Overcoming Obstacles to DoD Software Technology Transition

A proposed institution would provide infrastructure for systematic collaboration.

The term “Software Wind Tunnel” (SWiT) denotes an institution proposed to be established as a means of overcoming obstacles that, heretofore, have impeded technology transition in connection with research on, and development and utilization of, software needed for software-intensive systems of the Department of Defense (DoD). The term “technology transition” should not be confused with the term “technology transfer,” which denotes a process in which an item of technology developed by or for the government is transferred to industry (usually) or vice versa. Instead, “technology transition” denotes a process in which an item of technology is made to evolve from its developmental form into a mature form and in which that item is adopted by its intended end users.