual data link performance.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The teaming arrangement between the Navy and Raytheon Missile Systems Company will foster increased use of commercial technology insertion in a rapid paced environment. The use of an other transaction for this effort has fostered numerous changes in the conventional structure of government/contractor relationships that will prove advantageous to both government and industry.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The use of an other transaction permitted the government to team with Raytheon Missile Systems Company in order to develop prototype software which enables optimization of data link usage, compression and Automatic Target Recognition in noisy environments. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division has leadership responsibility for developing the overall prototype framework and for supplying the compression/decompression algorithms. Raytheon Missile Systems Company has leadership responsibility in the areas of data link models and hardware, as well as naturally occurring and man-made noise models. If the prototype software is successfully developed, it will enhance the Navy’s ability to implement a digital battlefield in which information is seamlessly passed between assets. A standard contractual instrument would not have allowed for the degree of collaboration necessary for success, nor would it have provided for the flexibility to alter the direction of the project as research results are obtained. This other transaction provided for collaboration and flexibility and also allowed for the negotiation of mutually acceptable patent and data right provisions, thus fostering a less constrained exchange of ideas.

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Agreement Number: N00019-98-9-0194.

Title: Medium Lift Vertical Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL )Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Commercial Technology Demonstration


Awarding Office: Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command

Recipient: VisiCom Laboratories






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Objectives of the effort are twofold. The first is to test and demonstrate a commercial UAV with certain characteristics not presently available in other UAVs. The proposed UAV will present research and development opportunities for several unique characteristics. For example, it has a vertical flight capability not presently available from other UAVs. The payload lifting capability relative to the weight of the aircraft is also exceptional. The UAV is relatively low in cost compared to other UAVs. The simplicity of design is also considered a desirable approach and worthy of evaluation. Under this effort the Navy and VisiCom will design an avionics/payload complement and complete an airworthiness certification.

The second goal of the project is to provide a surrogate platform to economically test a variety of payloads and validate operational concepts for future UAV systems. The prototype vehicles may be used to test other components, operational concepts and systems. Significant cost saving will occur for requiring activities as it will not be necessary for them to procure a UAV for testing and evaluation purposes.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The use of this Other Transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base by adapting a commercial product to meet military objectives. Even though many commercial products are currently being utilized in various military applications, only limited commercial technology has been employed in the UAV environment. This prototype effort will not only demonstrate the viability of this UAV platform, but will also demonstrate that a commercially developed UAV (and other commercial products) can be economically adapted to a warfighting environment.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This Other transaction has fostered a business relationship with Eagle Perch, Inc, who has not previously done business with DoD. Even though Eagle Perch is a subcontractor to VisiCom Laboratories, through this other transaction DoD will start to become familiar with their products and capabilities, leading to future business and an expansion of the industrial base with a small, woman-owned business.

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Agreement Number: N00019-98-H-0118

Title: Advanced Mission Computers and Displays (AMC&D) System



Recipient: McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), A wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objectives of the effort covered under the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) are proof of concept, design and prototype development of the AMC&D system. The AMC&D system will be designed as the standard mission computer and display system for naval aviation and is targeted to replace existing aging/obsolete commercially furnished displays and the AN/AYK-14 mission computer. The AMC&D system will consist of modular components integrated on an open systems architecture which will include a set of common processors, aircraft interface control cards, and a variety of display head sizes, and will be designed to facilitate operation and support savings initiatives.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The contractor teaming arrangement under the OTA (consisting of MDC as the prime contractor, General Dynamics Information Systems, Incorporated, and Honeywell, Incorporated as the second-tier subcontractors, and DY-4, Wind River, and Green Hill as the third-tier subcontractors) provides for an increase of commercial technology into military equipment. The flexibility of the terms, conditions and administration of the OTA affords DY-4, Wind River and Green Hill, who are not traditional DoD contractors and do not have the systems in place to otherwise perform on large DoD procurement contracts, an opportunity to have their products introduced into a fielded military system. Such terms also include; the use of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in lieu of cost accounting principles and procedures which allows the Navy to leverage MDC’s concurrent IR&D initiatives to meet AMC&D program objectives, and the termination provision which allows either party of the OTA to terminate performance of work if they determine that the program will not produce beneficial results commensurate with the expenditure of resources.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: This OTA allows the Navy to forge new relationships with existing DoD contractors, tailor oversight and reduce program costs, and also attracts firms (such as DY-4, Wind River, and Green Hill) that normally do not do business with the DoD. Using the OTA allows the Government the flexibility to operate more like a commercial entity and negotiate the terms and conditions appropriate for each agreement.

