The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the Pentagon’s favorite tools to help fund small companies, either startups looking to get off the ground or firms that produce parts used only by the Department of Defense. And as of Sept. 30, the program is effectively paused, as Congress failed to pass a reauthorization.
Why? It’s a more complicated — and heated — situation than you might think. But Valerie Insinna, Congress reporter for Breaking Defense, is here to walk you through what you need to know about SBIR and where the program may end up.
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