 USJFCOM
signs cooperative research and development agreement with
Honeywell
U.S. Joint Forces Command signed a cooperative research
and development agreement with Honeywell to develop advanced
programs supporting information assurance and network-centric
efforts.
By
JOC(SW/AW) Chris Hoffpauir
USJFCOM Public Affairs
(SUFFOLK,
Va.--June 2, 2006) - U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
signed a cooperative research
and development agreement (CRADA) here at the Joint Warfighting Center
today with Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc.
A CRADA
represents a non-Federal Acquisition Regulation legal
agreement between USJFCOM and one or more non-government
parties, such as private industry and academia. CRADAs
offer both parties an opportunity to use each other's resources
when conducting mutually beneficial research and development
(R&D).
The CRADA between USJFCOM and Honeywell is a three-year
cooperative agreement with two one-year options that will
focus on issues related to assuring the security of information
systems.
The agreement establishes a working environment for conducting
tests, demonstrations, experiments and exploratory interchange
efforts that will address information assurance certification
and accreditation.
"This CRADA with Honeywell is addressing an issue
that's very important to USJFCOM and to the warfighter," said
Dr. Russ Richards, who heads the USJFCOM Office
of Research and Technology Applications. "Information is becoming
more and more important to the way we do business. Threats
to our information systems are growing as their importance
is growing. This CRADA will allow us to address issues
related to protecting those systems."
As part of the agreement, USJFCOM and Honeywell will provide
each other with scientific staffing and other personnel
as needed. In addition, they will offer each other experience,
lessons learned, materials and equipment, including the
hardware and software needed to conduct the assessments
and lab space.
"Honeywell will partner with USJFCOM to improve their
certification and accreditation processes, security assessments
and engineering methods, and information assurance training
and education," said Mark Howes, president of Honeywell
Technology Solutions Inc.
"We
will collaborate with USJFCOM on the creation of a joint
information network and ensure their networks
and systems are protected and able to communicate across
all environments to support the warfighter."
The agreement with Honeywell is the fourth USJFCOM has
entered since the Office of the Secretary of Defense delegated technology
transfer authority (TTA) to the command last
year.
TTA allows the government to share costs, facilities and
exchange personnel by entering into research and development
agreements with private companies, academic institutions,
and other non-federal agencies. This provides the government
use of the intellectual property while protecting the rights
of the company to guard its patents.
USJFCOM
uses TTA to speed the R&D process. The results
from academic, industrial, national and international research
laboratories can be developed into integrated capabilities
for the joint warfighter quicker.
TTA
gives USJFCOM many of the same authorities national laboratories
use to structure partnerships with industry
and academia to exchange personnel and technical data,
make technology assessments and collaborate on R&D
efforts.
In return, USJFCOM provides resources such as personnel,
facilities, equipment, information, modeling and simulation
tools and experimentation and evaluation venues.
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