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Title: Prototype Common Cockpit for SH-60R and CH-60 Helicopters



Recipient: Lockheed Martin Company Federal Systems (LMFS) Owego Company






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The Common Cockpit prototype will incorporate a commercial open systems based avionics architecture to satisfy the needs of both the SH-60R and the CH-60S aircraft. Use of commercial equipment, standards, and a network based architecture will help minimize the Navy’s total ownership cost and provide a path for technology infusion and mission upgrades to these two platforms.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The avionics architecture and cockpit design will provide the following key elements: integration of full color Advanced Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays (AMLCDs) to provide both basic flight and mission data to the crew, a Fiber Channel based network backbone, initially tied to the high speed transfer of data between the Flight Management Computer(s) and the Mission Computer, and modularized software architecture designed to enable easy installation of additional software loads and enhanced mission capability. Integration of commercial components into this architecture, at both the module and sub-module level, will allow for low cost upgrades and commercially supported technology infusion.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Use of the OT method for this effort has fostered numerous changes in the conventional structure of government/contractor and contractor/vendor relationships which will prove advantageous to both government and industry. Transition from traditionally adversarial government/contractor and prime/sub relationships, to a spirit of teaming and shared responsibility for performance, has eliminated barriers to innovation and efficiency previously fostered under “us/them” relationships so common in conventional contracting.

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Title: Develop Lightweight Slotted Array Antenna Assembly Prototype under AN/SPQ-9B Radar Program


Awarding Office: Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command

Recipient: Northrop Grumman Norden Systems, Inc. (NGNS)




Non-Government Dollars (000): $2,200 (It is noted that NGNS is investing an additional $2M of IR&D that is not written into the Agreement)

Dollars Returned to Government Account: None.

Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The goal of the lightweight antenna prototype is to reduce the overall weight of the current AN/SPQ-9B antenna by 48 percent from approximately 2,300 pounds to 1,200 pounds while sustaining all of the critical performance characteristics of the current antenna design. If the reduced weight objective is achieved the installation cost are expected to be reduced from $1,500,000 to approximately $500,000 per radar system. It is planned that AN/SPQ-9B ORDALT Kits will be installed on over forty ships now having the AN/SPQ-9 Radars such as DD-963, LHA and CG-47 Class Ships. The government's estimate for recoupment of investment is around $1,000,000 savings per ship times forty plus ships. NGNS reasonably expects to obtain a slightly higher profit rate than normal during production to recover its four million-dollar investment (estimated at $100,000 per radar system times forty ships). The government projects recoupment to be approximately $32,000,000 for an $8,000,000 investment.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The technology base will be expanded with the availability of a new, lightweight antenna which is double faced with each face having two look-back features. The AN/SPQ-9B Radar design provides six looks at a potential target with each 360 degree sweep of the antenna in comparison to a traditional radar system which only provides a single look at a potential target with each 360 degree sweep of its antenna. Inasmuch as the prime and major subcontractors are regular suppliers to DoD, this other transaction agreement has not contributed to broadening DoD's industrial base.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The use of an 845 other transaction agreement is a groundbreaking agreement between the Navy and NGNS, that requires significant trust by each of the agreeing parties. The government transfers some of its technical oversight responsibility to the system developer, i.e., the government's greater concern is with the final outcome of the project than with how the system developer gets there. Also, design to cost becomes far more important to the private industry, system developer since its money is being used to pay for the development effort. With transfer of technical and financial responsibilities to the private industry developer, new relationships are being forged and oversight practices are changing.

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Title: Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) Oceanographic Research Vessel (AGOR) – Phase I



Recipient: Lockheed Martin Corporation


Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: for Phase I is 25 Sep 1998




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: SWATH AGOR technical objectives center on systems and features unique to SWATH hull forms. The unique features contemplated for this ship, which have never been developed for previous Navy SWATH ships, include: (1) An overhanging strut hull form with rudders in the wake of the propellers; (2) “Golf club’ SWATH hull sections; (3) Integrated electric power concepts that favor use of advanced components; (4) Aluminum for the primary structure; (5) Contra-rotating propellers; (6) Composite shafting; (7) Sophisticated ballast systems; (8) Advanced power generation machinery, such as fuel cells; (9) Innovative oceanographic handling systems; (10) Bottom-mapping sonars will be redesigned to fit on the narrow, curved SWATH hulls; and (11) Active motion control systems to achieve seakeeping goals. These capabilities exceed the capabilities of previous Navy SWATH ships. Implementation and testing of the above unique features will advance SWATH hull form technology. It will directly impact the design and major systems used for follow-on Navy and commercial SWATH hulls. This is a two phase effort. Phase I includes ship definition and early design development. The Phase II option (NTE $36M) includes detailed design and construction of the prototype and is expected to be awarded in the 2nd quarter FY99. Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This other transaction for prototypes will advance the body of knowledge concerning SWATH hull forms and has potential commercial applications for other oceanographic research activities. Of three proposal received for this effort, SWATH Ocean Systems was seen as a non-traditional government source. Their interest was primarily due to the nature of the work required and secondarily by the streamlined solicitation and contract terms. Modification of traditional intellectual property clauses, that require government purpose rights, was seen as instrumental in bringing proprietary designs into the proposal process.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States:. The use of other transaction (OT) authority has streamlined the ease with which contractors realign themselves. The prime contractor is soliciting proposals for an alternate shipbuilder to subcontract with for Phase II. The original subcontractor did not provide a plan for Phase II that met with the CAIV NTE goal of $36M. Currently the prime contractor for this program is evaluating low cost alternatives for Phase II to achieve CAIV goals for the ship design and construction phase of this procurement. The flexibility provided by OT terms and conditions fosters a better teaming relationship with industry. Some examples of new practices are the disputes article, bi-lateral changes vice government directed changes, and milestone payments that link payments to results.

