Defense Technology Talks presented by Strategic Integrative Solutions, LLC

February 20, 2023, “DEFTECH Live” Federal Technology Opps Update and Analysis Video Team, we have launched a new “DEFTECH Live” Federal Technology Opps Update and Analysis episode.

We discussed DEFTECH TIDE 23-2 Technology Scouting and Transition Acceleration Program this week.

Business Case – Why you should submit: Selected companies will be invited to present their Quad Chart at the Southeast Region Federal Construction, Infrastructure & Environmental Summit in Wilmington, NC, on April 12 and 13, 2023. All submitted Quad Charts will be shared with government personnel at the event. The NC Innovation Ecosystem is a whole of state approach for National Security. “None of us is as strong as all of us!”

Focus: DEFTECH researches and scouts for federal advanced technology opportunities to enhance the Warfighter and Warfighting Commands’ capabilities to overcome current and emerging threats.

Purpose: Highlight the rapidly changing federal technology landscape. There are opportunities where NC companies can team and submit to be very competitive in meeting emerging federal technology requirements.

Links Discussed in this week’s “DEFTECH Live.” https://summit.ncmbc.us Engineer Research and Development Center > Missions > Military Engineering U.S. Army ERDC – ERDCWERX Current Events & Tech Challenges – ERDCWERX Engineered Resilient Systems – Defense Innovation Marketplace Energy and Power (E&P) Technologies – Defense Innovation Marketplace Materials & Manufacturing Processes (M&MP) – Defense Innovation Marketplace
Track Current SBIR/STTR Announcements and Topics The Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP) https://www.defensesbirsttr.mil/

Welcome to the DSIP (Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal)! https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/login

Broad Agency Announcement Schedule https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/baa-schedule/active-baa-announcements

Home | *New SBIR Site* | https://beta.www.sbir.gov/

SBIR/STTR Open Solicitation Listing | https://www.sbir.gov/solicitations/open

SBIR Planner | https://www.sbir.gov/solicitations

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The NC Innovation Ecosystem is a whole of state approach for National Security. “None of us is as strong as all of us!” Focus: DEFTECH researches and scouts for federal advanced technology opportunities to enhance the Warfighter and Warfighting Commands’ capabilities to overcome current and emerging threats. Purpose: Highlight the rapidly changing federal technology landscape. There are opportunities where NC companies can team and submit to be very competitive in meeting emerging federal technology requirements.

Links Discussed in this week’s “DEFTECH Live.” USD(R&E) Strategic Vision and Critical Technology Areas – DoD Research & Engineering, OUSD(R&E) DSIP (Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal) Vulcan | Submission Blue Cyber Initiative provides a road map to cybersecurity success for small businesses. Navy SBIR/STTR - Cybersecurity / CUI Information, Resources & Opportunities Small Business Cybersecurity Information SAM.gov Tradewind | Discover AI Opportunities within the DoD

Track Current SBIR/STTR Announcements and Topics The Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP) https://www.defensesbirsttr.mil/

Welcome to the DSIP (Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal)! https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/login

Broad Agency Announcement Schedule https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/baa-schedule/active-baa-announcements

Home | *New SBIR Site* | https://beta.www.sbir.gov/

SBIR/STTR Open Solicitation Listing | https://www.sbir.gov/solicitations/open
SBIR Planner | https://www.sbir.gov/solicitations

Disclaimer: “The views represented are not necessarily those of DEFTECH, NCMBC, FTCC, or the Federal Government. The content and interviews are for instructional purposes and to build awareness for the NC Innovation Ecosystem.” “DEFTECH is a North Carolina Military Business Center subsidiary and receives support from Fayetteville Technical Community College.”

Correction to the Episode number is not #66. It’snumber #67 - WingXpand joined us today on the show! They have been making seriousndous moves in the UAS space with their one-of-a-kind platform. They have done well in the past year with customer discovery and going to trade s hows. What a great year for a small and growing business. They are also looking for new hires as they continue to grow in 2023 (https://wingxpand.com/careers). Thanks again to James (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbarbieri/) and Michelle (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellemadaras/) for chatting with us today.

