The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) proposes establishing the NASA-Ames Center for Innovation and Technology Enhancement (N-CITE) to accelerate technology development and applications. N-CITE will be located primarily in the NASA Research Park building 19 to facilitate collaboration with partners. It will promote visibility of NASA technology interests and goals to improve communication between NASA and external developers. The goal is to increase rates of collaboration and proposal wins for NASA.

1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A Strategy for Collaborative NASA
Technology Development
…!
John W. Hines
Chief Technologist
NASA-Ames Research Center in
Silicon
Valley...
…Innova0on
starts
here
www.nasa.gov
2012

2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Strategy Components
Innovate
Communicate Collaborate
Standardize Leverage
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3. Technology and Innovation Strategy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
… Addressing Global Needs
Commercial,
Na/onal
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Defense
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Economic
Entrepreneural
Space
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Other
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Interna/onal
Space
Space
Research,
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Spin-­‐off
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Aerospace
Non-­‐Space
Applica/ons
Industry
&
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Advantage
NASA
Missions
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4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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5. OCT - Complete Technology Maturation Pipeline
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Space Technology
Research Grants • Flight
Opportunities
• NASA Innovative • Game
Advanced Concepts Changing
(NIAC) Development
• Center Innovation • Technology
Fund Demonstration
• Franklin Missions
• Centennial Small
Challenges Prize Satellite
Subsystem • Edison Small
• Small Business Technologies Satellite
Innovation Research Demonstration
& Small Business
Technology Transfer Missions
(SBIR/STTR)
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST
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6. TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION DEFINITION FLOWDOWN
National Innovation Strategy
NASA Strategic Goals
NASA Grand Challenges
Space Technology Roadmap(s)
IPTs, CIFs Proposals,
ARC Tech Strategic
(Tech Wrkg Projects,
Areas Initiatives
Grps) Products

7. National Innovation Strategy
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8. NASA Strategic Goals
1.Extend and sustain human activities across the solar system.
2. Expand scientific understanding of the Earth and the
universe in which we live.
3. Create the innovative new space technologies for our
exploration, science, and economic future.
4. Advance aeronautics research for societal benefit.
5. Enable program and institutional capabilities to conduct
NASA's aeronautics and space activities.
6. Share NASA with the public, educators, and students to
provide opportunities to participate in our mission, foster
innovation and contribute to a strong National economy.
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9. Space Technology Grand Challenges
Space
Technology
Grand
Challenges:
a
set
of
important
space-­‐related
problems
that
must
be
solved
to
efficiently
and
economically
achieve
our
missions.
We
will
use
the
Space
Technology
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Challenges
with
the
Space
Technology
Roadmaps
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our
technology
porRolio
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eye
towards
the
Agency’s
future.
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OF
THE
CHIEF
TECHNOLOGIST
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Small
SpacecraU
Interests
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Systems
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12. Active Initiatives
1. Biological Technologies for Life Beyond Low Earth Orbit
(BT4LBLEO)
2. Small Spacecraft and Missions Enterprise (SSME)
3. Science Instruments for Small Missions (SISM)
4. Advanced Digital Materials and Manufacturing for Space
(ADMMS)
5. Designing High-Confidence Software and Systems (DHCSS)
6. Cyber-Physical Systems Modeling and Analysis (CPSMA)
Other Suggested Initiatives
1. First Responder, Emergency, and Diasaster Assistance
(FREDA)
2. Emerging Aeronautics Systems and Technologies (EAST)
3. GREEN Technologies (Technologies for Sustainability)
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13. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ARC CORE COMPETENCIES
Intelligent/Adaptive
Advanced Computing
Entry, Decent and Human & Robotic
and IT Systems Systems
Landing Systems
Air Traffic
Management ARC Aerosciences
Astrobiology End-to-End Low
Cost Aerospace
Missions
Space, Earth and
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Life Sciences

