The U.S. Air Force is looking to tap the expertise of tech companies, and a pair of Maryland cybersecurity startups are among those who received funding at a pitch day held by the armed forces branch last week.
At the Nov. 13 to 14 event in Dayton, Ohio, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) awarded $1 millioncontracts to Fulton-based ReFirm Labs and Columbia-based Enveil.
In all, the AFLCMC awarded $15 million at the event, the Dayton Daily News reported. Modeled on investor pitch days in the commercial world, the Air Force is holding the events to connect with businesses and speed up the process of working with them. In doing so, it draws on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a way that the government supports R&D in its own areas of interest through private companies.
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