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A -- PHILLIPS LABORATORY SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM POC Robert Hancock, (505) 846-4418 The FY98 DoD SBIR Solicitation is currently scheduled for publication on 1 Oct 97. Phillips Laboratory has submitted seventy-four (74) candidate topic abstracts plus five (5) backup topics to be considered for publication in the FY98 Solicitation. The candidate topics encompass a wide variety of technology requirements originating with our Advanced Weapons and Survivability, Geophysics, Lasers and Imaging, Propulsion, Space & Missiles Technology, and Space Experiments directorates. All 74 of the complete candidate topics, plus the five backup topics, with reference lists and corresponding technical points of contact, are currently available for review over the World Wide Web through the Phillips Laboratory "Home Page." The SBIR Program's home page may be accessed via web site www.plk.af.mil between 24 Jun 97 and 30 Sep 97. Topic authors or technical points of contact are available to provide information about their topic's origination and its requirements, and to clarify questions regarding the candidate topics. Technical representatives from most PL directorates will also be available at the Eleventh Annual Briefing for Industry, which will take place at the Albuquerque Holiday Inn Pyramid, 19-20 Aug 97. Should you have any questions about the PL SBIR Program in general, please call either Robert Hancock at (505) 846-4418 or Ms. Cynthia Sachs at (505) 846-6479. Either individual may be reached via telefax at (505) 846-5034. For contracting issues/questions contact F. Tapia (505)-846-5021. (0164)

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