I can speak from experience by saying that SBIR awards/contracts can be an extremely effective way to develop commercial product technology while also satisfying the requirements of the SBIR customer. It just takes a good engineering approach to make this feasible.
And SBIR mills have been around forever. They usually have the inside track by writing the requirements (as white papers) for COTR's that then end up in the book a year later--sometimes without changing a word!
And SBIR mills have been around forever. They usually have the inside track by writing the requirements (as white papers) for COTR's that then end up in the book a year later--sometimes without changing a word!