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Title: DD 21 Phase I



Recipient: Bath Iron Works Corporation


Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: for Phase I is Oct 1999

U. S. Government Dollars (000): Phase I is $70,000 Non-Government Dollars (000): $0


Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purpose of this two-phased project is to develop and deliver a DD 21 system prototype, the Smart Product Model (SPM). The SPM is a digital version of the ship system, consisting of product model data and performance and behavior characteristics of the ship. Product model data is a combination of geometric and non-geometric engineering data which describes the physical and logical configuration of the ship, including elements of the ship's information architecture. Data within the SPM will be of sufficient detail to support modeling and simulation verification of ship system performance with respect to operational requirements. The SPM will support analysis in the areas of operation, engineering, life cycle cost, test planning and performance predictions, maintenance, manufacturing, and training. The main objective of Phase I is to perform trade studies and analyses to investigate DD 21 System design approaches, and develop a System Design Concept to be further developed in Phase II. Phase II is estimated to be $140M.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: It is anticipated that as a result of using Section 804/845 other transaction authority, the DD 21 program will have the benefit of commercial companies participating, at a minimum, in the areas of ship propulsion, system architecture, and software development. As a part of the concept phase, the DD 21 Competing Teams are evaluating many commercial areas with the idea of bringing new and innovative technology to the DD 21. By using Section 804/845 other transaction authority, the Competing Teams have the flexibility to freely explore the commercial market and contract with the commercial sector without being restricted by the traditional FAR and DFARS clauses that are required to be flowed down and may possibly impede drawing in innovative commercial products and processes.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The DD 21 Agreement has fostered new relationships between industry and government. The traditional government/industry relationship is changing as a result of some of the Articles contained in the DD 21 Agreement. Three examples of these articles are as follows: 1) Milestone Payments. As a result of the proposal/negotiation process the teams were able to propose the payments that were in accordance with their particular concept development. The teams are paid upon successful completion of the milestones. 2) Modifications. The modification article states that, except for administrative changes, all Agreement modifications are a result of mutual agreement by the parties. The government can not unilaterally impose changes onto the contractor. 3) Disputes. This article states that all disputes are addressed first by NAVSEA and only after all levels of the NAVSEA disputes chain have been addressed can the contractor go outside of NAVSEA. The contractors do not go to GAO for resolution of

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disputes. This article encourages the parties to work together to resolve disputes and reduces the likelihood of issues going to a 3rd party for resolution.

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Title: The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Dual Use Application Program (DUAP) Software Development Tools for Signal Processing and C4I Embedded Autocode for Commercial and Military Markets


Awarding Office: Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

Recipient: Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: To develop software tools for signal processing and C4I embedded autocode for commercial and military markets.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The technology and industrial base benefits by providing improved software development for both industrial and defense use, in terms of better quality, reduced cycle time and a broad supplier base. This team includes suppliers that do not traditionally do business with the Government.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Other transactions are more easily tailored for cost sharing business arrangements and can serve as a stimulant to attract commercial organizations to do business with the government.

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Title: The Prototype Acoustic Source Technology (PASTA) Project



Recipient: Raytheon Company, Raytheon Electronic Systems Laboratories


Etimated Completion Date: Aug 1999




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The goal of the agreement is to define a PASTA Mini-Array System that can transition to several military at sea platforms and mission areas, dramatically increasing the fleet's Undersea Warfare effectiveness.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: SPAWAR anticipates that the use of other transactions will allow the government significantly more flexibility to consider the strengths of potential contractors or contractor teams in light of the government's present requirements. This should result in a more flexible technical approach, enhanced competition, and will offer a better chance to carry the competing technologies to the next stage of development. This degree of flexibility is not found, or at least not easily achieved, within the competitive process leading to an award of a traditional contract under the FAR, where requirements are more strictly defined. Furthermore, the use of other transaction authority gives the government and industry more flexibility to tailor the terms and conditions of each agreement in order to best address the specific strengths and risks inherent in each contractor's technical approach, capabilities, and associated cost.


This agreement was awarded to Raytheon Company, which is a large defense contractor. As such, use of other transaction authority has not contributed directly to a broadening of the technology and industrial base for meeting DoD needs. However, the open discussion format of the evaluation and selection process helped to ensure that the offeror was aware of and directly responding to the government's needs vice its perception of the government's needs. The flexibility of the preaward communications permitted discussions that resulted in more fluid modifications of offerors' proposals, ensuring that the proposal was the most technically capable of meeting the government's requirements with lowered risk. In addition, these open communications encouraged both the government and offerors to shift to a more integrated-product team (IPT) based relationship. Though IPTs are also used when contracts are awarded, the difference here is that team building begins before award and continues after award through the IPT approach to development that is an integral part of the agreement. Finally, the use of the other transaction fosters the use of commercial practices and standards by DoD contractors, helping to reduce the cost of doing business.

