1. Director, DON SBIR/STTR & Special Programs
Mr. Robert Smith
Director, DON SBIR/STTR & Special Programs

2. We Succeed When You Succeed
DON SBIR/STTR
Primary Program Goals:
Use small business to develop innovative R&D that addresses DON need
Commercialize (Phase III) SBIR-developed technology into a DON platform or weapons/communication system, or for facilities use in expeditionary bases in new “pivot” locales in Africa and Asia
About the Program:
Acquisition Driven Process with Strong Technology Pull
$400 M+ annual funding supporting small business innovation/research
Wide range of SBIR/STTR topics driven by PEO/PM/FNC specific needs
Making a great program better through the use of pilot efforts
We Succeed When You Succeed
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3. What is part of DON SBIR/STTR?
We need YOUR solutions
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“Life” of a Topic
Phase I
Phase II
Second
Phase II
170 Topics
2800+ Proposals
482 Awards
Phase III
170 Topics
482 Phase I Awards
254 Awards
170 Topics
254 Phase II Awards
137 Awards
300% ROI
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5. $4.2M in Government Phase III Funds/$6M+ +Commercial Sales
Evolution of EMILY Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard A Navy SBIR/STTR Success
TODAY
2017
Today
Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard
Worldwide use by lifeguards
Rescue in USA
Swift water rescue
Used in Hurricane Harvey
THE LEVERAGING
2007
The Leveraging Silver Fox UAV
Combat Tested 2007
Video Communications
Threat Warning System
Sensor Classification
THE START
TOMORROW
2018
Tomorrow
Mobile Gateway Buoy (MGB) Operationally Tested 2017
Communications
Video Sensors
Sonar Sensors
UUV data relay
Bathometric mapping
2001
The Start Marine Mammal Detection and Mitigation
Advanced Ceramics Research (ACR) originally used SBIR/STTR funding from the Office of Naval Research to address a Naval sonar testing problem focused on accurate tracking of ocean mammals. ACR's multi-dimensional UAV solution included an innovative composite airframe, an innovative electronic propulsion system, and a large bundle of varied sensors to characterize a target environment. As the Marine Corps took notice of "Silver Fox" from a cost/schedule/performance perspective, for warfighter convoy protection in Iraq, ACR continuously upgraded each of the bird's three systems and their components. In a further evolution, a humanitarian need for a robotic life-guard with enhanced life-saving capabilities was addressed by ACR's successor firm, Hydronalix. EMILY, a highly innovative USV, modeled the same three unmanned systems and components, but in a fast unsinkable surface vessel. In yet another evolution, a Naval need for improve port security was addressed by Hydronalix by re-modeling EMILY as a smart buoy -- the "Mobile Gateway" -- featuring innovative SBIR/STTR technologies throughout its core systems and components.
Automatic Detection
Low Cost Sensors
Mitigation Decision Aids
$5M STTR
$7M SBIR
$4.2M in Government Phase III Funds/$6M+ +Commercial Sales

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