[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR37.115]

[Page 204]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 37_TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  37.115  For what purposes are TIAs used?

    The ultimate goal for using TIAs, like other assistance instruments 
used in defense research programs, is to foster the best technologies 
for future defense needs. TIAs differ from and complement other 
assistance instruments available to agreements officers, in that TIAs 
address the goal by fostering civil-military integration (see appendix A 
to this part). TIAs therefore are designed to:
    (a) Reduce barriers to commercial firms' participation in defense 
research, to give the Department of Defense (DoD) access to the broadest 
possible technology and industrial base.
    (b) Promote new relationships among performers in both the defense 
and commercial sectors of that technology and industrial base.
    (c) Stimulate performers to develop, use, and disseminate improved 
practices.