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Title: Multifunctional Information Distribution System - Low Volume Terminal Production Readiness Program (MIDS LVT)



Recipient: Thomson-CSF Communications


Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: Apr 1999




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: To achieve Certified MIDS Manufacturers Register (CMMR) status in order to be eligible to compete for award of MIDS-LVT production contracts. The primary thrust is for multiple sources that had little or no specific MIDS design or production experience to achieve a state of production readiness and to obtain the highest performance, lowest-cost LVT terminal possible.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Each participant is required to develop a prototype that meets the MIDS LVT performance specification and certify that the design is producible. To meet this requirement, each participant will analyze MIDS LVT design and requirements, develop designs which optimize technology insertion and producibility, prototype their designs (through actual or virtual demonstration) and document their production specification.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Only offerors who have achieved CMMR are eligible for MIDS-LVT production awards. The purpose of using the other transaction authority is to assist contractors in achieving CMMR status in time to support production awards. In this manner, successful completion of the prototype project will enhance the industrial base for MIDS-LVT.

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Title: Multifunctional Information Distribution System - Low Volume Terminal Production Readiness Program (MIDS LVT)


Awarding Office: Department of Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

Recipient: GEC-Marconi/Rockwell Collins Data Link Solutions L.L.C.

Effective Date (000): 08 Oct 1997

Estimated Completion or Expiration Date: Apr 1999




Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: To achieve Certified MIDS Manufacturers Register (CMMR) status in order to be eligible for award of MIDS-LVT production contracts. The primary thrust being achievement of a state of readiness wherein the participant has little to no specific design or production experience.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Each participant is required to develop a prototype that meets the MIDS LVT performance specification and certify that the design is producible. To meet this requirement, each participant will analyze MIDS LVT design and requirements, develop designs which optimize technology insertion and producibility, prototype their designs (through actual or virtual demonstration) and document their production specification.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Only offerors who have achieved CMMR are eligible for MIDS-LVT production awards. The purpose of using the other transaction authority is to assist contractors in achieving CMMR status in time to support production awards. In this manner, successful completion of the prototype project will enhance the industrial base for MIDS-LVT.

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Title: Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Targeting Vehicle (RST-V), Phase I



Recipient: Lockheed Martin Corporation, Vought Systems Division






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to provide the warfighter with a deep scout vehicle with the optimum combination of advanced mobility, propulsion, sensing, intelligence gathering, and survivability technologies.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: There was a broadening of the technology and industrial base due in part to the relief from the flow-down procurement clauses which allowed non-traditional companies such as Rod Millen Special Vehicles and Aerovironment, Inc. to join the team.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Non-traditional contractors were attracted to the team because of the inherent flexibility that was provided for patent and data rights. This provides the government access to technology not previously available to DoD, such as Rod Millen’s flexible, but strong, special off-the road, vehicle frame construction and Aerovironment’s unique power supply and distribution systems in hybrid electric vehicles.

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Title: Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Targeting Vehicle (RST-V), Phase I



Recipient: General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc.





Dollars Returned to Government Account: 0

Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to provide the warfighter with a deep scout vehicle with the optimum combination of advanced mobility, propulsion, sensing, intelligence gathering, and survivability technologies.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: There was a broadening of the technology and industrial base due in part to the relief from the flow-down procurement clauses which allowed non-traditional companies such as Magnet Motors to join the team.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: Non-traditional contractors were attracted to the team because of the inherent flexibility that was provided for patent and data rights. Magnet Motors is a commercial developer of alternative electric power wheels. This capability will enhance off-road and four wheel vehicle designs.

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Title: Unmanned Air Vehicle Laser Communication System



Recipient: Boeing Company, Information, Space and Defense Systems






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to design and demonstrate an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) laser communication system. Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: This other transaction will contribute to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting DOD needs because this technology can alleviate UAV communications shortcomings by providing much higher data transmission rates than radio frequency (RF) links being used on UAVs today. The much smaller laser sidelobes form an aperture much smaller than RF antennas, and will allow for low interference and low-probability of intercept (LPI) operations. The existing UAV communications links technology has problems with limited bandwidth, LPI, freedom from interference, jamming, and unauthorized access. This laser communication, which is commercially available and is being used on the Teledesic system, will help to alleviate UAV communication shortcomings

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The primary objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of operating a high-bandwidth lasercom datalink between aircraft and satellite. If successful, this technology advancement may lead to new relationships with venture capitalists and allow DOD the benefit by leveraging commercial investment and result in state-of-the-art commercial technology insertion into military weapon systems.

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Agreement Number: MDA972-98-9-0004.

Title: Vertical Take Off and Landing Unmanned Air Vehicle (VTOL UAV)



Recipient: Frontier Systems, Inc.






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Design and flight test a VTOL technology concept applicable to long range/long endurance UAV.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The contribution made to the broadening of the technology and industrial base is best noted by the pioneering research and development that will be accomplished in reducing the high attrition rates historically experienced in UAVs along with reducing the endurance, range and altitude gap between fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. This vehicle will be based on a proprietary concept which, if successful, will provide a vehicle with longer endurance, longer range, higher operating ceiling, higher maximum speed, higher payload weight fraction and larger internal payload volume.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The success of this program will result in increased range and endurance of light rotorcraft providing the U.S. military with enhanced defense capabilities along with providing an inexpensive UAV to other departments of federal, state and local government, and commercial enterprises.

