Vision & Ignite
VISION
The Virtual Innovation Support Integration Operations Network (VISION) is the CAC-enabled one-stop shop for managing innovation in the Department of Defense. It helps government users easily develop ideas, build teams, track progress, and bring projects to life.
IGNITE
IGNITE is a market research tool that integrates directly with VISION. It creates an intuitive, user-friendly environment for government users and small businesses to connect. In IGNITE, you will find thousands of pre-vetted SBIR/STTR awardees with searchable technologies that are relevant to your organization’s problem sets.
Vision
For Government Users
- Manage – Track initiatives, manage projects, accomplish tasks, and coordinate teams to enhance portfolios and support progress.
- Collaborate – Engage through user search, chats, and resource networks, connecting relevant use cases and boosting innovative teamwork.
- Explore – Search technology areas, conduct market research, and identify similarities to discover new opportunities and strategic initiatives.
- Implement – Advance projects with automated matching, dynamic processes, return analysis, and by addressing milestones and blockers for optimal progress.
Ignite
For Government Users
- Search companies and filter by technologies of interest, such as ‘aerial refueling’, ‘deep learning’, and many others.
- Control the pace of communication by pausing chats or disconnecting with companies as needed.
- Find customized information from claimed company accounts to better understand their capabilities and product offerings.
- Connect with companies that have relevant technologies at a preferred time without sharing personal contact information.
For Small Business Users
- Reach out to government users to gather feedback and conduct user discovery and beta testing.
- Customize the company storefront to communicate existing capabilities, products, use cases, and services to government users.
- Customize the company storefront to communicate existing capabilities, products, use cases, and services to government users.
Our Greatest Resource
We believe our Airmen and Guardian’s freedom to think, collaborate, innovate and act is our greatest resource. If you are an innovator looking to share your existing projects, search for other ongoing projects across the ecosystem and collaborate, then look no further!