Government Sponsored Research

SBIR, STTR, BAA and CRADA Collaboration Opportunities

RTI has a proven track record winning and fulfilling advanced multi-year government contracts. We have the ability to either lead the contract bid process or to provide products and services to partners leading the process.

Additionally, RTI is engaged in numerous research initiatives. We can provide you with the opportunity to help guide research activities and to gain access to innovative technologies ahead of the crowd.

Winning Government Contracts with RTI

RTI is the ideal partner for organizations bidding on and fulfilling large-scale government contracts. Our experience with winning contracts, our proven standards-based products, and our ability to be funded through small business set-asides present a competitive edge to those we partner with.

Advantages of partnering with RTI include:

• Experience in demonstrations, prototypes, proof of concepts - let us help you win the bid
• Extensive proven implementation experience - many projects to prove our fulfillment capabilities
• Established market leader in DDS; credibility and name recognition in government - no need to justify your choice of vendor
• Small business set-asides - RTI can be funded by small business set-aside funding that might not otherwise be accessible by your organization
• US-person team - our team is made up of US citizens or legal workers in US, many with security clearances

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)

RTI has several Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) efforts underway that may be of interest to your organization. Likewise, your organization may have laboratory and testing capabilities that may help transition these SBIR efforts either from Phase I to Phase II, or from Phase II to Phase III/CPP.

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.

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

RTI has a lengthy history in research and development, with many examples of innovative research evolving into commercially available products and features.

We are currently leading a number of Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) projects and are interested in partners for existing and future SBIR contracts.

Current RTI SBIR Activities

The following RTI SBIR efforts are underway, with potential areas of collaboration.

• AF103-053 Reducing time for forensic analysis of multi sensor GMTI from Days to Hours (FA8750-11-C-0167)
• AF103-165 Airborne Network Trusted Code (Assurance) Involving the Anti-Access Environment (FA8650-11-M-1112)
• N102-156 Integrity and Authentication of Real-Time Data in Navy Combat Systems (N00167-11-P-0011)
• OSD09-T003 Improving Software and Data Security in SCADA Systems (FA8650-10-M-1882)
• AF093-005 Technologies for Cost-Effective Mixed-Criticality Flight Control Systems (FA8650-10-M-3025)
• OSD09-IA5 Developing Cyber Situation Awareness for Enterprise Health (FA8650-10-M-1777)
• N092-121 Minimally Intrusive Real-time Software Instrumentation Technologies (N65538-10-M-0002)

The following SBIR projects have been successfully completed.

• AF073-029 Proactive Determination of Networked Node Vulnerability (FA8750-08-C-0043)
• 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)
• 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)