Government spin-off is civilian goods which are the collateral result of military or governmental research. One prominent example of a type of government spin-off is technology that has been commercialized through NASA funding, research, licensing, facilities, or assistance. NASA spin-off technologies have been publicized by the agency in its Spinoff publication since 1976.
The Internet is a specific example of a government spin-off resulting from DARPA funding.[1] [2]
In some fields, such as computer hardware, private sector development has outpaced government and military research, and the government procures commercial off-the-shelf products for many applications.[3]
References
- Jack Francis Williams. International Urban Planning Settings: Lessons of Success Emerald Group Publishing, 2001^
- Living Internet: Lawrence Roberts Manages The ARPANET Program livinginternet.com, retrieved 6 November 2008^
- GORDON ADAMS. The future of the aerospace defense industry is not nearly as bad as the industry would have you believe.