DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Michael Caccuitto DoD SBIR/STTR Program Administrator
DoD Mission: Protecting you and your families Mission: To maintain and employ Armed Forces to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Key objective: To ensure that the right capabilities, resources, and materiel are rapidly delivered to our Warfighters. Key challenge: address high cost of acquiring new weapon and support systems and maintaining legacy systems.
USD(AT&L) Goals: SBIR/STTR in DoD SBIR/STTR Mission: Leverage small business technology innovation for the warfighter and the nation. Directly supports 3 AT&L Goals: Acquisition Excellence Focused Technology Reliable and Cost-effective Industrial Capabilities USD AT&L The Honorable Mr. Ken Krieg Small Businesses are critical for the Department to provide future warfighting capabilities.
DoD SBIR FY07 Budget SOCOM OSD CBD DMEA DTRA DARPA Army MDA Navy AF $1.13B DoD Total $243M Army $300M Navy $320M Air Force $127M MDA $70M DARPA $6.7M DTRA $12.2M SOCOM $46.9M OSD $9.5M CBD $.5M NGA $1.8M DLA $2.2M DMEA
DoD STTR FY07 Budget DARPA OSD $29M Army MDA AF Army NAVY $36M Navy $38M Air Force $15M MDA $8M DARPA $132M DoD Total $5M OSD
SBIR AWARDS - FY 2006 Percentage of Firms Receiving Phase I 1-4 38% Prior Phase I Only 6% 1-4 38% 5 or more 31% New SBIR Awardee 25% 5 or more 33% No Prior 29% FY06 Annual Report, Firm Data as of March 2007
PHASE I AWARDS FY 2006 Percentage of Firms Receiving Phase Is 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 39% 26% 14% 9% 6% 3% 2% 1 2-9 10-24 25-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 Number of Employees FY06 Annual Report, Firm Data as of March 2007
HISTORICAL SUCCESS/ TRANSITION RATES Success Rate (%) 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 SBIR STTR Phase I Selection Conversion I Transition Based on all Phase I and Phase II contracts derived from 1994-2003 solicitations
SBIR/STTR: Small Piece of R&D Budget SBIR and STTR are a small percentage of the total extramural R&D budget, but is where small businesses demonstrate their capability to meet federal R&D needs Total Extramural R&D Budget
DoD TECHNOLOGY AREAS Air Platforms Battlespace Environments Chemical & Biological Defense Weapons Human Systems Materials & Processes Information Systems Technology Space Platforms Technology Biomedical Sensors, Electronics & Electronic Warfare Nuclear Technology Ground and Sea Vehicles Technology
EVALUATION CRITERIA Soundness, technical merit, and innovation of proposed approach and its incremental progress toward topic or subtopic solution Qualifications of the firm and team to perform R&D and commercialize results Potential for commercialization
SOLICITATION SCHEDULE SBIR: 07.2 open: May 14, 2007 close: June 13, 2007 at 6 am EST 07.3 open: August 20, 2007 close: September 19, 2007 at 6 am EST STTR: 08 open: February 19, 2008 close: March 19, 2008 at 6 am EST Solicitations are pre-released for Q&A 4 weeks prior to open date
WEBSITE: www.dodsbir.net Provides links to the current solicitation, search for topics, awards and SITIS information, learn more about SBIR/STTR, Proposal Submission, Success Stories, Conferences, Fast Track, Annual Reports, and additional Help.
ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL SUBMISSION The Submission Site s Main Menu allows registered firms to prepare and submit Phase I and proposals, update their Company Commercialization Report and Firm Information, prepare a Fast Track application and prepare a Final Report Documentation Page.
