The Navy has an urgent need to modernize its existing research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) infrastructure to keep pace with the growing complexity of its aircraft, weapons, and sensors and the increased demand for these unique assets.  For example, the existing anechoic chamber located at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) in Patuxent River, Maryland, is vital to the development of Navy and Joint aviation systems.  Given capacity constraints, the chamber is booked around the clock, seven days a week, for the next 5 years.  This bottleneck and backlog seriously impact the Navy’s ability to rapidly field and deploy new warfighting capabilities needed to counter threats from current and future near-peer actors.  There is not sufficient Government-only funding available to add chamber capacity and the traditional acquisition process takes far too long.   Therefore, NAWCAD is leveraging its OTA with NASC to prototype an innovative Public/Private approach and resource strategy to deliver a Contractor Owned Government Operated anechoic chamber at the speed of business.

This in-person event is open to all NASC members, interested commercial facilities engineering and construction companies, financial institutions, state, and regional economic development entities, and the private equity community to provide the Navy with a robust forum to present its technical requirements for the chamber and the associated lifecycle business case.  This event also serves as a platform for collaboration between industry, potential project investors, and the Navy.

DATE:

February 28, 2024

AGENDA:

08:30 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 11:30 Government Briefings

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 16:30 One-on-one Sessions
16:30 – 18:30 Networking Reception

LOCATION:

University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland
SMART Building 3
44219 Airport Road
California, MD 20619

RESERVE YOUR SPOT:

Registration has closed for this event.

For questions, please reach out to: Kimberly Blancuzzi / kblancuzzi@cmgcorp.org