SBIR Projects and Collaboration Opportunities

RTI has several Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) efforts underway. Many of these present collaboration opportunities which may be of interest to your organization, both to gain early access to new technology and to qualify for government-granted small-business incentives.

A large Prime Contactor directly benefits from this collaboration in several ways. You can:

• Provide early input on research activities, ensuring that work is aligned with either your corporate or your customer’s Program of Record (POR) technological requirements
• Receive early access to the innovative technologies developed under the SBIR
• Be a subcontractor to RTI by providing engineering services and access to your capital infrastructure (typically network laboratory, test, or integration facilities)
• Demonstrate support for supplier diversity through small business Phase III contracts
• Enjoy possible DoD sole-source contract benefits by using SBIR-developed technology

Likewise, RTI can benefit from collaboration on SBIR initiatives in a variety of ways. We strive to have our research efforts result in commercial projects and products, via RTI or through industry or government partnerships. Additionally, a large Prime Contractor endorsement is an important component in the overall assessment done by DoD to validate the commercial potential of an innovative technology, leading to further R&D and acquisition opportunities. Finally, your organization may have laboratory and testing capabilities that could help us transition these SBIR efforts either from Phase I to Phase II, or from Phase II to Phase III/CPP.

Active SBIR Projects

Here is a sample of current RTI SBIR efforts, with potential areas of collaboration:

• N06-179 “Real-Time, Secure, and Fault Tolerant Discovery for Publish-Subscribe Middleware in a WAN” (N65538-07-M-0114)
• N07-052 “Security Community of Interest (COI) Communications” (N65538-07-M-0159)
• AF073-029 “Proactive Determination of Networked Node Vulnerability” (FA8750-08-C-0043)
• N03-087 “Integrated Network Middleware” (N00178-05-C-3016)
• N05-139 “DDS Performance, Portability and Security” (N68335-07-C-0117)
• AF05-031 "Innovative, DDS-Based Data Interfaces for Modular Spacecraft” (FA9453-06-C-0053)