A key U.S. lawmaker says he will oppose reauthorization of federal small business innovation grants favored by the Pentagon, raising doubts about how Congress will avert their expiration Sept. 30.
New research by Govini shows that OTA and SBIR contracts account for roughly 10 percent of the Pentagon's spending on research, development, test and evaluation.
The Pentagon is working hard to entice small technology companies to work on defense projects, but investors that could prop up these businesses seem wary of putting forth the cash.
Some officials might make you part of “innovation theater,” encouraging employees to go through the motions of an innovation process, without letting them produce any substantive change. But you can still learn from it ...