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Practical guidance on SBIR, STTR, and other non-dilutive funding from the BW&CO team. Read about agency programs, proposal strategy, compliance after award, and new funding opportunities for deep-tech, biotech, medtech, and defense founders.
How to Build a Second-Source Case After the Missile Multiyears
Two missile multiyears worth up to $45 billion combined go to one prime. For suppliers, the useful question is whether the part's users want a second source and what it takes to qualify.
The Pentagon Is Buying 60,000 Drones. Here Are Three Ways Deep-Tech Founders Get In.
The Pentagon’s roughly $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program is creating a few scaled drone champions and pushing them onto a domestic supply chain. That opens doors for far more than drone makers.
The Navy Wants Help Getting People to Adopt New Technology. That Opens a Door for Non-Defense Startups.
NAWCAD says technology adoption fails when workforce adoption comes second. Its new challenge is open to small businesses and nontraditional companies, and it fits far more of them than a typical Navy topic.
“Capability in 24 Months or Less”: How Deep-Tech Founders Can Build a Minimum Viable Capability
A Pentagon official says his office delivers capability in 24 months or less, or it's a science project. How can deep tech meet that clock? Build a minimum viable capability.
Open Topics Are Shrinking. Here Is How to Keep Funding Moving When You Have Demand.
The customer now shows up before the topic does. Founders who keep talking to new users, and who know the routes beyond the next open topic, can keep funding moving.