Analysis of Innovation Communities of Interest for Technology Transfer and Development

Abstract

In A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority (2016), The Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Richardson, identified, the increasing rate of technological creation and adoption as one of the three major interrelated global forces shaping todays strategic environment. To achieve high velocity learning at every level, the paper cited the need to Adapt processes to be inherently receptive to innovation and creativity. The Department of the Navy Additive Manufacturing Implementation Plan states that, The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are realizing the potential of additive manufacturing to transform the Department of the Navy through innovation in design, rapid prototyping, and future applications that enable warfighter readiness and self-sustainment during operations. Through the Department of the Navy's Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR) Program, small businesses of 500 people or less have the opportunity to address naval needs in more than 30 science and technology areas. SBIR provides the fleet with innovative advances in technology developed by small firms. SBIR participants benefit both from program awards as well as the further development and commercialization of the resulting products. In addition, the Navy Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program is intended to foster transitions of joint efforts between qualified small businesses and research institutions to Navy and Marine Corps, in particular navysbir.com. Collaboration and brain storming methods have inspired new possibilities, critical thinking skills, and collaboration, through Design Thinking(DT), User Based Design, experimentation, rapid prototyping, and intrapreneurship. By identifying and connecting the nodes in these social innovation networks using open source data and voluntarily provided information, the Navy can amplify effects generated within additive manufacturing communities of interest to increase warfighter readiness and self-sustainment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1111393

Entities

People

  • Albert Iii Barreto
  • Rob Schroeder
  • Wayne Porter

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Science
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine Corps
  • Printing
  • Small Business
  • Social Media
  • Social Networks
  • Software Prototyping
  • Teamwork
  • Technology Transfer
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design