WingXpand in the News: https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/inno/stories/awards/2023/02/02/startups-to-watch-wingxpand.html

https://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/2023/01/backpackable-fixed-wing-uas-wins-technology-awards/

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wingxpand_drone-aviation-ces2023-activity-7017668698710708224-w9Ko?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop


Disclaimer: “The views represented are not necessarily those of DEFTECH, NCMBC, FTCC, or the Federal GovernmTThe The content and interviews are for instructional purposes and to build awareness for the NC Innovation Ecosystem.”

“DEFTECH is a North Carolina Military Business Center subsidiary and receives support from Fayetteville Technical Community College.”

LTG (r) Kenneth E. Tovo was commissioned from the U.S. Military Academy into the Infantry in 1983. After serving his initial tour with the 82nd Airborne Division, Tovo completed the Special Forces Qualification Course and transferred to Special Forces. He served as a Special Forces detachment, company, battalion, and group commander in the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne).

Tovo’s additional assignments included serving as a plans officer with 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta and Joint Headquarters Center (NATO); aide de-camp to the commander, Stabilization Force, Bosnia; chief of staff, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC); deputy commanding general, Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR); deputy commanding general, 1st Armored Division/U.S. Division Center, Iraq; commanding general, Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT); and commanding general, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan and NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (CSTC-A/NTM-A). Most recently, Tovo served as the military deputy commander of U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Fla.

Tovo’s operational assignments include the first Gulf War, refugee relief operations in Northern Iraq, noncombatant evacuation operations in Sierra Leone, peacekeeping operations in Bosnia on two occasions, five tours in Iraq, and one tour in Afghanistan.

As mentioned in the podcast:

• Green Beret Foundation - https://greenberetfoundation.org/

• First Flight Venture Center- https://www.ffvcnc.org/

Graham Allison: - Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?-https://amzn.to/3I2U0TB

Peter Zienhan Books:-

• The Absent Super Power - https://amzn.to/3XdW4w1

• Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World - https://amzn.to/3YfcupC

• The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder - https://amzn.to/3Yr7cXt

• The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization - https://amzn.to/3RJCZRp

Christian Brose - The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare - https://amzn.to/3HvnbwY

P.W.Singer and August Cole - Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War - https://amzn.to/3HGFtvr

Charles E. Heller - America's First Battles - https://amzn.to/3HBL1Hm


Disclaimer: “The views represented are not necessarily those of DEFTECH, NCMBC, FTCC, or the Federal Government. The content and interviews are for instructional purposes and to build awareness for the NC Innovation Ecosystem.”

“DEFTECH is a North Carolina Military Business Center subsidiary and receives support from Fayetteville Technical Community College.”

February 1, 2023, “DEFTECH Live” Federal Technology Opps Update and Analysis Video Team, we have launched a new “DEFTECH Live” Federal Technology Opps Update and Analysis episode. This week we discussed the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) Industry Day on March 7, 2023. This is your opportunity to meet with the problem sponsors for the IWTSD BAA (March 2023 - Final BAA Released). The NC Innovation Ecosystem is a whole of state approach for National Security. “None of us is as strong as all of us!”

Focus: DEFTECH researches and scouts for federal advanced technology opportunities to enhance the Warfighter and Warfighting Commands’ capabilities to overcome current and emerging threats.

Purpose: Highlight the rapidly changing federal technology landscape. There are opportunities where NC companies can team and submit to be very competitive in meeting emerging federal technology requirements.

Links Discussed in this week’s “DEFTECH Live.”
IWTSD | Irregular Warfare Support Directorate
IWTSD Subgroups IWTSD Industry Day 2023
Contact IWTSD Contract Opportunities |
IWTSD IWTSD BIDS Business Process | IWTSD

Track Current SBIR/STTR Announcements and Topics The Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP) https://www.defensesbirsttr.mil/

Welcome to the DSIP (Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal)!
https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/login

Broad Agency Announcement Schedule https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/baa-schedule/active-baa-announcements

Home | *New SBIR Site* | https://beta.www.sbir.gov/

SBIR/STTR Open Solicitation Listing | https://www.sbir.gov/solicitations/open

SBIR Planner | https://www.sbir.gov/solicitations

Disclaimer: “The views represented are not necessarily those of DEFTECH, NCMBC, FTCC, or the Federal Government. The content and interviews are for instructional purposes and to build awareness for the NC Innovation Ecosystem.” “DEFTECH is a North Carolina Military Business Center subsidiary and receives support from Fayetteville Technical Community College.”

