Brad Bunn, Defense Logistics Agency vice director, and Roxanne Banks, former DLA deputy director of acquisition, congratulate the winners of the 2022 Small Business Innovation Research Program pitch event during last year’s DLA Research and Development Industry Collider Day Sept. 8, 2022. $1 million in contracts were granted to eight small businesses. DLA will again award R&D funding to small businesses that meet requirements for strategic materials and green initiatives at this year’s ICD event on Sept. 11, 2023.