Defense Research Agency Targets New Answers From Small Business

July 12, 2023, 9:20 AM UTC

The Defense Department’s multibillion-dollar classified research arm is seeking cutting-edge technologies and ideas from a broader swath of industry to help the US prepare for future conflict in space.

It can be hard for small businesses and startups that don’t traditionally work with the Pentagon to transition their innovative ideas to DOD.

Air Force Maj. Michael Nayak, a program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Strategic Technology Office, wants to bridge the gap between a problem DARPA would like to solve, which might be classified, and a commercial company’s solution, since “the way in which you solve that ...

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