Highlights from Defense Innovation Unit’s 2021 annual report
Here are some excerpts from the Defense Innovation Unit 2021 annual report (I compiled the table below for your reading ease): In fiscal year (FY) […]
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How can the SBIR/STTR process be more welcoming to startups?
Here are some good recommendations from USAF contracting officers Steven Groenheim and John Diekel, Restructuring the SBIR/STTR process: First, we should consider overhauling the application […]
DIU update: the 2020 annual report
Key statistics from DIU’s 2020 annual report that I compiled: Subject 2020 2019 2016-2020 Projects 23 95 Commercial Proposals 944 466 2,381 Proposals per Solicitation […]
Data on SBIR, open topics, and the defense industry
The U.S. military has historically been an important investor in transformational technologies, but this model faces challenges from a less innovative and more concentrated defense […]
Commercial solutions openings as a path to continuous competition
A CSO-type general solicitation advances two core concepts: modular contracting and merit-based decision-making… Modular contracting is a proven strategy. IT projects that follow the strategy […]
DoD systems hacked in 4 minutes by outsiders and the DevSecOps open-source effort to remedy it
The entire PlatformONE stack and entire DevSecOps stack is based on open source software. I think there were two different stories. Some companies saw open […]
DHS rolls out commercial solutions openings
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)… will use the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program (CSOP) procedures to acquire innovative, commercial items, technologies and services currently […]
Opportunities and challenges for the program manager
For bringing innovative solutions to the Department of Defense, the contract mechanism is an important tool. But contracts are more than a tool for stating […]
Will DIU finally make contract awards in 60 days?
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an agency created in 2015 to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology to solve national security problems, is trying to […]