 USJFCOM,
HP sign Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
USJFCOM
and Hewlett-Packard have agreed to create a cooperative
effort to research high performance computer provisioning
to support the command's modeling and simulation efforts.
By JOC(SW/AW) Chris Hoffpauir
USJFCOM Public Affairs
(NORFOLK, Va., - Oct. 14, 2005) -- U.S. Joint Forces Command
(USJFCOM) signed this week a Cooperative
Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Hewlett-Packard Company under
the provisions of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of
1986.
USJFCOM's technology
transfer authority allows it to share
investment in research and development by entering into
CRADAs with private companies and other entities. The objective
is cooperative research that will enhance the mission of
the command and benefit the other party.
CRADAs define the individual responsibilities of each
party toward achieving that objective, as well as rights
to intellectual property developed under the CRADA. The
command gets the use of the intellectual property, while
the research partner's patent rights are protected.
The CRADA between USJFCOM and HP is a five-year cooperative
agreement focused on high performance computing. USJFCOM
is researching computer resource allocation applications
to effectively and efficiently use multi-processor computer
clusters.
These
powerful computer resources will support various joint
modeling and simulation environments used
to accomplish elements of USJFCOM's joint training and
joint experimentation missions.
HP will provide the command with a 100-processor computer
cluster and technical expertise to support the research
effort. USJFCOM will provide HP access to the command's
constructive simulation computer testing, so it can measure
how its hardware supports commercial provisioning software
in a robust constructive simulation environment.
"HP has a very long history of commitment to advanced
research and development, and currently funds a multi-billion-dollar
annual R&D program," said Tom Hempfield, vice
president, Federal Sales - Americas, HP. "We look
forward to working with USJFCOM's state-of-the-art test
and evaluation program, which is among the most rigorous
in the world."
According to Mike Egnor, deputy director of USJFCOM's
Office of Research and Technology Applications, the agreement
goes beyond that initial testing.
"The initial research plan is five months, but the
CRADA is for five years," Egnor said. "We hope
to work on other collaborative efforts in that time. This
is a win-win partnering agreement."
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