M I S S I O N

The Army SBIR program is designed to provide small, high-tech businesses the opportunity to propose innovative research and development solutions in response to critical Army needs.

V I S I O N

To be the Army’s premier source of innovative technology solutions, providing direct access to America’s high-tech small business research and development community, enabling our Soldiers deployed around the world.

Army SBIR Overview

TEXAS SBIR/STTR Summit & Conference 19 January 2012 M. John Smith Program Manager

What is SBIR?

A congressionally mandated program…

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Across Federal Government (DoD, DoE, DHS, DoT, etc…)

Title 15 USC, Sec 638

2.6% of Army’s FY12 RDT&E budget ($182M) Increase small business participation in federally funded R&D Transition Federal R&D into:

– Government Programs – Industry Initiatives

Army wide:

AMC, Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) CoE, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) MEDCOM, Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) Space & Missile Defense Command (SMDC) DA G1, Army Research Institute (ARI) Army Program Executive Offices (PEOs)

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DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

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ARMY SBIR Life Cycle

Transition

is technology maturation from SBIR investment to Non-SBIR government and/or commercial investment and ultimately into the hands of our Soldiers.

Transition Topics A Technology Requirement

Written by Army Scientists & Engineers across Army Labs, R&D Centers and PEOs in response to Soldier’s Needs

Phase I Product: Feasibility Study

A short term effort to determine viability of a topic solution (6 months, $100K)

3000 proposals, 300 Ph1 awards (10%) Fast Track $50K Phase II Product: Prototype

Creation of a prototype to validate & mature the topic solution (2 years, $1.0M)

150 Ph1s Invited & Awarded Contracts (5%)

Army SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research Soldier Critical Needs

R&D / Innovation / New Capability S&T Challenge Areas (TEC-D assist) SID-TFT Capability Gaps / TAIs TRADOC TIEs, WFOs PEO Roadmaps/T2 Initiatives

Soldier Solutions

Increased Operational Capabilities Army Program of Record ACAT I-IV Integration

Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP, $500K-$1.0M) Phase II Enhancements (Ph2-E, $500K-$1.0M) Phase III Transition

• • Non-SBIR Funds Government Industry Output to Field Input from Field

Recent History

Budget ($M) # Topics # Phase I Proposals Received # Phase I Contracts # Phase II Contracts # Phase II Enhancements Funds Invested ($M) # CPP Projects Funds Invested ($M)

2004

258 356 237

2005

246 371 259

2006

$228 $233 $243 238 321 218

2007

$243 216 3,500 4,503 3,794 3,142 361 185 25 $15

2008

$270 213 3,110

2009

$265 204 3,449 409 255 10 $5 25 $15 427 204 32 $19 25 $15

2010

$244 176 3,241 336 177 34 $16 25 $15

Organization

ARI ARL AMRDEC (A) AMRDEC (M) ARDEC ATEC CERDEC ECBC ERDC MRMC NSRDEC SMDC STTC TARDEC PEO AMMO PEO AVIATION PEO C3T JPEO-CBD PEO CS&CSS PEO EIS PEO GCS PEO IEW&S PEO M&S PEO SOLDIER PEO STRI PEO Integration Total

2011 Topic Allocations

24 2 8 16 9 5 2 13 9 9 13 3 2 2 2 2 2 150 2 12 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Topic Author Organizations

TARDEC, PEO CS&CSS, PEO-GCS Warren, MI NSRDEC Natick, MA ARO (ARL) Raleigh, NC ERDC Vicksburg, MS AMRDEC - Missiles, SMDC,PEO-Aviation, PEO-Missiles&Space Huntsville, AL STTC (ARL), PEO-STRI Orlando, FL Headquarters RDECOM – Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD AMRDEC – Aviation & Missile Research, Development & Engineering Center AMSAA – Army Material Systems Analysis Activity ARDEC – Armaments Research, Development & Engineering Center ARL – Army Research Lab ARO – Army Research Office CERDEC – Communication - Electronics Research, Development & Engineering Center ECBC – Edgewood Chemical Biological Center NSRDEC – Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center STTC – Simulation and Training Technology Center TARDEC – Tank and Automotive Research, Development & Engineering Center ARDEC. PEO-Ammo Picatinny, NJ CERDEC, PEO-C3T, PEO-EIS, PEO-IEW&S APG, MD ATEC, AMSAA APG, MD HQ RDECOM (APG, MD) ECBC APG, MD ARL Adelphi , MD AMRDEC - Aviation Fort Eustis, VA MRMC Ft Detrick, MD ARI McLean, VA PEO-Soldier, Fort Belvoir, VA

RDECOM AMRDEC (A) Vacant AMRDEC (M) Dawn Gratz - Lead Buddy Thomas ARDEC Carol L’ Hommedieu - Lead Ben Call ARL Mary Cantrill - Lead Nicole Fox - ARO Laurie Younger – ARO-STTR Thao Pham – STTC CERDEC Pat Thomas - Lead ECBC Martha Weeks - Lead Dhirajlal Parekh NSRDEC-Natick Arnold Boucher - Lead Cathy Polito TARDEC Martin Novak - Lead

SBIR Program Coordinators

SBIR Program Office Headquarters RDECOM John Smith – Program Manager John Pucci – Operations Manager Wanda Deans – Business Manager PEOs PEO Ammunition Vince Matrisciano PEO Aviation Dave Weller PEO C3T Angel Pomales-Crespo Bob Golden PEO GCS Bill Gable Peter Haniak Jose Mabesa PEO Missiles & Space George Burruss PEOs PEO CS &CSS Heather Gruenewald PEO EIS Hari Bezwada Rajat Ray Kathleen Fenk PEO IEW&S Todd Simkins PEO Soldier Todd Wendt PEO STRI Robert Forbis LIA* Vince Marinelli ERDC Theresa Salls TRADOC* Albert Crane ATEC Nancy Weinbrenner Michael Orlowicz SMDC Denise Jones * LIA and TRADOC are Stakeholders but do not award any SBIR contracts MRMC James Myers

Phase II Enhancements (Ph2-E) and Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP)

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Purpose: To accelerate the transition to a useable technology.

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Provides SBIR funding to Ph2-E and CPP firms during their open Phase II contract (Contract Modification).

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How?

– Ph2-E and CPP candidates are identified by the project’s Program Coordinator (PC) or – – – Contracting Officer Representative (COR), with PMO Support Staff (TAA) assistance The PC/COR compiles documentation needed for PMO to make a determination.

Generally SBIR Ph2-E/CPP funding will not exceed $1.0M per request and funding is subject to availability and a deliberate approval process.

Matching funds from transition partners is

strongly

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Activities funded:

– Further Research and Development and Technology Maturation – Modifying and testing prototypes developed during Phase II – Other activities that facilitate the transition of the project to Phase III 7

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