What incentives does the Integrator have in participating in SBIR CATALYST?

Incorporating innovative and sometimes unproven technology creates performance and cost risk for both the Integrator and the Army. Risks can be mitigated by incentivizing greater utilization of technologies developed through established Army and DoD programs. The integrator is investing in a technology that has a known Army need and has a known Army transition partner (i.e., PEO, PM, etc). Further, for every one dollar that the integrator invests, they “receive” $3 of government funding in R&D at the small business. In other words, rather than taking on 100% of the burden and cost to develop and integrate small business concern SBC technology into their program, 75% of the R&D, prototyping and transition is sponsored by the government.