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Modeling the Impact of Technology Transition on Ship Operational Capabilities

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00178-06-C-3064
Agency Tracking Number: N051-053-0126
Amount: $4,056,590.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N05-053
Solicitation Number: 2005.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-09-26
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2014-09-25
Small Business Information
30 Spinelli Place
Cambridge, MA -
United States
DUNS: 932206311
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 ML Mackey
 President&CEO
 (617) 453-5503
 ML.Mackey@beaconinteractive.com
Business Contact
 Mike MacEwen
Title: Director of Strategy
Phone: (617) 453-5501
Email: Mike.MacEwen@beaconinteractive.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

During Phase I, we experimented with several transition approaches and ran into three hurdles: 1) No matter how good the method for transitioning technology, if the development process has not been well-managed, there will be no technology to transition; 2) Transition does not happen without an incredible amount of expertise and data; 3) Good technology does not matter if no one is aware of its existence; the corollary is that people developing technology need to know requirements. We see the transition of technology in a three-phased process: Macro, Evaluative and Micro. The Macro phase is determining the overall need, the Evaluative phase is the analysis of technology vis-à-vis need and the micro phase is the collection of information necessary for decision-making. We will create a tool that can be used to manage the day-to-day activities of technology development and in doing so capture the necessary data and knowledge upon which transition can be based. Our approach will be to understand the “patterns of need” of various and potential users of the system. We will then use this knowledge to evolve management techniques and tools Beacon has been developing for the past 12 years for an integrated and collaborative solution.

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