DOD SBIR PROGRAM DUE 070596. Contact SBIR HelpDesk, 800/382-4634. DEFENSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM. Small high-technology business firms with strong research and development capabilities in science or technology are encouraged to submit proposals to the Departments of the Army and Navy and to the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) under the Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Proposals are limited to 25 pages under Phase I of this three-phase program which is designed to promote innovative solutions to the Department of Defense research and development requirements. Solicitation Number 96.2 will be issued May 1, 1996. A wide variety of topics are listed on which we seek proposed solutions. Proposals are to be submitted to the addressees as set-forth in the solicitation, to arrive no later than 2:00 P.M. local time, at the addressees activity, July 5, 1996. The solicitation will be mailed automatically to all firms registered with the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) SBIR program office as of February 29, 1996. Firms not registered with DTIC can obtain a copy of the solicitation from three sources: (1) Beginning May 1, 1996 the solicitation book and/or floppy diskette are available from DTIC by calling (800) DOD-SBIR, (2) Internet access to the current DoD SBIR and STTR solicitations as well as the Phase I and Phase II Award Abstracts publications is provided by DTIC. These files may be accessed via gopher at Internet address: gopher.dtic.dla.mil on port 70, or through file transfer at Internet address: asc.dtic.dla.mil (login is ``anonymous'', password is: your E-Mail address), under the /pub/sbir directory, or through the world wide web at Internet address:http://www.dtic.dla.mil/dtic/sbir, (3) The DoD SBIR solicitation can be obtained electronically using Business Gold, the National Technology Transfer Center's bulletin board system. Connect via Internet by telneting to iron.nttc. edu, or through the world wide web at http://www.nttc.edu, or by dialing (304) 243-2560 for high speed modems (9600+) or (304) 243-2561 for 1200-2400 baud modems and logging in as guest. For more information on the NTTC electronic bulletin board system contact: NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTER, Wheeling Jesuit College, 316 Washington Ave, Wheeling, WV 26003, TELEPHONE: (800) 678-6882. Patent and data rights policy will be in accordance with Public Law 97-219, and Public Law 102-564. The Defense SBIR Program is restricted to small business firms organized for profit with 500 or fewer employees, including all affiliated firms. On or shortly before April 1, 1996 and until May 1, 1996, the topics in the 96.2 solicitation will be pre-released electronically, at the locations listed above, along with topic authors or other technical experts and their phone numbers. This pre-release will give small companies an opportunity to ask technical questions about specific solicitation topics by telephone before the solicitation opens. Once the solicitation opens on May 1, telephone questions will no longer be accepted.

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