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How Small American Businesses are Driving Defense Innovations - The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is a next-gen platform designed to transport the warfighter over rough terrain and in various combat situations throughout the modern battlefield. Thanks to collaboration between SBIR and small businesses, the JLTV was recently equipped with an innovative exhaust system.

Carlton Hagans stands in front of a Powerpoint presentation for conducting business with the Navy and Marine Corps. - 190404-N-EV253-0011 WILMINGTON, N.C. (April 4, 2019) Carlton Hagans, a program manager with Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs, leads a seminar at University of North Carolina Wilmington's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship during Wilmington Navy Week. The Navy Week program serves as the Navy's principal outreach effort in areas of the country without a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sara Eshleman/Released)

Large-scale exposition focuses on meeting the Corps’ future needs - Michael Poe (right), team lead for the Mobility/Counter Mobility program at Marine Corps Systems Command, and Kim Foster, MCSC’s strategic engagement and community relations lead, engage with guests at the command’s booth Sept. 19 at the Modern Day Marine Military Exposition, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Held Sept. 17–19, MDMME enabled industry to showcase inventions and explore the realm of possibilities with the Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

Marines assess small business innovations during weeklong evaluation - Marine Corps Systems Command’s Sgt. Maj. Robin Fortner speaks to Marines participating in the Small Business Innovation Research presentation on May 1, 2019, aboard at the Gruntworks Squad Integration Facility aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The SBIR program at MCSC hosted a Limited Military User Assessment and Engineering Technical Review, which allowed Marines to assess and provide feedback on promising SBIR prototype technologies during the five-day event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

Chief Hospital Corpsman Jared Anderson uses an Infrascanner to assess Master Gunnery Sgt. Maceo Mathis for intracranial hematomas--or bleeding within the skull--aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The Infrascanner is a portable, medical diagnostic device that provides early detection of intracranial hematomas in the field, potentially saving lives and improving casualty care and recovery. Infrascanners are available for medical personnel to use at battalion aid stations across the Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo) - Chief Hospital Corpsman Jared Anderson uses an Infrascanner to assess Master Gunnery Sgt. Maceo Mathis for intracranial hematomas--or bleeding within the skull--aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The Infrascanner is a portable, medical diagnostic device that provides early detection of intracranial hematomas in the field, potentially saving lives and improving casualty care and recovery. Infrascanners are available for medical personnel to use at battalion aid stations across the Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

Brig. Gen Joseph Shrader, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, looks over the Dry Super Absorbing Fabric, or DrySAF, during the Navy’s Forum for Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Transition May 16. MCSC’s SBIR/STTR program gives small businesses the opportunity to develop innovative advances in technologies to address Marine Corps needs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Barb Hamby) - Brig. Gen Joseph Shrader, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, looks over the Dry Super Absorbing Fabric, or DrySAF, during the Navy’s Forum for Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Transition May 16. MCSC’s SBIR/STTR program gives small businesses the opportunity to develop innovative advances in technologies to address Marine Corps needs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Barb Hamby)