Military personnel apply through their services, and civilian applications are always accepted for consideration.

So this may have been an early example of the transfer of military technology to civilian applications.

He has also said that some civilian applications should be found for the technology, such as the launching of satellites.

Export of technology with both civilian and military applications poses an exceptionally tough problem for arms control.

"Their focus is the dual-use technologies, which have both military and civilian applications."

Some of these systems later found important civilian applications.

It would take several more years before these technologies drifted through to civilian applications.

These could be used by terrorists as a biological weapon or for legitimate civilian applications.

Some of the combat first aid had practical civilian applications as well.

But Darpa has also financed research with broad civilian applications, particularly computer technology.