Rapid Agile Innovative Deployment (RAID) in Support of Navy Lab RDT&E
Abstract
In order to foster the culture of innovation stated in ONR~s recently published RDT&E Framework (ONR, 2017) and as directed by SECNAV~s 2015 Innovation Vision, the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) proposes to collaborate with ONR, NSWC/IHEODTD, NSWC/DD, and NAWC/AD, to create in Southern Maryland, an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem (Ecosystem). The Ecosytem will support Rapid, Agile, Innovative Deployment (RAID) of; (1)mission-critical solutions to warfighters including underwater energetics urgent operational needs; and, (2) commercial products/solutions for underwater energetic challenges identified by ONR and supporting Navy lab-developed intellectual property (IP). Central to the creation of such an Ecosystem is innovation and entrepreneurship education designed to help regional Navy labs and local private-sector business organizations learn to behave more like innovation-driven enterprises (IDEs). CSM proposes a research program that is highly experiential and hands-on and will involve ONR underwater energetics, Navy labs and local private businesses working with CSM faculty and RAID project participants as well as other universities and subject matter expert consultants to spin off Navy lab IP to the commercial sector and to spin on commercially developed solutions to curated problems related to underwaterenergetics and other Navy warfighter needs. We envision ultimately arriving at a reproducible RAID Framework for developing, in the vicinity of ONR funded organizations, Navy labs, and other DOD labs throughout the nation, Ecosystems that:1. promote a culture of innovation and collaboration among all Ecosystem stakeholders;2. facilitate spin-off of lab IP to privately owned product-based IDE startups; and,3. facilitate spin-on by ~homegrown~ IDEs to help nearby DOD labs address warfighters~ urgent operational needs.The RAID Framework, will be developed and tested using underwater energetics-related projects and designed to support the three main objectives identified in ONR~s RDT&E Framework.Specifically, it will help:~ ALIGN R&D to shared priorities by evolving an Ecosystem oriented towards addressing shared priorities spelled out in ONR~s RDT&E Framework;~ ALLOCATE resources to speed results by developing IDE partners imbued with a culture of innovation and prepared to provide underwater energetics and Navy labs with readily available means of achieving flexible RDT&E investment and appropriate risk allocation; and,~ ACCELERATE technology-enabled capabilities by evolving an Ecosystem that helps ONR underwater energetics work and work at Navy labs speed execution of their business decisions and empowers Navy and private-sector IDE employees to effectively deliver enhanced warfighter capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 23, 2019
- Source ID
- N000141912378
Entities
People
- John Short
Organizations
- College of Southern Maryland
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy