# Presentation: 306763

## Office of Aerospace Technology

**Commercial Technology Program**
**Overview Briefing to TIGR Conference**
**16 May 2001**

## NASA Commercial Technology MissionNASA’s Commercial Mission Technology mission is to impart benefits of it’s 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.     

- NASA Commercial Technology MissionNASA’s Commercial Mission Technology mission is to impart benefits of it’s 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.

## NASA Commercial Technology Program

**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.**

_**NASA Commercial Technology Program**_

_**Mission**_
**Share the Harvest of Aerospace Technology with the U.S. Industrial Community**

_**Goals**_

_**Activity**_
**Implement NASA’s Agenda for Change**

## NASA COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY NETWORK

**Far West **
**Region **

**Mid-Continent**
**    ****Region**

**Mid-West**
**Region**

**North-East**
**Region**

**Mid-Atlantic**
**  ****Region**

**Southeast Region**

**NASA COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY NETWORK**

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**KSC**

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**MSFC**

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**SSC**

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**JSC**

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**LeRC**

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**LaRC**

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**GSFC**

**HQ**

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**JPL**

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**DFRC**

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**ARC**

***TeCC ***

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***FWTTC***

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***MCTTC***

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***GTRC ***

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***NTTC***

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***GLITeC***

***CTC***

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**NASA Field Centers**

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***  ******Regional Technology Transfer Centers (RTTCs)***
***  ******National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC)***

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## New Marketing Strategy & Rationale

- _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

## FY00 Partnership Metrics Report 

***Target:*****  Implement Commercial Technology Partnerships with an investment value equal to 10-20 % of NASA’s R&D 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%**

**GPRA Target: 10-20%**

**Data Source:**