Digital Directorate sets new pace for Phase II SBIR awards
Dr. Will Roper, left, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Steve Wert, center, program executive officer Digital; and Tim Leshan, vice president for Government Relations at Northeastern University, watch a presentation at the Air Force’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Pitch Day, July 24, 2019, at the Northeastern University Innovation Campus in Burlington, Mass. The Digital Directorate at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., recently awarded seven Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Program contracts to some of the startups who participated in the July 2019 UAS and Kessel Run Pitch Days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki)