TAKING FIRST PLACE: Matt Willis, Ph.D., left, director of Army Prize Competitions and Army SBIR Program, awards Steve Cameron, Enveil, Inc. chief of customer service, a first-place award for xTechPrime’s…
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A FUTURE SYSTEM: Pvt. Bailey Ward, 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, fires an M320 grenade launcher during a qualification event at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Nov. 8, 2023. The Precision Grenadier…
DOUBLE THE FUN: Douglas Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, left, talks with Shannon Sentell, Ph.D., COO of Stealth Power. The business was announced as…
LEADING THE FIELD: Soldiers assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (3/25 ID) operate two-channel leader radios at Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, on Aug. 22. (Photo by…
CLEAN SWEEP: The Roomba, a now ubiquitous floor-cleaning robot, is perhaps the biggest success story to come from the SBIR program—but it lacks practical application in a military setting. (Photo…
ENABLING IMPARTIALITY: Not every competitor is a perfect 10. Tools like Valid Eval allow judges to base their scores on specific, measurable criteria, for more accurate results. (Image by Getty…
From prize money to mentorship and collaboration, the xTechSearch competition is growing into something of an incubator for promising new defense and dual-use technologies. by Jess Stillman It began as…
Rapid detection devices for pathogen vectors are case study in leveraging small business innovation funding By Maj. Vanessa R. Melanson When military forces arrive in a new operational…
