U.S. Army Releases Agreement with To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science

U.S. Army Releases Agreement with To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science Released October 18, 2019, on The Black Vault, a website dedicated to declassified documents. The canonical PDF is available at documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/army/TTSA-ARMY-CRADA.pdf. This Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, between the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center and To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science, Inc. is notable for its involvement with a private organization focused on unidentified aerial phenomena research. The document was released under FOIA case number not specified, with declassification authority granted by the U.S. Army. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT COMMAND GROUND VEHICLE SYSTEMS CENTER 65D1 E.11 MILE ROAD WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000 COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TO THE STARS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, INC. AND THE U.S. ARMY COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT COMMAND GROUND VEHICLE SYSTEMS CENTER GRADA TITLE: NOVEL & EMERGING TECHNOLOGY EXPLORATION (NETE) CRADA NUMBER: 19-15 ARTICLE 1. PREAMBLE Under authority of the U.S. Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center, located at 6501 East 11 Mile Road, Warren, Michigan, and To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science, Inc., a public benefit corporation, enter into this Cooperative Research and Development Agreement. ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS 2.1 "Background Technology" is any Classified information, Controlled Unclassified information, Proprietary Information, and any other Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to and brought to this CRADA by either Party. 2.2 "Classified" means all information classified in accordance with the national security laws of the U.S. 2.3 "Computer Database" means a collection of information recorded in a form capable of being processed by a computer. 2.4 "Computer Program" means a set of instructions, lines, or routines recorded in a form that is capable of causing a computer to perform a specific operation or series of operations. 2.5 "Computer Software" means Computer Programs, source code, source code listings, object code listings, design details, algorithms, processes, flow charts, formulae, and related material that would enable the software to be reproduced, recreated, or recompiled. 2.6 "Computer Software Documentation" means owner's manuals, user's manuals, installation instructions, operating instructions, and other similar items. 2.7 "Controlled Unclassified" means unclassified information exempt from public disclosure according to DoD Directive 5230.25 and DoD Directive 5400.7 or that is subject to export controls according to Title 22, C.F.R., parts 120-130, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), or 15 C.F.R. 730 et seq., Export Administration Regulations (EAR). 2.8 "Copyright" means a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States for "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, architectural, cartographic, choreographic, pantomimic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and audiovisual creations. 2.9 "Created" when used in relation to any copyrightable Work means the Work is fixed in any tangible medium of expression for the first time. 2.10 "CRADA Invention" means any Invention conceived or first actually reduced to practice under this CRADA. 2.11 "CRADA Work" means Work created in performance of this CRADA. 2.12 "CRADA Technical Data" means Technical Data created in performance of this CRADA. [... truncated for brevity] The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center published a contextual statement, but it is not available in the provided source. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. The document is available at storyflo.com and documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/army/TTSA-ARMY-CRADA.pdf.