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 <p style=”font-size:smaller; color:#666666; margin-bottom: 1rem;”>Zeke Topolosky, the Army's program manager for the SBIR and STTR programs, said the service released five new topics to kick off the 2026 program.</p>
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<p>As soon as President Donald Trump signed the bill to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, the Army pushed new opportunities out the door.</p>
<p>Of the <a href=”https://armysbir.army.mil/announcement/five-new-funding-opportunities-for-small-businesses/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>five new topics</a> the service released in April, one was a prize competition and another was tied to experimentation.</p>
<p>Zeke Topolosky, the Army's program manager for the SBIR and STTR programs, said all the service had to do after the innovation efforts were shut down for six months was turn up the program instead of having to turn it back on.</p>
<figure id=”attachment_5920109″ aria-describedby=”caption-attachment-5920109″ style=”width: 400px” class=”wp-caption alignright”><img class=”wp-image-5920109″ src=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-300×300.jpg” alt=”” width=”400″ height=”400″ srcset=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-300×300.jpg 300w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-150×150.jpg 150w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-768×768.jpg 768w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-500×500.jpg 500w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-112×112.jpg 112w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-120×120.jpg 120w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-240×240.jpg 240w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-485×485.jpg 485w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-60×60.jpg 60w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-70×70.jpg 70w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-600×600.jpg 600w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-400×400.jpg 400w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky-200×200.jpg 200w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/zeke-topolosky.jpg 800w” sizes=”(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px”/><figcaption id=”caption-attachment-5920109″ class=”wp-caption-text”>Zeke Topolosky is the program manager of the Army's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR|STTR) programs.</figcaption></figure>
<p>“We had to pause new solicitations. But any topic area that was solicited prior to the lapse was still in the works. If you're familiar with SBIR, we typically award a phase one proof of concept study, and that'll go up to six months for the Army, but it could be longer for other agencies. Then, if it's successful, we can award a prototyping contract for up to two more years, and sometimes even a second prototyping contract for two years in addition. So any effort that was solicited prior to the expiration, we're able to continue receiving proposals for follow on awards from any of those topic areas,†Topolosky said on <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/radio-interviews/ask-the-cio/?utm_source=widget&;utm_medium=web&;utm_content=article&;utm_term=recent_cat_posts” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Ask the CIO</a>. “We've had topics that were released in 2025 that we were getting the follow on prototyping proposals in, and we were able to continue to move ahead, review and approve those as long as we had funding available.â€</p><style><![CDATA[
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<p>The Army eventually ran out of fiscal 2025 funding for SBIR/STTR, but the reauthorization bill came soon enough to get the programs back up and running.</p>
<p>Across all of the Defense Department, SBIR/STTR program offices released 98 topics in the first 24 hours after Trump signed the reauthorization bill. Now there are hundreds of topics across the Army, Air Force, Navy and other civilian agencies.</p>
<p>Additionally, DoD is planning to make changes to the SBIR/STTR programs.</p>
<p>“What you will see is more urgency. During this gap in funding, we were still moving so the day this legislation dropped, we were going to move right away and take that urgency all the way through,†Emil Michael, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said at a recent <a href=”https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ouswre_under-secretary-emil-michael-joins-us-small-activity-7455665788369387521-8ZoL?utm_source=share&;utm_medium=member_desktop&;rcm=ACoAAADEAKoB1H2RH0B7T1KQUSwp8t6rSIKT9Vs” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>DARPA SBIR/STTR reauthorization event</a>. “There are lot of other specific modifications we will make to make it easier for small businesses by removing some of the barriers, regulatory and otherwise, that they currently face that is a non-monetary way of accelerating the progress of this program.â€</p>
<p>The Navy, for example, did an evaluation of its programs and <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/navy/2026/03/navy-revamping-sbir-sttr-programs-with-focus-on-speed/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>plans to make things</a> easier, scale faster and incorporate more private capital as partner to the department and small businesses.</p>
<p>Topolosky said the Army started its modifications back in September when it launched its <a href=”https://pit.army.mil/about/fuze/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>FUZE program</a> as a way to accelerate innovation inside the SBIR/STTR programs.</p>
