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Authority

  • P.L. 99-502, 15 U.S.C. 3170

Description

  • A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (known as a CRADA or CRDA) allows the FAA to share facilities, equipment, services, intellectual property, personnel resources and other cooperation with private industry, academia, or state/local government agencies.

    It is implemented to develop an idea, prototype, process, or product for direct application to the civil aviation community and/or indirect application for commercial exploitation.

Features/Characteristics

  • Intermittent progress reports are required.

    DOT does not provide funds to non-government partner, only personnel, facilities, IP, equipment, etc.

    The non-government partner may provide funds, IP, personnel, equipment, etc.

I.P. and Resource Commitment

  • Rights to I.P. are negotiated between the partner and DOT while allowing the government a nonexclusive, paid-up, nontransferable license to practice or produce any resulting invention on behalf of the government.

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