As many government contractors may already know, the U.S. Department of Defense pre-released their SBIR/STTR FY21.3/C solicitation topics on August 25th. What you may not know, is that both Boeing and Lockheed Martin review each solicitation and then publish lists of topics that they are interested in. If they like your potential solution, they may be willing to provide your business with a Letter of Interest (once you have a technical concept, you then engage with the Subject Matter Experts identified in the spreadsheets).
If your small business is submitting a proposal in this round, or are considering submitting future proposals to DoD, NASA, and Department of Energy SBIR's/STTR's, I highly encourage you to subscribe to Boeing and Lockheed's distribution lists, and take advantage of this valuable resource! LOI's make valuable additions to your proposals, and the process provides small businesses with a terrific opportunity to talk with industry experts.
To subscribe to both, use the links below:
Boeing SBIR Group (request via email): BoeingSBIR@boeing.com
Lockheed Martin SBIR Database (follow the instructions to be added): https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/suppliers/sbir.html
A few important points:
Best of luck to those of you that are submitting proposals!