<p>“This is a new high-level office that is like the plus one to all our program executive offices, which are now portfolio acquisition executives (PAEs). You have the PAEs focus on their commodities, the mission they're trying to solve and plan for fielding and scaling of technologies. The Pathway for Innovation and the Technologies (PIT) office is looking near term on what's coming out that we can get into the hands of soldiers, that we could get feedback on now to inform what the PAEs should be planning to scale for us in the future,†he said. “The Army recognized that the SBIR/STTR programs, the XTech prize program and several other innovation programs we have, were extremely powerful tools. But they weren't really focused on the whole of the Army.â€</p><style><![CDATA[
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<p>He said FUZE is focused on the things that the combatant commands and soldiers need in the field today.</p>
<p>“They've asked that we try to look at these topic areas that are coming in and make sure that there is a real Army end-user demand for this technology, and that it's something that we can put in their hands for feedback quickly,†Topolosky said. “So we're not talking about delivery of low-rate production prototypes. We're talking about, can we incorporate what we're investing in into an experimentation event into a demonstration? Can we get soldier feedback on this instead of waiting years out before the end user finally touches the product that we've been planning and building only to find out we're not going to use this thing? That's a big change, and that will change how we decide to invest SBIR dollars.â€</p>
<p>The Army <a href=”https://armysbir.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FY25-SBIR-STTR_Performance-Report.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>invested $414 million</a> in the SBIR/STTR programs in fiscal 2025 to 359 small firms.</p>
<figure id=”attachment_5920104″ aria-describedby=”caption-attachment-5920104″ style=”width: 400px” class=”wp-caption alignright”><img loading=”lazy” class=”wp-image-5920104″ src=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/army-sbir-chart-1-200×300.jpg” alt=”” width=”400″ height=”601″ srcset=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/army-sbir-chart-1-200×300.jpg 200w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/army-sbir-chart-1-323×485.jpg 323w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/army-sbir-chart-1-300×451.jpg 300w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/army-sbir-chart-1-80×120.jpg 80w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/army-sbir-chart-1-133×200.jpg 133w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/army-sbir-chart-1.jpg 442w” sizes=”(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px”/><figcaption id=”caption-attachment-5920104″ class=”wp-caption-text”>Source: Army SBIR/STTR 2025 impact report.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Topolosky said their focus is on areas where the commercial sector is investing heavily, where the private sector is rapidly developing technology for commercial applications, and areas where the service's labs may be behind. Important focus areas include everything from artificial intelligence to autonomy to sensors, especially those that work on the edge, and have to process large amounts of data.</p>
<p>“There are areas where the commercial sector has just been driving way ahead and that's where we want to focus our SBIR investments. We look for what we call dual use cases. If somebody comes to us with the technology that only the Army really needs, it's not a real best use of SBIR or STTR. We want to see that, if we're going to put in a little bit of money here, that these companies have very viable commercial use cases, paths to revenue, other investments coming in for this, that we're not the only bill payers,†he said. “We do a lot of analysis on the topics when they come in to make sure there are identified commercial use cases and where there's really significant investment patents being applied for in this space. That is before we'll say, ‘Yeah, that's a good topic.' We also take a look at how many U.S. small businesses actually do this kind of thing. That's really important too.â€</p>
<p>The two new topics the Army released in April are trying to solve challenges around radar equipment and battery life.</p>
<p>Topolosky said the Army has a lot of radar equipment on test ranges that are lower-cost and lighter-weight technologies so they can take that equipment from the test ranges and use it in the field.</p>
<p>“We have to use very expensive, active electrically scanned arrays right now to emulate different electromagnetic battlefield threats. So we're looking to replace some of that big, expensive equipment with very low-cost radars that use metamaterials,†he said. “We also have a topic out there to modernize our 60 batteries that are used in a number of ground platforms. Right now, there's a number of commercial solutions for these types of batteries, but the military platforms can't readily accept them, and if they do, they don't accept them smartly. We have what's called an open topic, which is a broader problem area around the use of plethora of 60 batteries in various platforms. How can we modernize the maintenance, the operation and sustainment of these battery solutions, but also give the platform developers and the PMs that have to manage them, greater flexibility and where they can source their 60 batteries?â€</p>
<p>The Army, like the rest of DoD, made more awards to small firms in 2025 than in 2024. Topolsky said the number of proposals coming in to the Army also has significantly increased over the last several years.</p><style><![CDATA[
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