Kim Hayes

"The Open Announcement will significantly accelerate the timeline to project award, which will bring critical capabilities to the industrial base faster. This effort also supports the critical Supply Chain Resiliency Focus Areas identified as part of President Biden's Executive Order 14017, On America's Supply Chains." "'This Open Announcement will solicit new ideas for research or prototype project solutions that will benefit our industrial base,' said Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (ASD(IBP))." It addresses the following critical sectors and areas of interest: **Strategic and Critical Materials **Kinetic Capabilities **Energy Storage and Batteries **Castings and Forgings **Microelectronics **Workforce Development **Small Unmanned Aerial Systems **Submarine Industrial Base **Space Industrial Base **Emerging Manufacturing Technology Visit the open call to see if you may be interested in submitting your white paper by September 2024. #opencall #solicitation #submarinesupplychain #defenseindustrialbase #dib #sib #workforcedevelopment #castingsandforgings

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Session Focus: Small Business Programs/Support at Defense Industrial Supply Chain (DISC) Summit (October 29-30, Charlotte, NC) Department of Defense Small Business Programs, Support and Outreach. This session features speakers from DoD agencies and industrial activities who are dedicated to supporting small business engagement in the federal market.  Speakers will address agency requirements, forecasts, goals, outreach efforts, workshops, webinars and other activities to engage small businesses and foster collaboration with their acquisition teams.  This session will empower small businesses with the knowledge, tools and support required to engage and ultimately thrive in the defense industrial supply chain. Presenters include: Defense Logistics Agency, Aviation; Defense Logistics Agency, Land and Maritime, Marine Corps Installations East, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division and more. Defense Logistics Agency Operations and Acquisition Processes. This session provides an in-depth focus on acquisition processes of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime.  Speakers will address their agencies’ procurement strategies, acquisition workflows, software platform utilization, supplier and small business engagement and contract management and technology implementation activities to enhance supply chain resilience and sustain the defense industrial base.   These resources include the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS), DLA Collaboration Folders (cFolders), Supplier Requirements Visibility Application (SRVA), Post Award Requests (PARs), Joint Certification Program (JCP), Source Approval Requests (SARs) and Replenishment Parts Purchase or Borrow Program (RPPOB). Presenters include: Defense Logistics Agency, Aviation; Defense Logistics Agency, Land and Maritime For more information or to register, visit: https://lnkd.in/eQDX9wuT

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