NASA's SBIR/STTR Programs
There are a number of ways for SBIR/STTR awardees to engage with the Flight Opportunities program and leverage flight tests to advance their technologies.
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NASA’s Flight Opportunities program can act as an “external investor” for SBIR/STTR Post Phase II activities that can benefit from flight testing through a commercial provider.
There may be other avenues for the program to support SBIR/STTR technologies through the range of award phases, and researchers are encouraged to creatively consider various cost-sharing pathways that can work in collaboration with Flight Opportunities.
The first step is to reach out to Flight Opportunities to discuss your technology.
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Commercial Flight Providers
When non-U.S. government researchers compete for funding through the Flight Opportunities program's TechFlights solicitation, they can propose to use any viable U.S.-based commercial provider. For U.S. government research, NASA has IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity) contracts with several flight services vendors.