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Capping SBIR awards could cripple defense innovation. Former Navy SBIR director Robert Smith explains why cutting out experienced small firms risks national security — and what Congress is getting wrong.
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Press Release
Capping SBIR awards could cripple defense innovation. Former Navy SBIR director Robert Smith explains why cutting out experienced small firms risks national security — and what Congress is getting wrong.
Learn More: DefenseOne.com
Press Release
In his paper, “Strategic Options for the DoD SBIR Program,” Robin Gaster of Incumetrics provides a detailed analysis on the important role of multi award winners within the DoD SBIR program. The paper specifically corrects the methodology and data used in Amanda Bresler’s (PW Communications) paper that has been widely cited by opponents of further funding for experienced firms in the SBIR program. Dr. Gaster is an established economic analyst who was involved in many of the earlier NRC and related organization studies of the SBIR program.
Read more: https://bit.ly/NSBA-SBTC-Incumetrics-DOD-SBIR-May-2025
Experienced firms fill a critical role in the DoD technology development and acquisition ecosystem. They are ideally suited for technology innovation, working with defense Prime system integrators to meet the warfighters evolving needs within a shrinking Defense Industrial Base. Multi-award winners bring the requisite knowledge base, infrastructure, cyber and IP security, and stability to fill this role. Their continued presence in the SBIR program is of critical national importance.
Read more: https://www.neinnovation.org/news.html
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The team of Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) and Brown University are working to develop an advanced material system technology that can efficiently capture, store, and release carbon dioxide (CO2) from combustion fuel stream. The efforts are performed under the sponsorship of DARPA on the Expeditionary Carbon Utilization for Energy Resilience and Stabilization (ExCURSion) program.
The primary objective of this project is to develop novel, reusable sorbents with the ultimate goal to efficiently capture, store and release carbon dioxide with the following target objectives: high working capacity (>0.7 g g-1), high stability (<1% capacity loss over 500 cycles), high capture energy (~100 kJ mol-1), and high selectivity (100 – 500 g CO2 g-1 other analytes). Additionally, PSI’s novel technology will be designed and demonstrated to be compatible with various fuel and combustion types (clean, lean, and rich burns). Successful development of reusable, high-performance CO2 scrubber technology will enable CO2 recycling from combustion off-gas stream into fuel production and functional application in a closed, portable, and rechargeable expeditionary power system.
For more information contact:
Dr. Dorin Preda
Vice President, Materials Technologies
dpreda@psicorp.com
Physical Sciences Inc.
Office: (978) 689-0003
Acknowledgement of Support and Disclaimer: This material is based upon work supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under Contract No. HR001125C0002. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).