Lightning Talk: SBIR

Join us for a presentation on how the Department of Navy SBIR program is mobilizing to transition technology faster than ever before.

What you’ll learn

• What’s the focus of Navy SBIR? (01:07)
• How does the program work? (02:35)
• How do communications about solicitations work? (06:17)
• What it takes to succeed at every phase (11:27)

Key quotes

• “Transition is baked into our program. So our topics have already answered the question ‘if this works, where’s it going to go.’ So we write our topics and put them out in solicitations.” — Robert Smith, Department of Navy SBIR/STTR Director (1:33)
• “That’s exactly what Congress wants the program to do is for you to be successful, to grow your company, hire Americans and drive our economy.” — Robert Smith, Department of Navy SBIR/STTR Director (04:39)
• “NavySBIR.com is our website. You can learn so much more about the program, how we do things…there are templates on how we expect you to submit your proposal.” — Robert Smith, Department of Navy SBIR/STTR Director (04:55)
• “I want more small businesses to be successful in defense innovation. I’m happy to teach the ‘how money flows’ from a small business perspective to anyone who wants to learn how hundreds of billions come to the Navy and how that gets parsed out to acquisitions.” — Zac Staples, Fathom 5 CEO (10:16)

Who you’ll hear from

Robert “Bob” Smith, Department of Navy SBIR/STTR Director

Zac Staples, Fathom 5 CEO

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