INTRODUCTION Responsibility for the implementation, administration, and management of the Department of the Navy (DON) SBIR Program is with the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Director of the DON SBIR Program is Mr. Robert Smith, robert.l.smith6@navy.mil. For program and administrative questions, please contact the Program Managers listed in Table 1; do not contact them for technical questions. For technical questions about the topic, contact the Topic Authors listed for each topic during the period 26 August 2016 through 25 September 2016.Beginning 26 September 2016, the SBIR/STTR Interactive Technical Information System (SITIS) (https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/) listed in Section 4.15.d of the DoD SBIR Program Announcement must be used for any technical inquiry. For inquiries or problems with electronic submission, contact the DoD SBIR/STTR Help Desk at 1-800-348-0787 (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET).
