Few terms in space policy - save maybe "commercial" and "innovation" - are used with quite so much zest and abandon as the term "FFRDC," or Federally Funded Research and Development Center. An FFRDC is a specific kind of independent research entity formed as public-private partnership with the federal government. There are currently 43 FFRDCs in operation and they are governed by Part 35.017 of the Federal Acquisitions Regulations.
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