Monthly Technology Focus: The focus on specific DoD Research & Engineering Strategic Vision and Critical Technology Areas will provide a detailed and in-depth analysis of technology development and investment within the Department of Defense. The discussion on the national and defense priorities and R&D investments from OUSD(R&E) will give listeners a clear understanding of the direction the DoD is heading regarding technology development. Additionally, the analysis of the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act and the priorities for technology investments this year will give listeners a sense of the current priorities and funding levels for specific technologies. Overall, this series will provide valuable insights and information for those interested in defense technology and innovation.

The focus this month is “Microelectronics.” “Microelectronics are circuits and components that serve as the "brain" to human-made electronic functional systems. Virtually every military and commercial system relies on microelectronics. Diminishing microelectronics manufacturing in the United States and supply chain concerns have highlighted national economic and security risks. Working closely with industry, academia, and across the Government, the Department is addressing the need for secure microelectronics sources and will leverage state-of-the-art commercial development and production for microelectronic defense solutions.

”Reference:"Department of Defense Research & Engineering Strategic Vision and Critical Technology Areas." Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, www.cto.mil/usdre-strat-vision-critical-tech-areas/.

The NC Innovation Ecosystem is a whole of state approach for National Security.“None of us is as strong as all of us!”Focus: DEFTECH researches and scouts for federal advanced technology opportunities to enhance the Warfighter and Warfighting Commands’ capabilities to overcome current and emerging threats.Purpose: Highlight the rapidly changing federal technology landscape. There are opportunities where NC companies can team up and submit to be very competitive in meeting emerging federal technology requirements.


Links Discussed in this week’s “DEFTECH Live.”CHIPS Act | NISTUSD(R&E) Strategic Vision and Critical Technology Areas – DoD Research & Engineering, OUSD(R&E)Communities of Interest – Defense Innovation MarketplaceDoD's Microelectronics Commons Takes Shape > U.S. Department of Defense > ReleaseNSTXL Microelectronics Commons EventsMicroelectronic Commons – DoD Research & Engineering, OUSD(R&E)DARPA Office-wide Broad Agency Announcements

Disclaimer: “The views represented are not necessarily those of DEFTECH, NCMBC, FTCC, or the Federal Government. The content and interviews are for instructional purposes...

January 20, 2023, “DEFTECH Live” Federal Technology Opps Update and Analysis Video Team, we have launched a new “DEFTECH Live” Federal Technology Opps Update and Analysis episode. Please see the following flow and weekly plan to add increasing value to the NC Innovation Ecosystem.

Week 1: The DEFTECH monthly theme and TIDE RFI for the month.

Week 2: Technology Briefings/Threat Briefings

Week 3: Small Business Winners

Week 4: Deep Dive into Opportunities this Month

The NC Innovation Ecosystem is a whole of state approach for National Security. “None of us is as strong as all of us!” Focus: DEFTECH researches and scouts for federal advanced technology opportunities to enhance the Warfighter and Warfighting Commands’ capabilities to overcome current and emerging threats. Purpose: Highlight the rapidly changing federal technology landscape. There are opportunities where NC companies can team and submit to be very competitive in meeting emerging federal technology requirements.

Links Discussed in this week’s “DEFTECH Live.” USD(R&E) Strategic Vision and Critical Technology Areas – DoD Research & Engineering, OUSD(R&E) DoD Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer OUSD(R&E) Funding Opportunities Solicitations | SBIR.gov DSIP User Login DSIP (Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal) Topics and Topic Search (SITIS) Solicitation Listing | SBIR.gov DoD SBIR 23.1 | SBIR.gov Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) Readiness Kit – Army SBIR|STTR Program AAL | SPARTN Program. One North Carolina Small Business Program | NC Commerce https://www.commerce.nc.gov/grants-incentives/technology-funds/one-north-carolina-small-business-program#ApplytoPrograms-425

Track Current SBIR/STTR Announcements and Topics The Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP) https://www.defensesbirsttr.mil/ Welcome to the DSIP (Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal)! https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/login Broad Agency Announcement Schedule

Today’s guests are Kathie Sidner and Dennis McGurk, we provide the end-of-year report for 2022 for RTI International and the North Carolina University System


Kathie Sidner 1:09 Kathie is the Director of Defense & Military Partnerships Director of Defense & Military Partnerships (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathie-sidner-83503014/)

Dec 2017 - Present • Lead the UNC System's military and veterans’ affairs strategic initiatives.