SUCCESS STORIES Phraselator: hand-held phrase translation system Small Arms Protective Inserts (SAPI) Commerciallyviable method For improved semiconductor wafer production Multi-Purpose Processor (MPP) and associated Multi-Purpose Transportable Middleware (MTM) World s first wholespacecraft vibration isolation system. QC-40 DSP board, which launched on Mighty-SatII Spacecraft
Army SBIR & STTR Tech Areas: PEOs: The SBIR PM, RDECOM, Ft, Belvoir VA manages the Army SBIR Program and the ARO, in Research Triangle Park, NC, manages the Army STTR Program. These programs allow small, high-tech U.S. businesses and academia to propose innovative R&D solutions to critical Army technology requirements that benefit the warfighter Materials, Information Systems Technology, Sensors, Weapons, Ground & Sea Vehicles, Human Systems Ammunition, Soldier, CS&CSS, C3T, EIS, GCS, IEW&S, STRI, Aviation, Missile & Space FY06 SBIR STTR TOTAL Number of Topics 238 35 273 FY07 Budget: SBIR $243,003,000 STTR $29,160,000 Phase I Solicitations: SBIR FY07.2 (May) STTR FY08 (February) PM: Susan Nichols Frank Hurley 321 79 400 218 36 254
Navy SBIR & STTR Tech Areas: PEOs: The Navy s SBIR/STTR programs are mission-oriented, integrating the needs and requirements of the Navy s Fleet through R&D topics. They provide companies the opportunity to become part of the national technology base. We emphasize on the small business the need to market its technology to both military and private sectors. Sensors, Materials, Electronics, Battlespace, Information Systems Technology, Ground & Sea Vehicles Submarines, IWS, LMW, Carriers, Ships, Air 1.0, JSF, PEO (A), PEO (T), PEO (W) FY06 SBIR STTR TOTAL Number of Topics FY07 Budget: SBIR $300M STTR $36M 187 40 227 Solicitations: SBIR FY07.2 (May) SBIR FY07.3 (August) STTR FY08 (February) Phase I 446 116 562 234 42 276 PM: John Williams, Peter Majumdar
Air Force SBIR & STTR Tech Areas: DACs& PEOs: The AF SBIR/STTR Programs serve the technology needs of the Air Force warfighter. The Air Force Research Laboratory s (AFRL) integrated R&D team s mission is to be the Air Force s agent for identifying and providing advanced, affordable, and integrated technologies that keep our Air Force the best in the world. Directed Energy, Human Effectiveness, Materials, Information Technology, Munitions, Propulsion, Sensors, Air Vehicles, Space Vehicles AAC, ASC, ESC, SMC, OC-ALC, OO- ALC, WR-ALC, AEDC, AFFTC, 46th TW, JSF, F/A-22 FY06 SBIR STTR TOTAL Number of Topics 275 35 310 FY07 Budget: SBIR $319,981,317 STTR $38,397,758 Phase I Solicitations: SBIR FY07.3 (August) SBIR FY08.1 (Jan) STTR FY08 (February) PM: Steve Guilfoos 581 117 698 pending pending
DARPA SBIR & STTR Tech Areas: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA SBIR/STTR Programs stimulate technological innovation, strengthen the role of small business in meeting DARPA and DoD R&D needs, foster and encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged persons in technological innovation, and increase private sector commercialization of technological advances developed through DARPA funded R&D. Ph I: must identify end user Ph II: must maintain communications with DARPA PM; pass DCAA audit Electronics, Sensors, Information Systems Technology, Battlespace FY06 SBIR STTR TOTAL Number of Topics FY07 Budget: SBIR $68M STTR $8.5M 45 10 55 Phase I Solicitations: SBIR FY07.2 (May) STTR FY08 (February) PM: Connie Jacobs 70 20 90 45 10 55
MDA SBIR & STTR Tech Areas: Transition: The MDA SBIR/STTR Programs support MDA s mission to develop and progressively field a joint, integrated and multilayered Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to defend the United States, our deployed forces, and our friends and allies against ballistic missiles of all ranges by engaging them in all phases of flight. Materials, Sensors, Space Platform, Information Systems Technology, Weapons Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Missile Defense Agency FY06 SBIR STTR TOTAL Number of Topics 69 13 82 FY07 Budget: SBIR $127,242,000 STTR $15,269,000 Solicitations: SBIR FY07.3 (August) STTR FY08 (February) PM: Mike Zammit Phase I 174 26 200 121 16 137
OSD SBIR & STTR Tech Areas: By supporting high quality R&D to support defense-related scientific or engineering problems, the OSD SBIR/STTR Programs stimulate technological innovation, strengthen the role of small business in meeting DoD R&D needs, foster and encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged persons in technological innovation, and increasing the commercial application of DoD-funded R&D results. Materials, Weapons, Biomedical, Information Systems Technology Office of Secretary of Defense FY06 SBIR STTR TOTAL Number of Topics 55 FY07 Budget (Planned): SBIR $46,922,000* STTR $4,583,000 *DDR&E and DHP Solicitations: SBIR FY07.1 (January) SBIR FY07.2 (May) STTR FY07 (March) PM: Teresa Puretz 9 64 Phase I 197 13 210 39 8 47
