Faster to the Fight: How the Navy is Reengineering SBIR/STTR Innovation
PilieroMazza – Earlier this month, the U.S. Navy announced a significant overhaul of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, with a renewed emphasis on speed, efficiency, and commercialization. The changes are intended to accelerate the pace at which innovative technologies move from concept to deployment, which is unsurprising given the U.S. Department of War’s focus on speed and support for the warfighter. As these reforms begin to take shape, small business contractors should assess their commercialization readiness while balancing compliance requirements.
