罗伯特·科恩是华盛顿的经济政策研究所的一位访问学者,他认为防务研究开发的资金能够并且应该用于促进民用技术。科恩说:“防务研究开发是美国研究开发资金中最大的单项来源,尽管军事预算已被削减,但在近期内情况可能不会改变。”不幸的是。来源于这项研究的技术却几乎没有被转用到国民经济中去。 Robert Cohen, a visiting scholar at Washington's Institute of Economic Policy, believes funding for defense research and development can and should be used to promote civilian technology. Cohen said: “Defense research and development is the single largest source of funding for research and development in the United States. Although the military budget has been reduced, the situation may not change in the near future.” Unfortunately, Technology derived from this research is rarely diverted to the national economy.