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Title: Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV), Phase I



Recipient: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The goal of the program is to demonstrate the feasibility for a UCAV to effectively and affordably suppress enemy air defenses and conduct strike missions in a global Command and Control architecture. The prototype will exploit the design of relocating the pilot outside the vehicle to enable a new 21st century force structure.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The UCAV Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) is the next step on the path to a revolutionary new weapon system that will augment future manned systems as part of an integrated, post-2010 force structure. Future UCAV systems will fully exploit the emerging information revolution. They will take advantage of multiple, real-time data sources and secure communications networks to plan for, and respond to, the dynamically changing battlefield. They will also exploit the additional design and operational freedom provided by removing the pilot from the vehicle to achieve a new paradigm in aircraft affordability and supportability. Commercial off the shelf technology was proposed in various areas to broaden technology and enhance affordability.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: By capitalizing on these technical advances, UCAV will provide the nation with increased tactical deterrence at a fraction of the cost of current manned systems. The contractor has formed a team that includes defense contractors from the major functional areas of the system (e.g., air segment, propulsion system, payload, avionics, etc.) to optimize the Phase I preliminary design. One contractor team will be selected for the Phase II detail design and prototype demonstration. Taking the pilot out of the aircraft is anticipated to reduce a plane’s acquisition cost by 20%, expected to reduce the life-cycle costs by one-third over conventional fighter aircraft and achieve from 50 –80% savings on operations and maintenance.

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Recipient: Northrop Grumman Corporation







Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The UCAV Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) is the next step on the path to a revolutionary new weapon system that will augment future manned systems as part of an integrated, post-2010 force structure. Future UCAV systems will fully exploit the emerging information revolution. They will take advantage of multiple, real-time data sources and secure communications networks to plan for, and respond to, the dynamically changing battlefield. They will also exploit the additional design and operational freedom provided by removing the pilot from the vehicle to achieve a new paradigm in aircraft affordability and supportability.


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Recipient: Raytheon E-Systems, Inc.







Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The UCAV Advanced Technology Demonstration ATD is the next step on the path to a revolutionary new weapon system that will augment future manned systems as part of an integrated, post-2010 force structure. Future UCAV systems will fully exploit the emerging information revolution. They will take advantage of multiple, real-time data sources and secure communications networks to plan for, and respond to, the dynamically changing battlefield. They will also exploit the additional design and operational freedom provided by removing the pilot from the vehicle to achieve a new paradigm in aircraft affordability and supportability.


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Recipient: Boeing Co., Information, Space and Defense Systems







Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The UCAV Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) is the next step on the path to a revolutionary new weapon system that will augment future manned systems as part of an integrated, post-2010 force structure. Future UCAV systems will fully exploit the emerging information revolution. They will take advantage of multiple, real-time data sources and secure communications networks to plan for, and respond to, the dynamically changing battlefield. They will also exploit the additional design and operational freedom provided by removing the pilot from the vehicle to achieve a new paradigm in aircraft affordability and supportability.


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Title: Dragonfly – Canard Rotor-Wing (CRW), Vertical Take-off and Landing Vehicle



Recipient: McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Contractor will develop two aircraft prototypes to conduct an Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD), using unmanned aircraft, of the contractor’s patented canard rotor-wing, vertical take-off and landing concept. The ATD will demonstrate flight-worthiness of the vehicle.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The canard/rotor-wing (CRW) relies upon the use of a reaction-drive rotor system. The CRW eliminates the need for a mechanical drive-train and transmission, as well as the need for an anti-torque system. Eliminating these typically heavy and maintenance-intensive systems reduces weight, increases opportunity for considering alternative payloads, and reduces maintenance and logistics complexity and cost.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The CRW concept holds the potential for substantially increasing U.S. military defense capabilities at reduced life-cycle cost, and providing a new, less expensive helicopter technology to other departments of federal government, state and local governments, and commercial enterprises.

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Title: Airborne Communications Node (ACN), Phase I









Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The Airborne Communication Node Program is to provide the maximum military benefit of an affordable communications payload which will meet the size, weight and power restrictions of the Global Hawk and other platforms.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The Airborne Communication Node will provide wide-area communications services supporting enhanced information sharing within and among joint and multinational forces. The objective of the Airborne Communication Node program is to develop a communications payload for deployment aboard unmanned and manned aircraft. This requires contractors to overcome several difficult and critical technological challenges; among these are: developing an affordable communications payload that will meet the size, weight, and power constraints of the Global hawk UAV, and be scalable to support missions on other manned and unmanned platforms, including helicopters; and overcoming the problem of radio frequency cosite interference. (The Airborne Communication Node will have approximately 75 radio transmitters that use at least 17 different waveforms.)

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The Airborne Communication Node program may substantially increase U.S. military defense capabilities at reduced life-cycle costs which can be provided to other departments of the federal government, state and local governments, and commercial activities.

