Transitioning Research Concepts to the Command and Control Community Quickly

Abstract

We present a business model providing an extremely fast method of transferring new research to the command and control community. As any software developer or user knows, there is a vast gulf between research beta prototypes and commercial quality software. By shortening the time between concept and commercialization, command and control programs increase their technological advantage. We demonstrate that a marketplace of multiple competing vendors of similar products works much better than a single anointed government-subsidized solution. In particular, using Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants to transition to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software is more effective than monolithic decade-long programs. We briefly mention the products, as concrete examples of successful commercialization, but defer any detailed description of the products themselves to other literatures. The emphasis in this paper is on the process, not the specific grants or products.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463328

Entities

People

  • Robert Flo
  • Valerie A. Summers
  • Warren Katz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Communities
  • Computer Programs
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Intellectual Property
  • Market Economy
  • Money
  • Motivation
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control