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MANAGING
PROGRAM SUCCESS
The Air Force SBIR/STTR Program Office reports to the
Air Force’s Technology Executive Officer (TEO) and to
the Secretary of the Air Force’s Science, Technology and
Engineering Directorate (SAF/AQR). Due to the TEO’s
role as the AFRL commander, the program’s senior
managers are assigned to the AFRL Small Business
Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
To accomplish its unique mission, the Air Force SBIR/
STTR program manager (PM) is responsible for:
• Establishing the Air Force’s solicitation
program to meet the DoD schedule
• Requesting and collecting topics for the
DoD SBIR solicitations
• Allocating the number of topics among
the centers and program offices
• Managing and allocating funds to AFRL
and other Air Force centers
• Creating and maintaining the Air Force
SBIR/STTR database
• Coordinating outreach and marketing
efforts nationwide
• Responding to small business inquiries
Success
SMALL BUSINESS PUSHES THE LIMITS OF SATELLITE
OPERATIONAL READINESS
Delays in launching satellites because of thermal
control issues may soon be history.
Littleton, Massachusetts-based Infoscitex Corp. has
developed a spacecraft thermal control solution, Active
Thermal Tiles (ATT), which recently concluded a successful
first spaceflight on board the International Space Station.
With the backing of an Air Force SBIR award, Infoscitex,
worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory to
develop a rapidly integrated thermal control system
solution for the Operationally Responsive Space Office.
The ATT solution meets the Air Force’s requirement to
provide a modular, reconfigurable thermal interface that
drastically simplifies the thermal design of components
and spacecraft, especially those with tight temperature
requirements.
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