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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. Accelerating Technology Transition: Bridging the Valley of Death for Materials and Processes in Defense Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11108.
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Appendix C
Acronyms


AIM

Accelerated Insertion of Materials

AIM-C

Accelerated Insertion of Materials– Composites


DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DKB

design knowledge base

DoD

Department of Defense


IPT

integrated product team


MDO

multidisciplinary design optimization

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology


NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology


OEM

original equipment manufacturer


PARC

Palo Alto Research Center


RD

Robust Design Computational System

RDTE

research, development, testing, and evaluation

TRL

technology readiness level

R&D

research and development

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. Accelerating Technology Transition: Bridging the Valley of Death for Materials and Processes in Defense Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11108.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. Accelerating Technology Transition: Bridging the Valley of Death for Materials and Processes in Defense Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11108.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. Accelerating Technology Transition: Bridging the Valley of Death for Materials and Processes in Defense Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11108.
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Accelerating the transition of new technologies into systems and products will be crucial to the Department of Defenses development of a lighter, more flexible fighting force. Current long transition times-ten years or more is now typical-are attributed to the complexity of the process. To help meet these challenges, the Department of Defense asked the National Research Council to examine lessons learned from rapid technology applications by integrated design and manufacturing groups. This report presents the results of that study, which was based on a workshop held to explore these successful cases. Three key areas emerged: creating a culture for innovation and rapid technology transition; methodologies and approaches; and enabling tools and databases.

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