Beware of paying for access to gov’t contracts, small businesses
Mike: It’s folks that are probably retired military and you’re like the 3rd or 4th client they’ve had, and you’re like, “hey, let’s pay this […]
Industry
Should companies doing large and complex R&D not perform production on their designs?
A fairly common pattern in the past and the present has been the carrying out of development even of a fairly exploratory nature by the […]
A small business view of FedRAMP; over 100 DevOps reqts involved
In the system where EverLaw tracks the features and whatever the engineers were working on, there were over 100 tickets in there — or feature […]
Small business graduation and the investment conundrum
The survival rates show that around 40 percent of new entrants exit the market for federal contracts after three years, around 60 percent after five […]
Businesses run from high costs like gazelle from a lion
Businesses will run from increased costs like gazelle run when they smell a lion. It’s amazing how quickly they change their behavior. That was Andrew […]
The debate on OTs and whether they are going to non-traditional contractors
… some observers question whether OTs are effectively bringing nontraditional contractors into the defense marketplace. A DOD Inspector General report examining other transactions from FY1994-FY2001 […]
Could Lockheed have forked over 20% of F-35 development costs, like KAI for the KF-X?
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is expected to complete construction of the first KF-X fighter aircraft prototype by the first half of 2021 and conduct the […]
AFWERX first of its kind increase in SBIR funding
Companies may apply to increase the Phase II funding for a maximum period of 48 months, with a minimum funding increase amount of $3,000,000. There […]
Why aren’t investors interested in defense?
II think many of the policies that we have around small business have been focused on what I’d consider to be social justice more than […]
Innovation hubs do not always lower barriers to entry
Like so many startups with great new capabilities and not much experience selling to government, the AI company was increasingly frustrated at its inability to […]
Is the DOD trusted capital marketplace about China or emerging tech?
To help bolster the industrial base against potential adversaries, the Defense Department is planning to kick-start its “Trusted Capital Marketplace” project this fall, said the […]
The Army’s intellectual property strategy is counterproductive
The Army recognizes the need for intellectual property [IP]… I’m going to highlight four principles for you that underpin it. The first principle is […]
130 companies competing in small-launch
Here’s part of an interesting interview with Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck on ArsTechnica. What do you think about the competition? SpaceX is entering the smallsat […]
Air Force pitch day, what’s next?
On March 6-7, we held our inaugural Air Force Pitch Day in New York. We invited small businesses from across the country to pitch their […]
Pitch an AI project in 99 words
The Pentagon’s year-old Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is giving all comers until July 26th to submit proposals for cyber and information warfare. Companies whose ideas catch JAIC’s eye […]