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PROGRAMS
 Small business programs managed by the Department of Defense.
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program invests more than $1 billion annually in small business technology.
MPP
In the past five years, proteges participating in DoD’s Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) have been awarded more than $6.5 billion in contracts and subcontracts.
IIP
The Indian Incentive Program (IIP) helps Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises win subcontracts. 
RIF
The Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) program inserts promising and mature technologies with immediate application potential into programs of record.