Accelerating technology transition [electronic resource] : bridging the valley of death for materials and processes in defense systems / Committee on Accelerating Technology Transition, National Materials Advisory Board, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Includes bibliographical references.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Creating a culture for innovation and rapid technology transition -- Methodologies and approaches -- What is technology transition and why is it difficult -- The culture of innovation and rapid technology transition -- Bridging the Valley of Death -- Making the business case -- Barriers to technology transition -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Methodologies and approaches -- Lessons learned from a comparison of risk-reward models -- Successful best practices -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Enabling tools and databases -- Established commercial practice: accelerated development -- Emerging commercial practice: Darpa's accelerated insertion of materials program -- Small business role: materials by design -- Dissemination and infrastructure -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Supported by the Dept. of Defense Contract No. MDA972-01-D-001.

Description based on print version record.