Defense Acquisition
New SBIR Phase III transition data shows a familiar bottleneck.
The problem is not the technology. It is the program office runway.
Signal Intelligence™ · generating Executive Brief
DoD SBIR data for FY2026 Q1 shows Phase II to Phase III transitions holding at 8%. The bottleneck is not technical readiness but the absence of a receiving program office with color-of-money aligned to the transition window. Three offices are experimenting with pre-transition MOUs. It is too early to say whether they work.
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