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Why DTIC?

You've done all your homework and are now ready to develop, commercialize, or produce your innovation. Do you know if it's unique? Do you know if its component parts are all sound? Do you know all the players in government, industry, and academia? Researching the information needed at various stages of your process is time consuming and tedious. It can be costly as well. You may not have necessary resources. As the old saw goes,

"We're from the government, and we're here to help!"

The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) holds over two million (and growing) technical documents and records covering research, development, test, and engineering (RDT&E) efforts largely financed by the Department of Defense (DoD). Via DTIC databases, you can research technical results and capabilities, including failures and details often omitted from the journal literature. You can also find evidence of others working totally or partially in areas identical to and related to yours. You can track funding and research trends in DoD.

Seek and you will find…

First go to our Public STINET search (http://stinet.dtic.mil). What you find there may duplicate other sources, including some commercial ones, but the free downloads are unique. No registration is required for this service.

Start with what you know, such as: subject, PE information, or participants' names. These are easily searched. Public access to Technical Reports (TR) provides results plus some detail on involved individuals. DTIC enhances subject access by building a citation, and you search precisely receiving focused results. Use the abstract to supplement basic data and decide whether to download those fitting your needs.

If you are either already performing government work on a grant or contract or are interested in working with a federal agency, register for additional products and services. Users in DTIC's Private STINET (including unclassified data available only to government and contractors) version retrieve about 25 percent more from the TR database and search Research Summaries (RS) for narrative details about the approach, objectives, and progress of ongoing RDT&E projects. Find detailed contact information for industry and government POCs. Go to http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/registration/index.html for details or call 800.363.7247.

But wait! There's more…

Once registered, add capabilities such as alert services and budget and strategic planning information. Document and securely submit required results of your DoD efforts electronically. DTIC representatives are on-hand to assist with you with their web products or through offices in Virginia, Boston, Dayton, Albuquerque, and Los Angeles. Specialized information providers, portals, and websites round-out DTIC resources you can use. If you currently perform work for DoD or have in the past, DTIC has something for you! Maximize that opportunity.