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 displays nanotechnology invention at Military Invention Day, engages students in STEM
May 21, 2019
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) personnel participated in the third annual Military Invention Day, presented by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) at the National Museum of American History on May 18.
NSWC Crane recognized with three national FLC awards for Technology Transfer
April 25, 2019
Photo from left to right: Jackie Kerby Moore, Vice Chair, FLC; Brooke Pyne, NSWC Crane; Bruce Floersheim, PhD, GoX Studio; Jenna Dix, NSWC Crane; Austin Leach, PhD, TechLink; Kendra Meggett-Carr, Office of Naval Research; and John Dement, FLC Chair.
More than 50 NSWC Crane inventors recognized for novel technology
November 13, 2018
Dr. Kyle Crompton and Noah Roberts (not pictured) were named NSWC Crane Technology Transfer (T2) and Patent Contributors of the Year for their T2 program efforts. Dr. Crompton produced critical results by using tools available at the T2 office to partner with academia and industry. Roberts was recognized for using patents to make swift enhancements, modifications, and repairs to immediate problems in the field.
USI, NSWC Crane sign agreement to conduct research on chemical reactions
October 23, 2018
USI President Dr. Ronald Rochon and NSWC Crane Commanding Officer CAPT Mark Oesterreich signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) in a ceremony on October 22, 2018 hosted at NSWC Crane. The CRADA between NSWC Crane and USI allows both entities to leverage each other’s subject matter experts, laboratory space, and high-tech equipment.
NSWC Crane Division, Ivy Tech Awarded 2018 FLC Midwest Regional Award for STEM, T2 Efforts
September 25, 2018
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division and Ivy Tech Community College were awarded the State and Local Economic Development Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) for their partnership on a STEM summer camp. For the past two years, NSWC Crane and The Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship at Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington have collaborated on the camp, which targeted young people with entrepreneurial dreams from grade 7 to 10.