During our visit to D.C., Solugen leadership had the honor of participating in a Congressional staff briefing on “Securing the Future of the U.S. Energetics Supply Chain” at the Rayburn House House Office Building.
The discussion centered on the pressing challenges and necessary actions to enhance the domestic production of critical energetic materials. It emphasized the strategic need to reduce reliance on foreign precursors, particularly from China, to safeguard national security and ensure a resilient supply chain for munition systems and rocket propulsion.
A special thanks to the Energetics Technology Center (ETC) for their collaboration in this important discussion. Together, we are driving forward innovative solutions and policy developments to secure our nation's defense capabilities.
Thanks to the Solugen team for including ETC in the discussion. Addressing energetics supply chain issues of critical importance to our country's defense.
The reality of conflicts around the world requires an all of country effort to take on the national and international security challenges we face with our allies. The opportunity to create the Naval Innovation Center (NIC) at the Naval Postgraduate School is an important piece of this puzzle as the many active-duty officers on campus are uniquely positioned to apply their operational experience to the opportunities and difficult problems the U.S. faces in cyber, autonomy, AI, space and many other realms. Further, the NIC provides the ideal situation for strategic corporate partnerships to grow beyond those that exist today with large companies like Qualcomm, RTX, Lockheed Martin, NVIDIA, Anduril, and Microsoft as well emerging firms like Saronic. The Naval Postgraduate School Foundation stands ready to support the outfitting of the NIC with the latest technologies and all that is required to create a high-quality research and collaboration center.
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In a recent National Defense Industrial Association - (NDIA) /
National Defense Magazine byline, University of Arizona’s Alex Craig argues that Congress must boost support for basic hypersonics research to achieve U.S. dominance in hypersonic technology.
The nation faces a shortage of skilled professionals, despite significant investment in hypersonics research and development. Increased congressional backing for basic research and the academic institutions that perform it are crucial to keeping pace with global powers. Read the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/ghv3jJnu
Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity at Utah’s Capital Hill today supporting the Five Strategic Industries, including Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI)
The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity is focused on five strategic, targeted industries that work together to diversify and enhance the state's economy. These five industries are advanced materials manufacturing, aerospace & defense, financial services, life sciences & healthcare, and software & IT.
Meet our incredible members! This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Wendy Evans from Lockheed Martin. Wendy discusses how DII has benefited their organization.
What is one way that you and your organization use DII?
We find the DII Members Connect and Best Practices Forum to be extremely valuable for success in our industry.
Check out the full spotlight at www.dii.org#DIICommunity#ethicsandcompliance
The Silverado Summit brought government and private sector leaders together to discuss topics such as “Fortifying the Defense Industrial Base: A View From Government And The Private Sector.” Jamil Jaffer of the National Security Institute (NSI) moderated the panel of experts: Nicoletta Giordani of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Ezra Hall of GlobalFoundries, and Stacy Hastings of US Strategic Metals. The conversation centered around how crucial economic security is from a national security perspective, with semiconductors and critical minerals being perfect examples of vital technologies needed to ensure national security.
🌟Spotlight Quote: We need to be very deliberate about which systems we use our capabilities for and our allied nations and friends to leverage their capabilities as well and partnership to secure this nation and our allies.”
Check out the panel here: https://lnkd.in/e-QrA3W2
In Utah - At 47G, we’re building the nation's premier ecosystem for aerospace, defense, and cyber companies. Our mission is to foster talent, fund entrepreneurship, and fuel innovation. Visit 47G.org.
Aaron Starks is the CEO & President of 47G, formerly known as the Utah Aerospace & Defense Association. The organization's mission is to build the word's premiere ecosystem for aerospace and defense companies, and they're doing just that. 47G has hundreds of members in and out of Utah that are making waves in not only the aerospace and defense industries, but in Utah's economy.
Some of the biggest players in the industry call Utah home:
- Boeing manufactures 80% of its 87 cockpits in West Jordan, Utah
- Utah is Delta's fastest growing hub in the United States and just made a historic investment in expanding their Utah pilot operations facility
- Northrop Grumman facilitated $1 trillion of transactions on the ICBM program alone
Plus Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Hill AFB, NSA, and 800+ small to mid-market aerospace and defense companies, academic institutions, and more, are foundational to Utah's aerospace market. Many of these organizations are manufacturers with defense contracts building highly technical products.
47G is leading the charge to convene both large and small players and advocate for their futures and overall success.
In this episode you will learn:
- What Project Alta is and how it will make the '60s cartoon The Jetsons come to life in Utah in the next decade
- What products are being made for aerospace in Utah
- How 47G helps small businesses work with the Boeings of the industry
- Why there is a decrease in successful aerospace entrepreneurs and what 47G is doing to change that
- How Hill AFB plays a critical role in Utah's economy
- How the Space Dynamic Lab in Logan, Utah outshines NASA in some areas
- How we're attracting companies to Utah to further strengthen the economy
iMpact Utah and 47G have some exciting collaborations coming up. Stay tuned! https://lnkd.in/gjt_4-NJ
Chief Executive Officer at Energetics Technology Center
2moThanks to the Solugen team for including ETC in the discussion. Addressing energetics supply chain issues of critical importance to our country's defense.