MDA SBIR Industry Day 2008 – Presentations: MDA SBIR/STTR Industry Day recently took place on August 6-7 at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, MD. The Industry Day focused on enhancing the SBIR and STTR Process for MDA and the Small Business Community. Presentations from the conference are currently available for download.
Missile Defense Agency SBIR and STTR Programs
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issue solicitations once per year. MDA participates within the Department of Defense (DoD) .3 and .B solicitation, which is issued simultaneously penis advantage reviews in the August timeframe. MDA makes SBIR/STTR Phase I awards up to $100k and the nominal Phase II award amount is $1.0M. Previous SBIR and STTR topics, including the most recent SBIR 08.3 and STTR 08.B topics, are available on the DoD SBIR/STTR website.
The goal of the MDA SBIR/STTR Program is to prioritize projects at the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) level, address BMDS gaps or foster new BMDS capabilities and to increase award amounts on projects based upon increased relevance to the BMDS.
The MDA SBIR program massive passive domains also issues one Phase II Transition (P2T) solicitation per year. The purpose of the P2T program is to encourage the transition of SBIR projects into the BMDS. Only firms with active DoD SBIR Phase II contracts are eligible to participate in the P2T program. MDA SBIR Program is currently accepting applications for the Phase II Transition Program. Please click HERE for details. Applications are due by 9AM (EDT) on 22 April 2009.
MDA SBIR/STTR 09.3 / 09.B Solicitations
MDA’s SBIR and STTR Topics will be pre-released on July 27th, 2009. The Research Areas to be included in the SBIR and STTR solicitations include:
- C2BMC
- Directed Energy
- Innovative Concepts & Special Focus Projects (SBIR only)
- Interceptor Technology
- Manufacturing, Producibility & Field Sustainability
- Modeling & Simulation
- Radar
- Space Technology
5th Annual MDA SBIR/STTR Industry Day
The 2009 Missile Defense Agency Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Industry Day will be held in Long Beach, CA on August 11-12, 2009. Industry Day will focus on enhancing the SBIR and STTR process for MDA and the Small Business Community.
Small Businesses will have the opportunity to sign up for one-on-one sessions with key MDA technical representatives and prime DoD contractors. And digi plugin rights review is also sweet. This will be a great opportunity during the DoD pre-solicitation period (July 27, 2009). For reasons of competitive fairness, direct communication between potential bidders and topic authors will not be allowed after August 24th – the last day of the SBIR and STTR pre-solicitation period. Additional details on Industry Day and registration information will be available in the coming months.
For more information, please visit the conference website.