Commercialization Analysis of SBIR Funded Technologies

Abstract

The US SBIR Program invests $2.2B annually into domestic innovation stimulation. The DoD contributes almost $1B of that investment; of which the USAF accounts for 25 . Data from this research indicates that Air Force programs have a 7.6 commercialization rate; representing an opportunity to improve. Leveraging best practices from industry; this research provides a method to align investments with needed capabilities. This method exploits established user need taxonomies, the DoD Joint Capability Area listing and the NASA SBIR taxonomy, to categorize efforts. This development of metrics and visualization tools provides managers a new means to control and improve their innovation investments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2019
Accession Number
AD1077698

Entities

People

  • Theodore A Rask

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Disruptive Technology
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Intellectual Property
  • Knowledge Management
  • Materials Processing
  • National Security
  • Statistical Sampling
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.