The U.S. government technical report is a primary means by which the results of federally funded research and development (RD) are transferred to the U.S. aerospace industry. However, little is known about this information product in terms of its actual use, importance, and value in the transfer of federally funded RD. To help establish a body of knowledge, the U.S. government technical report is being investigated as part of the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. In this report, we summarize the literature on technical reports and provide a model that depicts the transfer of federally funded aerospace RD via the U.S. government technical report. We present results from our investigation of aerospace knowledge diffusion vis-a-vis the U.S. government technical report, and present the results of research that investigated aerospace knowledge diffusion vis-a-vis the technical communications practices of U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists who were members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and identified themselves as educators.
NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Report Number 45. The Technical Communications Practices of U.S. Aerospace Engineers and Scientists: Results of the Phase 3 U.S. Aerospace Engineering Educators Survey
1996
52 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Space Technology , Aeronautics & Aerodynamics , Research Program Administration & Technology Transfer , United states government , Information transfer , Military research , Diffusion , Industrial research , Aerospace industry , Data management , Reports , Operational effectiveness , Aeronautics , Surveys , Communication and radio systems , Engineers , Instructors , Research management , Aeronautical engineering , Astronautics , Scientists , Aiaa(American institute of aeronautics and astronautics)