Posted May 26, 2015

 

RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Federal Advanced Technologies Review (NCFATR) will take place at the McKimmon Center here next week, June 2-3.

 

The NCFATR, co-hosted by Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Thom Tillis, the North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC), the UNC System, the Institute for Defense and Business and the N.C. Military Foundation, focuses on North Carolina companies developing new technologies or selling current technology products, and those interested in future federal and DoD requirements for new technologies in all sectors. 

 

Why should you attend, exhibit or sponsor? Here are a few reasons:

 

• At least 16 Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, other federal agencies and major military commands will participate with more than 50 technology buyers. Meeting these agencies individually around the US – if possible – would take months or years;

• The acting executive director for Technology for the Army will attend and speak;

• Senior Executive Service and other officials from many of the major DoD R&D agencies will attend, including the Office of Naval Research, Army Research Lab, Army Research Office, Army Materiel Command and Army Research, Development and Engineering Command;

• All DoD and federal agencies attending will announce their technology requirements, needs and programs in agency sessions;

• Businesses can meet one-on-one with all DoD and federal agency representatives in informal sessions;

• Businesses can learn about latest technology developments in their industries, network with industry and university technology developers and build relationships for future contracts;

• Businesses can exhibit, showcase and discuss their current products and services with more than 55 military and government attendees; and

• Businesses can meet N.C. resources available to help them compete for, win and successfully execute government technology contracts.

 

DoD, federal agency and military representatives who will participate include:

 

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA);

• Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT));

• U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC);

• U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM);

• U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL);

• U.S. Army Research Office (ARO);

• U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC);

• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases;

• Office of Naval Research (ONR);

• Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O);

• US Coast Guard R&D Center;

• XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg;

• U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC);

• Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC);

• II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF);

• Seymour Johnson Air Force Base; and

• Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

 

All businesses in North Carolina are invited to participate, showcase or discuss their products and services with government attendees. NCFATR panel sessions will focus on the following seven technology sectors – but businesses from all industry sectors will benefit from the NCFATR:

 

• Advanced Manufacturing and Materials;

• Soldier Systems and Operational (deployable) Energy;

• Ground Vehicles, Unmanned Systems and Robotics;

• Biotechnologies and Biodefense;

• Medical Technologies;

• Cyber Security, Software and Advanced IT Systems;

• Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Surveillance (C4ISR); and

• Hardware Systems

 

Limited sponsorships, exhibit spaces and attendee slots for the NCFATR are still available. To register, exhibit or sponsor the NCFATR, or for more information, click here.