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Recipient: Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company









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Recipient: TRW S&ITG, Data Tech Division









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Title: Small Unit Operations Situation Awareness System (SUO SAS), Phase II



Recipient: ITT Aerospace Communications Division






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to develop and demonstrate a light weight, body-worn, highly advanced, Situational Awareness system that will enable small teams of individual dismounted warfighters to continuously and clandestinely communicate, navigate and target in restrictive environments.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: SUO SAS contractors were able to form highly technical teams, including small, primarily commercial companies, as well as universities, that are on the leading edge of communications technology development. These teams would have been difficult or prohibitively time consuming to form if it were not for the provisions of the Other Transactions for Prototype Authority.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The agreements awarded set forth performance goals, which exceed current technology. To meet these performance goals, the participants have formed diverse teaming arrangements, which require technology sharing. The Government fully expects these teaming arrangements to result in the development and pooling together of state of the art technology within a defined price objective. Two teams were competively selected from five previous teams to accomplish Phase II. During Phase II the contractor teams refine the SAS system concept and the production unit price estimate, and accomplish critical technology demonstrations. One of the teams will be selected for Phase III where the prototype detail design will be completed and the SAS demonstrated

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Title: Small Unit Operations Situation Awareness System (SUO SAS), Phase II



Recipient: Raytheon Systems Company, Defense Systems






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technical objective of this effort is to develop and demonstrate a light weight, body-worn, highly advanced, Situational Awareness system that will enable small teams of individual dismounted warfighters to continuously and clandestinely communicate, navigate and target in restrictive environments.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: SUO SAS contractors were able to form highly technical teams, including small, primarily commercial companies, as well as universities, that are on the leading edge of communications technology development. These teams would have been difficult or prohibitively time consuming to form if it were not for the provisions of the Other Transactions for Prototype Authority.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The agreements awarded set forth performance goals, which exceed current technology. To meet these performance goals, the participants have formed diverse teaming arrangements, which require technology sharing. The Government fully expects these teaming arrangements to result in the development and pooling together of state of the art technology within a defined price objective. Two teams were competively selected from five previous teams to accomplish Phase II. During Phase II the contractor teams refine the SAS system concept and the production unit price estimate, and accomplish critical technology demonstrations. One of the teams will be selected for Phase III where the prototype detail design will be completed and the SAS demonstrated.

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Title: Joint Strike Fighter Prognostics and Health Management



Recipient: General Dynamics Advanced Technology Systems






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technology objectives of this Gas Turbine Engine Blade Tip Eddy Current Sensor (GTEBTECS) program is to develop a prototype and demonstrate eddy current sensor and electronics suitable for integration within an active vibration control or Prognostics and Health management blade tip sensing system for fixed wing and helicopter turbine engines.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: Some of the technology that is key to this prototype project was previously developed by the contractor, at private expense. An other transaction provided the parties the flexibility to negotiate mutually acceptable patent and data rights provisions. The prototype project is expected to result in an eddy current sensor and electronics that provide a significant improvement in engine blade reliability and performance for the warfighter.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The use of the Other Transactions Authority for Prototypes enabled the negotiation of contractor IR&D cost share that is expected to increase the contractor’ commitment to the project and incentivize contractor cost control. The technology being proven in this prototype project is considered to be, if successful, a high payoff endeavor.

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Agreement Number: NMA201-98-9-0022.

Title: Digital Nautical Chart Production Object Vector Format Prototypes


Awarding Office: National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Recipient: Laser-Scan Technologies, Inc.






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The technology area for this prototype is objected oriented database management systems. NIMA desires tounderstand the benefits of managing, maintaining, updating and producing vector data in an objected oriented technology environment. Digital Nautical Chart (DNC) data, the most complex of the NIMA vector data types will be the test case in the DNC prototype. The primary focus is to develop and establish data generation, population, attribution, and maintenance procedures needed for an active object-oriented production database environment permitting near real-time data maintenance. If proven successful, this technology holds the potential to revolutionize Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII) concepts for information management.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The NIMA GI Integrated Product Team (IPT) worked through the Open GIS Consortium/IPT Task Force that involved academia and industries familiar with DoD business arrangements and some that were new to DoD. However only firms already familiar with DoD responsed to NIMA's Broad Agency Announcement. The use of section 845 prototype has been viewed as a positive option to streamline processes and procedures used by those firms already familiar with DoD. As part of the GI IPT's feasibility demonstration testing, a change in the partnering relationships within the industry firms participating was evident. As a result of the GI IPT experience, several of these partnering relationships will continue beyond the life of the GII demonstration, thereby broadening the industrial base of technologies available to meet DoD needs. Several firms new to the Open GIS Consortium/GI IPT Task Force have expressed their desire to participate on future endeavors.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The nature of the GI IPT technology investigation was to rapidly prototype a GII system. The rapid prototyping environment enabled government users to iteratively test the capabilities of the GII. The users recommendations for improvements can be brought into the next iterative delivery of capability. The section 845 prototype, with its flexible procedures permits the contractor to respond to the government and, in the end, deliver a system that best satisfies the government needs. The tool is a highly effective mechanism for government and industry interaction in a rapid prototyping environment where systems are developed for supporting national security objectives.

