R&D Collaboration

The Department of Defense (DoD) has more than 100 labs located throughout the United States.  These labs house more than 700 research facilities.  Many of these facilities have unique capabilities and are available to the private sector through a number of contract mechanisms such as Cooperative Research & Development Agreements (CRADA), Testing Agreements, Educational Partnership Agreements (EPA), and others. T2Bridge^TM matches DoD resources with the private sector to accelerate development of innovations that solve DoD needs. 

Resource DoD is designed to increase access by American industry to innovative technologies, services, facilities, systems, devices, and other DoD resources; and, to establish joint R&D projects between industry and DoD to solve DoD needs by encouraging innovation and inventiveness of the private sector. Examples of services available through this effort inlcude the following:

·   Identifying DoD resources.

·  Creating corporate awareness of DoD resources.

·   Identifying appropriate contract mechanisms for accessing resources.

·  Assisting companies obtain access to DoD resources.

·  Providing follow-on assistance for procurement of innovative products or materials. 

Contact information regarding Resource DoD

Tony Sampedro
Senior Technology Transfer Specialist
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
1233 Washington St, Suite 1000
Columbia SC 29201
(803) 929-6069 (office)
sampedra@ctc.com