Participants will learn about funding options in excess of 50 million dollars that are available from the Department of Defense to support defense industry diversification efforts. Several new approaches and programs exist that are linking existing firms with technology and intellectual property residing in colleges and universities. This panel will describe and explain these new programs, including the Technology Commercialization Assistance Program and the First Customer Program. Also to be presented is a new DOD –funded national demonstration program to diversify the defense supply chain -Department of Defense Manufacturing Assistance Program (DMAP). This program will be launched in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. The process begins by identifying and understanding capacity, capability, opportunities and the scientific and technical abilities of defense contractors. Each of these categories are assessed and then the company can be linked with university-based technologies and intellectual property for the purpose of commercialization into the private sector.
Opportunity and Models to Support Defense Industry Diversification and Technology Assistance - Lawrence Molnar
1. UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN
OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY
PURDUE
UNIVERSITY
DEFENSE MANUFACTURING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (DMAP)
A COLLABORATION OF INSITITUTIONS
2. FOUNDATION PROGRAMS
University of Michigan
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
Trade –Impacted Manufacturers
Funding: USDOC EDA
Community Economic Adjustment Program
Plant Closing Communities
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Funding: USDOC EDA
Surviving to Thriving
Automotive Supply Chain
Funding: State of Michigan Economic Development Corporation
3. FOUNDATION PROGRAMS
National Catalog of Excess Manufacturing Capacity (NEXCAP)
Inventory, Catalog, and Profiles of All Available Manufacturing
Sites/Facilities of 250,000 sq. ft. or more in the U.S.
Funding: USDOC, EDA
Technology Commercialization and Assistance Program
First Customer Program
State of Michigan Economic Development Corp.
DMAP
Defense Supply Chain
Small to Medium Size Firms (SME’s)
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
Funding: Department of Defense/Office of Economic Adjustment
4. DMAP
THE PROCESS:
Development of Database of Defense Impacted
Communities and Companies
Assessment of Impact
Assessment of Capacity, Capability, Potential for
Successful Outcomes
Defense Conversion-Impacted Communities
Identify and Engage Key Stakeholders
5. Identify Key/Critical Needs of Defense Communities
Develop Strategies and Plans to Address Needs
Work with Consultants and Organizations to Develop
Programs and Projects to Meet Community Needs
Monitor Activities
Measure and Evaluate
DMAP
THE PROCESS: COMMUNITIES
6. DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES
Assess for program eligibility
Assess for Technology Commercialization Potential
Admit Into Program
Perform Diagnostic Analysis
7. DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES
Determine Technical, Engineering, Scientific Capabilities and
Capacities
Develop Profile of Commercial Opportunities
Identify Core Strengthening and Diversification Opportunities
Compare Company Profile with University-Based Intellectual
Property/Technology Portfolios
Identify Matches and Engage Company and University Lab,
Scientist, Faculty
8. DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES
Perform Industry Analysis and Market Specific
Overview
Cost share Transition of IP/Technology from
University Lab to Company
Monitor Progress
Conduct First Customer Assistance Process
9. YEAR ONE GOALS
At Least 10 Companies Per Year Per Institution
At Least 2 Communities Per Year Per Institution
Measurement and Performance Evaluation Metrics
Literature Search and Case Studies
Replicate and Scale as Appropriate