Crossing the Valley of Death: SBIR Phase III Success in National Security Space

Wed, January 28
Exhibit Floor, Booth #7960
TINA Talks

The so-called "Valley of Death"—between Phase II SBIR completion and scaled adoption—remains a stubborn gap for dual-use technologies. Integrate's journey from a Phase II SBIR with the U.S. Space Force to a $25M Phase III and preferred platform for NSSL mission management provides a roadmap for others. This panel brings together voices from defense contracting, acquisition offices, and commercial founders to dissect what worked, what didn’t, and how early-stage companies can translate innovation into program-of-record adoption. Epsilon3 and other SBIR alumni will weigh in on what it takes to build software that’s both secure enough for national defense and intuitive enough for commercial scale.

Speakers
John Conafay
John Conafay, CEO + Co-Founder - Integrate