Developing IP Licenses for Additive Manufacturing in Contested Environments

Event Date: 11 July 2024

Event Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

CLPs: 1.5

Event Description: Join in the discussion with a panel of subject matter experts in Advanced Manufacturing (AM), depot level repair and Specially Negotiated License Rights.  

Find out how to weave the intersection of these topics into your supply support and maintenance concept.  

Mrs. Bell serves as the acting Director of Product Support Policy in the ODASD for Product Support. She leads the effort in developing and providing the DoD enterprise with policy, processes and procedures that fosters and enables effective product support planning and execution. She is responsible for updating policy, processes and guidance that aid Life Cycle Logisticians across the DoD enterprise with consolidated resources for product support management policy including general guidance and specific guidance for each of the six Adaptive Acquisition Framework pathways.

Ms. Solomon serves as the Sustainment and Technical Data Management Lead for the Deputy Director for Intellectual Property (IP) Cadre, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. She is responsible for coordinating DoD-wide policy and guidance on product support and sustainment data-driven analyses required to tailor IP and technical data requirements to the unique characteristics of the program’s acquisition and product support strategies. 

Mr. George O. Winborne serves as the Lead for Communications, Knowledge and Performance Management for the Department of Defense (DoD) Intellectual Property (IP) Cadre, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)). He leads efforts to develop and update intellectual property IP training and guidance for DoD in coordination with the Defense Acquisition University including integration of Modular Open System Approaches with contracting. He coordinates strategic communications with Congress and industry relating to DoD IP issues and supports acquisition programs with the development of strategies for the valuation and evaluation of IP.  

Dr. Jeffrey Gaddes leads the engineering team maturing airworthy additive manufacturing processes to improve aviation and missile systems. Dr. Gaddes operates AM research facilities and consults with program offices to facilitate smart adoption of AM.

Mr. John Freudenthal is the Chief Engineer for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), which is a Major Defense Acquisition Program currently in Engineering and Manufacturing Development.  The GE Aerospace T901-GE-900 engine is being developed and qualified to provide 50% more power with greater fuel efficiency than the T700-GE-701D engines which currently power the U.S. Army Black Hawk and Apache fleets.  The T901 design incorporates 11 additively manufactured components using metal laser powder bed fusion technology.