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Agreement Number: NMA202-97-9-1032

Type of Agreement: OT for Prototype


Agreements Officer’s Name: Brian Wolfe

Agreements Officer’s Phone: 301-227-7825

Recipient: Autometric, Incorporated

Discussion: This is an agreement that was competitively awarded in September 1997 and permits orders up to $75M to be awarded through September 2000. Orders issued under the agreement are to prototype and evaluate candidate commercial solutions for future United States Information and Geospatial Systems. In lieu of addressing each of the below questions for each order, the questions are answered for the agreement in general. Following this initial page are separate write-ups for each order that identify the Order Number, the expected period of performance, the dollars, and other technical information unique to that order.

Technical objectives: The technology areas the prototype projects will demonstrate are varied and include high bandwidth information communication, compression, computing, displays, information processing, records management, on-line interactive training, assisted target recognition, multimedia databases, data architectures, storage media and storage devices.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: The other transaction authority has attracted commercial business units and other fledgling, niche companies that do not normally do business with the government. Bayh-Dole flexibility permitted the government to relax the patent requirements and permits the companies to better protect trade secrets developed during the prototype project. Protection of these trade secrets can be the only protection overseas and is vital to corporate competitiveness and profitability. Further, most research scientists find that the time clock reporting which is required to support cost accounting systems (CAS) is unattractive and, consequently, many of these companies' most talented researchers work in the commercial R&D business units and have been unavailable to DoD development efforts. Most companies set up special business units to do business with DoD so that the increased costs of CAS compliance do not burden the whole company and to keep intellectual-property-sensitive projects out of those units. Negotiations revealed that in the case of Oracle and Kodak, business units that have not typically done defense R&D have been willing to take on dual use projects related to their proprietary software packages which are of considerable value to imagery analysis. With a small DoD investment, projects can result in off the shelf product upgrades that meet agency mission requirements.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The program office reports that due to the success of attracting world class commercial R&D business units, the approximately $14M annual NTA budget is leveraging previous commercial R&D investment in rapid information technology of approximately $30 billion. The feedback from government personnel attending meetings with the Autometric team is that there is an unusual openness and cooperation among the team members. As each team member pitched its particular projects, the other team members offered insights from their most guarded proprietary projects and offered expertise in facilitating various technical obstacles. The award fee structure was negotiated such that the prime and sub share award fee equally upon determination, on a per-hour basis, by sub and by task. This was done in order to incentivize both Autometric program management and all team members to strive to excel in meeting NIMA objectives.

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Order Number: 0003

Title: Geospatial Information and Intelligence Prototype






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The prototype project specifically focused on the development and evaluation of workflow, production scheduling, and supply chain applications incorporated into an integrated future production environment. The project’s objective was to allow NIMA to evaluate commercial software applications for future United States Information and Geospatial System (USIGS) operational use and to demonstrate the potential for reduced operations and maintenance costs provided by the use of emerging commercial dual-use technologies. The GIIP project demonstrated how use of commercial technology could provide low-cost improvements to the current Production Management System (PM/S) and future USIGS environments allowing both civilian and military users to more effectively meet current and anticipated geospatial information and intelligence requirements particularly support for targeting and military operations.

Order Number: 0004

Title: Ancillary Video Georeferencing Prototype






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The prototype Ancillary Video Georeferencing System (AVGS) provides accurate metadata and control for video images collected with minimal or no metadata, such as the video collected as a secondary function of various manned aircraft missions. This prototype provides georeferencing from video and has achieved georeferencing rates that are eight times faster than the original goal.

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Order Number: 0005

Title: Multiple Operational Prototype Projects






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: Multiple Operational Prototype Project is intended to assist the NTA in prototype definition, evaluation, field insertion and testing at tactical/theater combat levels. An enhanced prototype support initiative team will organize as an integrated, cross-lab entity, conducting prototype technology assessments and insertion initiatives to support NIMA customers worldwide.

Order Number: 0006

Title: Prototype of NIMA Imagery Analyst Tools






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purpose of the NIMA Tools Program prototype is to provide Intelligence Analysis and Geospatial Production personnel with an integrated United States Information and Geospatial System (USIGS)-based COTS viewing and analysis system utilizing the latest technologies from proven government and commercial electronic light table applications and analysis tools. Autometric is working with Sensor Systems, ESRI, Oracle and Microsoft to take these tools to a browser that is similar to Space Imaging's Caterra.

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Order Number: 0007

Title: Prototype of World Fact Book Viewer






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The proposed Prototype World Fact Book Viewer will provide the basis for integration of the CIA World Fact Book with geospatial data from various NIMA sources and will provide rapid accessibility to the World Fact Book in a familiar multi-dimensional environment. This project will leverage and exploit internet technology in order to database and retrieve relevant CIA information to various authorized government and commercial entities.

