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September 16, 2020 By cs

Pentagon, Defense contractors are out of step on tech innovation, GAO finds

The Pentagon wanted to fund ambitious research into future tech breakthroughs but contractors spend most of their money on safer bets, GAO has found.

Two years after the Pentagon set out to spend billions on 10 breakthrough research and engineering efforts, defense contractors instead are putting most of their money in less ambitious research projects.

The development gap between the military and its suppliers troubled investigators at the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, who determined in a report released last Thursday that the Defense Department isn’t keeping good watch over those private efforts and doesn’t know how much of it would fit into the military’s tech goals.

The Pentagon’s undersecretary for research and engineering in 2018 laid out several big idea research areas that would be most relevant to maintaining an edge on China or Russia.  Many are in the very early stages of maturation; the biggest breakthroughs are expected in the second half of the coming decade.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/09/pentagon-defense-contractors-are-out-step-tech-innovation-gao-finds/168237/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: Air Force, breakthrough, China, defense contractors, DoD, GAO, innovation, Pentagon, research, Russia

December 3, 2018 By AMK

Georgia Tech hosting event promoting ‘defense innovation’ to be held on Jan. 14th

Companies who believe that they have the next key discovery or the next great idea that could benefit the Department of Defense (DoD) are invited to participate in a Georgia Tech-hosted event on Monday, January 14, 2019.

On that date, Georgia Tech’s Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC) will host a day-long event designed to benefit innovative small businesses – with priority given to small technology companies that have the potential to directly enhance achievement of DoD’s mission.

Lisa R. Sanders, Director of Science and Technology for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), is a featured speaker at the Defense Innovation Conference.  (More details here: https://gtpac.org/2018/12/17/special-operations-science-and-technology-director-is-speaking-at-jan-14-gtpac-event)

Registration is now open at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228     Advance registration is required for this event; on-site registration will not be allowed.  The registration fee is $50.

By attending, companies will learn all about the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, the Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF), Other Transaction Authority (OTA) for prototype projects, and additional contracting vehicles aimed at attracting innovative companies to help the U.S. Department of Defense.

See promotional flyer here: Defense Innovation Conference – Jan. 14 2019 Event

Registration for the event is now open at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228

Full Agenda and Featured Speakers

An advance copy of the conference agenda is available here: Agenda – Defense Innovation Conference – 01.14.2019 – Final.

Biographical sketches of all the featured speakers is available here: Featured Speakers – Defense Innovation Conference 01.14.2019.

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: breakthrough, contracting opportunities, Creating the Next, Defense Innovation Conference, DoD, Georgia Tech, GTPAC, industry day, innovation, OTA, RIF, save the date, SBIR, small business, STTR, technology

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