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15. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA-Ames Center for Innovation and
Technology Enhancement (N-CITE)
• The NASA-Ames Center for Innovation and Technology Enhancement (N-CITE) is proposed to be established as
a multidisciplinary, product-oriented technology development and applications accelerator. N-CITE will be
coordinated through the ARC Chief Technologist's office, with the ARC Associate Director for Technology
functioning as the Senior Advisor and Executive Management point of contact.
• To facilitate communication and interaction with collaborators in the NASA Research Park (NRP) and other
external partners and associates, N-CITE is intended to be primarily located in building 19 in the NRP, with
extensions to the ARC Chief Technologist offices in building 202, and in association with ARC technology
organizations located inside the ARC main campus.
• N-CITE is envisioned as NASA Ames technology focal point and liaison with NRP partners and other industry,
academic, and government agencies engaged in the development of enabling capabilities and technologies of
interest to the Center. N-CITE will actively engage developers on multiple levels to facilitate degrees of
communication and interaction as appropriate. Facilitated technology interchanges and invited seminars are
mechanisms to be used by N-CITE to gauge the suitability and interest of each party for a particular collaboration
or simply to boost the visibility of a certain technology activity.
• Later, more mature exchanges with external entities will take the form of facilitated, multi-sector studies and
initiative planning efforts. Effectively, N-CITE will promote visibility of NASA technology interests and goals, and
will improve communications between NASA investigators and external developers by virtue of its location in
Building 19 as well as the information exchange mechanisms it employs.
• The anticipated results are to show higher rates of collaboration between NASA, the NRP, and other external
entities along with increased proposal wins .
N-CITE offices will be comprised of 3 staff offices/meeting rooms in Building 19. The offices will be used for
visiting technologists, student interns and coops, and the Technology Integration Agent (TIA). The Center Chief
Technologist will manage N-CITE activities and staff from Building 202. N-CITE will be located adjacent to
ConnectLabs in Building 19. The ARC Chief Technologist's office intends to collaborate with ConnectLabs and will
plan to engage their capabilities to engage entities in distant locations.
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16. NASA-­‐Ames
Center
for
Innova$on
and
Technology
Enhancement
(N-­‐CITE)
Center Director
Assoc Dir, Technical Dir, NRP
Tech Orgs ARC Chief Technologist |
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Other Gov
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Academia
Internatioinal
Grants/Fellows
The
NASA-­‐Ames
Center
for
Innova/on
and
Technology
Enhancement
(N-­‐CITE)
is
proposed
to
be
established
as
a
mul/disciplinary,
product-­‐oriented
technology
development
and
applica/ons
accelerator.
NCITE
will
be
coordinated
through
the
ARC
Chief
Technologist's
office,
with
the
ARC
Associate
Director
for
Technology
func/oning
as
the
Senior
Advisor
and
Execu/ve
Management
point
of
contact.
To
facilitate
communica/on
and
interac/on
with
collaborators
in
the
NASA
Research
Park
and
other
external
partners
and
associates,
N-­‐CITE
is
envisioned
to
be
primarily
located
in
building
19
in
the
NASA
Research
Park,
with
extensions
to
the
ARC
Chief
Technologist
offices
in
building
202,
and
in
associa/on
with
ARC
technology
organiza/ons
located
inside
the
ARC
main
campus.

17. ARC Office of Center Chief Technologist
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ARC CENTER DIRECTOR
Pete Worden
ARC Tech Directorates ARC Mission Support Orgs
S. Zornetzer P. Agnew
(P,A,R,T,S) (J, C, I, H, V)
Ames Subject/Knowledge Hines, ARC Chief Technologist Ames ITA
Matter Experts J. Bauman, dCCT Advisory Board
(ASK-ME) I. Desilvestre, PE (ITAAB)
[specific experts per ARC 10 Tech Areas] J. Huynh, Resources/Fin Mgmt (OCE, OCS, SRQA, OGC, NESC)
CCT Office [N-CITE] NASA Consortium for ARC Space Technology Programs
Innovation & Tech Enhancement
J. Bauman / I. Desilvestre STPG Technical Liaison
ARC Tech Accelerator
Hines/TBD D. Alfano / J. Hines
Tech Integration Agent CCT Admin/Bus Office
J. Fishman (CCTO) D. Marshall, Admin Professional Small S/C Tech Prog Lvl 2 PM * SBIR/STTR lvl 2 PM *
A. Nazzal, Bus Mgr B. Yost (D [IPA]) Jahns (V)
Strategic Collabs Center Innovation Fund Flight Opportunities Prog HEOMD Tech Liaison
Education/Public Outreach Hines (CCTO) Payloads Element (ETD, AEC Projects)
Institutes and Student Progs D. Maclise D. Alfano
I. Desilvestre (CCTO)
SMD Technology Liaison ARMD Tech Liaison
ARC Special Studies CIF Projects
and Initiatives
J. Hines / Team
Tech Partnerships Office Emerging Space Office
D. Morse (VP)
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