Order Number: 0008

Title: Imagery Delivery Prototype






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The Imagery Delivery Prototype will provide accessibility to imagery and other imagery-derived products in a multi-dimensional environment using the World Wide Web and multiple data servers. The project will assemble software components to offer a robust web browser and product viewer that one can use within the USIGS community. Use of the prototype will improve efficiency by allowing intelligence users, strategic planners and individual warfighters to access both commercial and national imagery. This prototype project integrates various COTS packages that Autometric believes can be used for other web-based activities. The current commercialization plan is to form a consortium of imagery-related companies to develop this technology beyond the scope of this project.

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Type of Agreement: OT for Prototype


Agreements Officer’s Name: Brian Wolfe

Agreements Officer’s Phone: 301-227-7825

Recipient: National Media Laboratory Strategic Alliance

Discussion: This is an agreement that was competitively awarded in September 1997 and permits orders up to $75M to be awarded through September 2000. Orders issued under the agreement are to prototype and evaluate candidate commercial solutions for future United States Information and Geospatial Systems. In lieu of addressing each of the below questions for each order, the questions are answered for the agreement in general. Following this initial page are separate write-ups for each order that identify the Order Number, the expected period of performance, the dollars, and other technical information unique to that order.

Technical objectives: The technology areas the prototype projects will demonstrate are varied and include high bandwidth information communication, compression, computing, displays, information processing, records management, on-line interactive training, assisted target recognition, multimedia databases, data architectures, storage media and storage devices.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting Department of Defense needs: While most of the companies in this agreement have done business with DoD in the past, the benefit has been in attracting business units within these companies and other fledgling, niche companies that do not normally do business with the government. Bayh-Dole flexibility permitted the government to relax the patent requirements and permits the companies to better protect trade secrets developed during the prototype project. Protection of these trade secrets can be the only protection overseas and is vital to corporate competitiveness and profitability. Further, most research scientists find that the time clock reporting which is required to support cost accounting systems (CAS) is unattractive and, consequently, many of these companies' most talented researchers work in the commercial R&D business units and have been unavailable to DoD development efforts. Most contractors have set up special business units to do business with DoD, so that the increased costs of CAS compliance do not burden the whole company and so they can keep intellectual-property-sensitive projects out of those units. In the case of 3M, as an example, we went from being able to contract with three business units to about 100. In the case of Motorola, we went from three to thirty.

Extent to which the cooperative agreement or other transaction has fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support the national security of the United States: The program office reports that due to the success of attracting world class commercial R&D business units, the approximately $14M annual NTA budget is leveraging previous commercial R&D investment in rapid information technology of approximately $30 billion. As explained above, this agreement has attracted business units and research scientists that typically do not get involved in defense business. The government’s investment in these projects will influence commercial product research efforts and result in commercial products being available for future US Information and Geospatial Systems.

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Order Number: 0003

Title: Virtual Display Prototype






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purposes of the prototype project are to develop VGA color virtual display modules for commercial and military applications, to develop a VGA display controller IC for virtual display module, and to demonstrate IC circuit and display panel functionality with an application development board. For this particular project, NIMA funds of $1.5M accelerated the development of the Full VGA virtual display by 1-1.5 years. This project leverages considerable previous Motorola investment in virtual display technology. The project was completed (and could only be completed) in one of the commercial groups in Motorola.

Order Number: 0005

Title: Microreplicated Polymer Structures






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purpose of the prototype project is to provide rapid detection of chemical and/or biological warfare agents in field applications. The project will develop a microfluidic capability to enable plastic lab chips for chemical and biological detection. The disposable plastic microfluidic chip developed under this project provides a more "ruggedized" and cost effective solution for assessing chemical and biological threats in tactical situations than the glass-based microfluidics and other fragile approaches.

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Order Number: 0006

Title: Portable Power Sources






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purpose of the prototype project is to develop a hydrogen storage and release device (HSRD) to provide maximum energy density for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell system, which will produce higher capacity remote power generation for portable (e.g., battlefield) applications. Throughout this project, NMLSA continually assessed commercial viability. The goal of the NTA is to develop commercial products that can be used for military applications. When it became evident to the government and NMLSA that the finished product manufacturing cost was estimated to be too high for the commercial marketplace, the project was terminated.

Order Number: 0007

Title: Phase II Mapping/Imaging Platform Prototype






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purpose of the prototype project is to develop a PC-base large-format hard copy mapping and imaging platform in order to reduce costs associated with current proprietary workstation-based applications. The prototype incorporates improved multimedia data transfer, compression, processing, display, management, architecture, storage and exploitation techniques into the geospatial information and intelligence system. The project will result in a COTS imaging platform that is PC-based, replacing current platforms that require more expensive workstations.

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Order Number: 0008

Title: Holographic Storage Phase II Prototype






Technical objectives of this effort including the technology areas in which the project was conducted: The purpose of the prototype project is to develop three-dimensional storage capability (in lieu of current two-dimensional incorporate improved multimedia data transfer, compression, processing, display, management, architecture, storage and exploitation techniques into the geospatial information and intelligence system. As a result of government funding of this project. Lucent continued to push the three-dimensional storage technology and has made a couple of technological breakthroughs. Lucent is currently on an accelerated track to commercialize a product.

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