SOCOM SBIR Tech Areas: Topics are capabilities-based, designed to focus on the needs of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Warrior. Topics have been selected on their potential to transition to an acquisition program. USSOCOM is seeking small businesses with a strong R&D capability to transition technology to provide the SOF Warrior enhanced equipment and training. Mobility; Information Operations & Psychological Operations; Sensors; Command and Control; Fire Support; Training Systems; Logistics; Medical; Signature Management; Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4); Power and Energy; Tagging, Tracking and Locating (TTL) Special Operations Command FY06 SBIR Number of Topics 16 FY07 Budget: SBIR $12,213,000 Solicitations: SBIR FY07.2 (May) SBIR FY08.1 (December) PM: Shawn Martin Phase I 45 14
DTRA SBIR Tech Areas: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) mission is to safeguard the United States and its allies from weapons of mass destruction. This includes R&D activities in nuclear, chem-bio, WMD counter-force, and systems engineering technology pursuing applications in detection, interdiction, command and control, effects mitigation, and forensics. This program focuses primarily on nuclear, WMD counter-force, and systems engineering topics. The DTRA-affiliated Chemical-Biological Defense Program generally supports chem-bio topics. Sensors, Weapons, Materials and Processes, Nuclear Technology FY06 SBIR Defense Threat Reduction Agency Number of Topics 13 FY07 Budget: SBIR $6,744,000 Phase I Solicitation: SBIR FY08.1 (December) PM: Lt. Col. John Kelley 23 12
CBD SBIR The objective of the CBD SBIR program is to elicit innovative solutions from the small business community that address chemical and biological defense technology requirements and to include technologies that will also have high commercialization potential in the private sector. Technologies developed have the potential to transition to the Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO-CBD) if the appropriate level of technology maturity has been demonstrated. FY06 SBIR Chemical and Biological Defense Number of Topics 16 FY07 Budget: SBIR $9,529,000 Phase I 19 17 Tech Areas: PEOs: Chemical/Biological Defense, Biomedical, Sensors, Info Systems JPEO-CBD Solicitation: SBIR FY08.1 (December) PM: Larry Pollack
NGA SBIR Tech Areas: The mission of the NGA is to provide timely, relevant, and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security. NGA provides geospatial intelligence in all forms, and from whatever source imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial data and information to ensure the knowledge foundation for planning, decision, and action. Therefore, NGA pursues research, technology, and process solutions to lead NGA into the future. Information Systems Technology National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) FY06 SBIR Number of Topics FY07 Budget: SBIR $500,000 Solicitation: SBIR FY07.3 (Aug 2007) PM: Nancy Groves 1 Phase I 2 2
DLA SBIR Tech Areas: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is DOD s largest combat support agency, providing worldwide logistics support in both peacetime and wartime to the military services as well as several civilian agencies and foreign countries. DLA seeks the highest level of innovation in the discrete-parts support of fielded weapon systems, (many of which were designed in the 1960 s, 1970 s and 1980 s) with a future impact on both commercial technology and government applications. Air Platforms, Ground and Sea Vehicles, Materials/Processes, Weapons Defense Logistics Agency FY07 SBIR Number of Topics FY07 Budget: SBIR $1,777,463 Solicitation: SBIR FY07.2 (May) PM: Dan Gearing 1 Phase I TBD TBD
DMEA SBIR The DMEA applies innovative applied research and development (R&D) approaches to develop solutions to current problems. To meet these requirements, DMEA seeks small businesses with strong expertise in microelectronics fabrication and design technologies and in innovative microelectronics applications. Defense Microelectronics Activity FY07 SBIR Number of Topics 3 Phase I TBD TBD FY07 Budget: SBIR $2,268,000 Tech Areas: Microelectronics Materials/Processes; Innovative Applications in Electronics, Sensors, Sensor Networks, Electronic Warfare Solicitation: SBIR FY07.2 (May) PM: Jim Dininger
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