In this episode, we sit down with Chris Shaheen, a Contracting Officer at Air Force Material Command. Chris talks about the duties and responsibilities of his position as well as roadblocks faced by an Airforce contracting/acquisition specialist. He discusses Small Business Innovation Research (SBIRs) and the plethora of systems and tools that exist for different organizations to fund innovation.

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