Army revises Military-Civilian Technology Transfer regulation

Defense AT&L, July-August, 2004

The revised Department of the Army (DA) Regulation 70-57, Military-Civilian Technology Transfer prescribes DA policies and responsibilities for technology transfer with the domestic civilian sector. Specifically, it provides policies and operational guidelines for entering into cooperative research and development agreements, for the licensing of intellectual property, for the provision of technical assistance to state and local governments, and for other cooperative efforts in research and development necessary to provide new technologies of interest to both the civilian and military sectors.

The proponent of the regulation is the assistant secretary of the Army (acquisition, logistics and technology). Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the assistant secretary of the Army (acquisition, logistics and technology), ATTN: SAAL-ZT, 103 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-0103. View the revised regulation from the "Official Publications" link on the Army Publishing Directorate Web site at <http://www.usapa.army.mil/usapa_officialsite.htm>.