Speeding through the "Valley of Death": More rapid and efficient transition of instruments and platforms from research to operations

This paper focuses on how enhanced cooperation and interaction between the research, operational, and industrial communities can help break down boundaries to better leverage advancements in platforms and sensors and to more rapidly transition instrumentation from the bench top to real-world applications. Existing success stories in the research to operations transition can be used to help establish processes and mechanisms that will enable more rapid and efficient transition of technology through the "valley of death". This paper will also discuss ways to help ensure that the oceanographic tools needed by the operational community are in the visionary pipeline of the research community