Small Business Innovation Research to Support Aging Aircraft Priority Technical Areas and Process Improvements (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Executive Summary
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The Committee on Small Business Innovation Research to Support Aging Aircraft was established to: · review the overall goals and specific program objectives of the Air Force aging aircraft program, as well as current SBIR projects related to aging in the areas of structural integnty, corrosion, coatings, nondestructive investigation and maintenance and repair review technical and administrative guidelines and requirements for the Air Force SBIR program review SBIR programs by other organizations (e.g., the Navy, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organizations that could be applicable to aging aircraft identify critical technology areas that (~) would address the technical goals and priorities of the Air Force aging aircraft program and (2)
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At the fourth meeting, the committee agreed on the conclusions and recommendations for this report. This report summarizes the committee's overall evaluations and recommends how the Air Force's SBIR program can support aging aircraft.
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Historically, the Air Force SBIR program has been defined largely by the R&D directorates of the Air Force Research Laboratory. Many of the resulting programs were focused on solving important problems identified by customers within the Air Force, but these customers were not consistently brought into the SBIR allocation process even though they contributed resources to the Air Force SBIR pool.
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, is the oniv new funding that has been made available since the 1997 NRC renort and its O ~ .< — — —7 impact on the total Air Force aging aircraft situation has been positive. In fact, many of the recommendations in the NRC report have been acted upon, and more will be addressed in the years to come.
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Although the committee did not consider all potential SBIR process improvement options and alternatives, it offers in Chapter 5 some recommendations in several areas—including the selection of SBIR topics, the transition from Phase to Phase it, the use of white papers in preparation for Phase I, management and the timing of contract awards, customer participation, and outreach and communication- for careful consideration by the Air Force. Because only SB~ projects related to aging aircraft were considered, the Air Force will have to determine if these recommendations on SBIR administrative processes apply to other aspects of its SBIR program as well.
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