Technology Transfer

NSWC Crane’s patent portfolio is a part of Crane’s Technology Transfer (T2) program. T2 seeks to license and collaborate with local individuals, companies and academic institutions for the purpose of transferring government protected innovations for commercialization, ultimately spurring economic development and transfer back into the federal government.

Latest NSWC Crane T2 News

NSWC Crane and Wright Brothers Institute Sign New Partnership Intermediary Agreement
April 24, 2018 — NSWC Crane and Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) signed a new Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) today at WBI's office in Dayton, Ohio following tours of all three WBI facilities. The signing was part of a day-and-a-half event to solidify a collaborative framework that will allow the two organizations to provide maximum return on commercialization investments for both the Air Force and the Navy... MORE

NSWC Crane, Purdue University Aim to Improve Safety and Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries Through New CRADA
February 26, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has entered into a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Purdue University. The purpose of this CRADA is to align modeling efforts at Purdue with testing capabilities at NSWC Crane to achieve the common goal of improving the safety and performance of lithium-ion batteries... MORE

NSWC Crane Offers Express Licensing to Businesses
February 6, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane)now offers express licensing on 59 inventions to businesses in an effort to simply the patent licensing process, a precursor to the development of technologies into products by industry. This process is made possible by collaboration with TechLink, the Department of Defense’s only national partnership intermediary for technology transfer... MORE

NSWC Crane enters into new CRADA with Purdue University
January 23, 2018 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) has entered into a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Purdue University. The purpose of this CRADA is to better understand the characterization of polymer properties through ambient sampling (AS) and mass spectrometry (MS) techniques... MORE

Crane Continues Partnership efforts, Promotes State and Regional Growth
November 7, 2017 — INDIANAPOLIS – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) T2 Director, Brooke Pyne, and Deputy for Small Business, Matt Burkett, participated in ‘How to Do Business with NSWC Crane’ on Tuesday, an event hosted by the Indy Chamber of Commerce. Both Pyne and Burkett spoke to attendees about how to access technical equipment, collaborate with Crane, license Navy-developed technology, and more... MORE