The conventional approach for designing, inserting and commercializing advanced performance materials is costly and slow. Companies independently search for promising technological breakthroughs, conduct due-diligence on the best prospects, negotiate collaboration and IP agreements, monitor progress, sometimes fail, sometimes find viable prospects that clear manufacturing gates and then face the challenge of facilitating   commercialization and supply chain development. A slow and costly approach.

NDCC's unique approach enables member companies, in collaboration with participating university researchers, federal labs and mission agencies to address high risk/ high value common technical challenges through programs of "pre-proprietary" R&D. NDCC's powerful leverage approach to address difficult  technological challenges common to industry, enables member companies to use these platform solutions to build their own proprietary products and systems faster and at a lower total cost than trational methods. NDCC also facilitates the development of the supplier network by providing access to commercialization services and workforce readiness support programs.