Small Business Innovation Research to Support Aging Aircraft Priority Technical Areas and Process Improvements (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Air Force Small Business Innovation Research Program
Air Force Small Business Innovation Research Program
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Historically, the Air Force SBIR program has been managed by the AFRL, its S&T organization. This is still the basic approach, although recently the management stewardship was broadened to include the technology customers in order to focus on meeting critical customer requirements and improving the technology transition process.
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The SBIR team at AFRL headquarters provides policy guidance, fiscal oversight, and resource allocation through established processes developed and approved by the Air Force and the AFRL. Phase IT Contracts and Phase Ill Implementation If a relatively short, modestly funded Phase ~ program is successful, the SBIR company is invited to submit a Phase ~ proposal.
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The fast track offers expedited processing and significantly better chances of Air Force support. The Phase ~ enhancement process requires non-SBIR military matching funds up to $250,000 to help resolve technical barriers discovered during normal Phase ~ R&D.
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Completing all of these steps is a formidable challenge for small businesses, which must rely heavily on the Air Force team's integrated transition strategy and its dedication to assisting with implementation issues. PROCESS METRICS AND TIME PHASING As shown in Figure 3-2, the steps in the SBIR process, from topic definition by the Air Force to completion of a Phase ~ enhancement program by the small business, takes about 5 or 6 years.
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The CAl, along with Phase II sales and investment information and explanatory material, is considered when evaluating proposals for their potential commercial applications. For example, consider a firm that received 10 Phase ~ SBIR awards through 1997 and has an index of 95.
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Solicitation for a Phase ~ topic, selection, award, submission of a Phase ~ proposal, award, and completion usually take 5 to 7 years. This is too long for the Air Force to wait for solutions to the most pressing problems of aging aircraft.
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A secondary objective of the interagency group should be to partition the programs by subject for 2 or 3 years. For example, the Navy could fund projects on corrosion, the Air Force could fund projects on NDE, and the Army could fund projects on sensors.
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