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Programs

A primary objective of CCAT is to accelerate the time to market for technologies residing in government laboratories, universities, and private companies – particularly small innovative companies lacking the resources and expertise to commercialize new cutting-edge technologies. CCAT employs an academic-industry-government collaborative process and provides customized technology, market, and business development services to facilitate the transition to market of cutting edge technology in support of military operations, homeland defense and other DoD-defined requirements. CCAT provides a competitive vehicle for identifying solutions for these technology requirements and a comprehensive market-driven methodology for moving technology solutions to the commercial and government marketplaces.

[Please visit the main CCAT program website at www.ccatsocal.org for more detailed information.]
 

CCAT San Diego offers a menu of services tailored to the specific needs of selected clients. These services include marketing, business development, mentoring, venture capital networking, mini-grants for technology test, evaluation, integration, etc., and other support needed to fast track the technology to the marketplace. In addition to addressing the main objectives of the CCAT program, the CCAT processes and services are now being leveraged to support other priority DoD programs such as the 1401 Technology Transfer Initiative, ONR Technology Transfer Program, Mentor-Protégé program, and others. CCAT San Diego supports the following programs/initiatives:

  • CAT Program – The primary focus of CCAT San Diego program operations is to advance new technologies in support of priority DoD requirements in Unmanned Ground Vehicles (Joint Robotics Program) and Naval Expeditionary Combat Command operations. For more information, visit the CAT Program page here.
  • Technology Transfer (T2) Initiative – CCAT San Diego, working closely with the Office of Naval Research and SSC San Diego, provides services to facilitate a more rapid transition of technologies from government (Naval) laboratories and academic institutions via license agreements to existing and new start-up companies. For more information, visit the T2 Program page here.
  • 1401 Project – Working with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs and SSC San Diego and under a separate contract, SDSU and the CCAT San Diego team will employ various CCAT resources and processes in collaboration with representatives from the San Diego regional 1st responder community to execute a program to identify DoD-funded technologies developed by industry, primarily small companies, to facilitate their transition to the 1st responders. For more information, visit the 1401 Project page here.
  • Mentor-Protégé Program – In support of this DoD program, SDSU and the CCAT San Diego team are offering their expertise and proven processes to help both the mentors and the protégés to achieve program objectives. The expert resources of the SDSU Entrepreneurial Management Center, CONNECT, and UCSD von Liebig Center are just some of the resources that will provide marketing, business development, capital financing and other key support. For more information, visit the Mentor-Protégé Program page here.