• Provide staff support to the UNC Board of Governors' Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
• Develop and manage relationships between the 17-institution University of North Carolina System and the defense community, including the U.S. Department of Defense and defense industry partners.
• Facilitate and implement a variety of research and education collaborations for mutual benefit to the University and its partners.
• Work with all levels of University administrators, faculty, and staff to bring relevant expertise and resources to address challenges with national security implications.
• Foster close and productive relationships with the military- and veteran-focused organizations across North Carolina's public and private sectors.
• Collaborate extensively with leaders, technologists, and innovators across North Carolina to support economic development, community impact, and growth of NC's defense sector.

Dennis McGurk – 28:53

Dennis McGurk is a DOD Senior Account Executive working at the North Carolina Center for Optimized Military Performance (NC-COMP)

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-mcgurk/

• https://www.rti.org/centers/optimizing-military-performance

He discusses Warfighter Health and the Army Future’s Command Vertex Event for Human Performance.

• Vertex Day 1 - https://youtu.be/OB9tUvCe-KU

• Vertex Day 2 - https://youtu.be/ZnIvo3YuOlo

"The views represented are not necessarily the views of DEFTECH, NCMBC, FTCC, or the Federal Government. The content and interviews are for instructional purposes and to build awareness for the NC Innovation Ecosystem.”

Episode 60 – Cymantix -EOY Update

We were joined by Drs. English Sall and Michael Ortiz. We talked about the Ogden Accelerator (https://catalystcampus.org/locations/)
The Catalyst Accelerator’s mission is to introduce innovative, dual-use technology to the Department of Defense in support of the US Warfighter while strengthening our nation’s economy by investing in start-ups and small businesses.

The Catalyst Accelerator connects participating companies with users and potential customers from the Department of Defense and commercial realms in order to significantly reduce the customer discovery process from two years to less than three months.
We talked Customer Discovery and their Emerging Collaboration with Bluestacks and their new platform Shannon (https://shannon.cymantix.com/)

Thanks again to Cymantix for coming on. Looking forward to what you are going to do in 2023!

Intro 00:00 -01:05

Darshan "Dash" Divakaran (https://www.linkedin.com/in/darshandivakaran/): 01:05
•Leader in aviation innovation and partnerships across military, federal, state & local, industry and academia. Recognized by InterDrone and Commercial UAV News as one of the top drone visionaries in the world.

•Technology Evangelist with strong expertise in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), UAS Traffic Management (UTM), Counter-UAS (C-UAS), Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information Systems (GIS).

•High-Tech Intrapreneur with a strong track record in driving adoption and integration of innovation and emerging technologies across multiple domains including infrastructure, construction, transportation, logistics, law enforcement, emergency response, agriculture, entertainment and scientific research.

•Founder and President of Airavat Solutions, nationally recognized consulting and advisory firm with years of experience working with disruptive technologies which include unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), advanced air mobility (AAM) and other emerging technologies.

•Keynote Speaker on unmanned aviation at several international conferences, conventions, trade shows, expos, seminars and workshops held in North America, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and East Asia.

•Member of boards, councils, committees and working groups of national and international organizations like TRB, NASA, UAST, ANSI, AUVSI, ASTM, APSA, NFPA and ASPRS that formulate safety standards, operating protocols and best practices in unmanned aviation for both government and industry.

•Aviator licensed by FAA as a commercial pilot and remote UAS pilot.



John Hardin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhardin01/) from the Office of Science Technology and Innovation. 13:40

•As a State-authorized advisory board administered by the Office of Science, Technology & Innovation at the North Carolina Department of Commerce, the North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation encourages, promotes, and supports scientific, engineering, and industrial research applications in North Carolina. Its mission is to improve the economic well‐being and quality of life of all North Carolinians through advancing science, technology, and innovation.
•The Board is focused on accelerating North Carolina's next generation of technology and technology companies.
•The Board works to investigate new areas of emerging science and technology and conducts studies on the competitiveness of North Carolina industry and research institutions in these fields.