The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's technology transfer program recommends and facilitates the transfer of releasable SMDC technologies to other government organizations, academia, and private industry. Ala. The office works closely with the command's scientists and engineers, the Public Affairs Office, and the Legal Office to accomplish the technology transfer mission. Assessment and identification of potentially releasable SMDC technologies are accomplished through formal and informal interfaces with scientists and engineers knowledgeable of the technology. The dissemination of information concerning command technologies and SMDC's technology transfer program is accomplished via brochures, newsletters, conferences, workshops, symposia, internet web sites, and other available media.
Personal interaction is the primary conduit for the transfer of technology.
The technology transfer program is also involved in the development, negotiation, and monitoring of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, or CRDAs, and Patent Licensing Agreements, or PLAs. These are legal agreements which provide a mechanism for the transfer of federally owned technologies to the private sector and academia. To help foster technology transfer opportunities, the command sponsors and participates in several workshops and conferences designed to facilitate awareness of and access to its technology efforts. Technology transfer brochures and information are disseminated via the SMDC exhibit at many local, regional, national, and international events. Existing and planned cooperative research agreements help to facilitate the transfer of command technologies.