The U.S. Air Force is working to fundamentally change the fabric of university entrepreneurship in America by making the service a partner of choice through the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research debuted a revised and accelerated version of the program April 19 in partnership with AFWERX and the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR)/STTR Office.
“Academia produces disruptive science and technology innovations at an increasingly rapid pace,” said Lt. Col. Randy “Laz” Gordon, STTR capability lead for AFWERX. “We realized we have to meet them at the speed they’re going in order to harness the power of their ideas and tech for use within the Air Force.”
