Office of Aerospace Technology

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Office of Aerospace Technology
Commercial Technology Program Overview Briefing
to TIGR Conference 16 May 2001
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• NASA Commercial Technology MissionNASAs
  Commercial Mission Technology mission is to
  impart benefits of its technological
  developments and assets toward growth of the
  national economy, to improve quality of life for
  citizens, and to contribute to the strength of
  the U.S. industrial base. To accomplish this
  mission, NASA will proactively support the
  development of its technology through focused
  technology development partnerships with U.S.
  businesses and will accelerate the transfer of
  technical innovation to commercial developers of
  products and services.Innovative Pre-competitive
  technology partnerships with industry are the
  cornerstone of the commercial technology
  successes.

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NASA Commercial Technology Program
Mission Share the Harvest of Aerospace
Technology with the U.S. Industrial Community
Goals
Provide Agency-wide focus on technology
transfer and commercialization efforts Transition
from technology spin-off mode into a more
proactive, dual-use partnership model Expand
NASA partnerships with U.S. industry to increase
economic benefit and improve quality of life.
Activity Implement NASAs Agenda for Change
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NASA COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY NETWORK
Far West Region
Mid-Continent Region
Mid-West Region
North-East Region
CTC
GLITeC
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LeRC
NTTC
ARC
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GSFC
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HQ
Mid-Atlantic Region
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FWTTC
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LaRC
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TeCC
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Southeast Region
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JPL
DFRC
GTRC
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MSFC
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MCTTC
NASA Field Centers
KSC
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SSC
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Regional Technology Transfer Centers (RTTCs)
National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC)
JSC
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New Marketing Strategy Rationale

• Focus on industry sectors that map well to NASA
  core capabilities and investments
• - Cost sharing between Industry and NASA
• - Accelerating development of new
  technologies and their market application
• - Infusion of commercially available
  technology into NASA missions
• - Access to Industry Technical Expertise
• - Maximize Economic Impact of NASA
  technology

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FY00 Partnership Metrics Report

• Target Implement Commercial Technology
  Partnerships with an investment value equal to
  10-20 of NASAs RD budget
• Performance
• Over 5,000 active partnerships
• in FY00
• Enterprise Baseline Complete
• Center Baseline Complete
• Automated Reporting
• Complete
• FY00 Actual 19.14
• NPR goal 10-20

Data Source
GPRA Target 10-20