APFIT-1 — Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies
Supports small business and non-traditional contractors with procurement bridge funding for pre-production solutions.
The Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program, managed by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)), provides procurement bridge funding of $10 million to $50 million to small businesses and non-traditional defense contractors whose technologies have completed development and are ready for initial production and field…
Procurement bridge funding of $10–50M for small businesses and non-traditional defense contractors whose technologies have completed RDT&E at TRL 7–9 and are ready for initial DoD production and fielding.
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