Please welcome NIDIA’s new Chairman, Col. David Augustine Effective October 20, 2014, Retired Col. David Augustine will act as the new Chairmain for the Northeastern Indiana Defense Industry Association. At the combined Northeast Indiana Industry Association (NIDIA) and Fort Wayne Base Community Council (BCC) luncheon, Mr. Scott Maddox, the Treasurer for NIDIA announced that the Executive Board, under the leadership of Mr. Jeff Uhey, has selected Col. David Augustine (ret) as the new Chairman effective Oct 20th, 2014. Jeff Uhey quoted “Col Augustine is the right leader, at the right time and the right place to take NIDIA to new...
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Mark Cooper, Director, U.S. Department of Commerce/International Trade Administration presented at the NIDIA Steering Committee meeting, held at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center on June 19th, 2014. Please find useful resources in the links below: Aerospace Team’s Website Aerospace Resource Guide
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AM General is seeking diversity-owned businesses to support the next phase of the U.S. Army JLTV program. If you are a diversity-owned business with capabilities in these areas: Electrical (wire harness and/or cables) Stampings/Metal Fabrication Castings Springs Armor Paint/Coatings/Finishing and are interested in pursuing business with AM General, please contact: Rich Murphy Program Manager, Conexus Indiana Supplier INsight 111 Monument Circle, Suite 1800 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Office 317.532.4779 Cell 317.796.4390 www.conexusindiana.com
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NIDIA Members, Thank you for attending the Spring 2014 All-Member meeting on May 16th at IPFW. It was a huge success with excellent speakers, networking, attendance and over-all energetic atmosphere! A special thank-you to Gil Perry of the Fort Wayne office of the Indiana PTAC for organizing the event and scheduling the Lt. Governor, Sue Elspermann as the Keynote speaker, to Sean Ryan, Director of University Engagement for scheduling Brooke Pyne, the NSWC Crane Manager of the SBIR/STTR programs and Reggie Joslin, the Manager of NSWC Crane Small Business Programs, and to John Sampson, President of the Northeast Indiana Regional...
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Northeast Indiana Regional Economic Development presentation from Brook Steed of Indiana Economic Development Corporation, Director of the Northeast Region.
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SBIR 14.1 Solicitation is open for proposal submission The DoD SBIR 14.1 solicitation is open for proposal submission from December 20, 2013 through 6 a.m. ET January 22, 2014. For SBIR 14.1 the Army, Navy, Air Force, CBD, DARPA, DHP, OSD, and SOCOM invite small businesses to submit proposals under this solicitation. The solicitation contains detailed information on the parameters of the SBIR/STTR programs and how to submit a proposal. Topics are available at http://www.dodsbir.net/solicitation and http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations, and can be searched by going to http://www.dodsbir.com/Topics. Proposal Submission Proposals must be submitted via the DoD SBIR/STTR Submission website at http://www.dodsbir.net/submission following...
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For the first time during the AUSA Annual Meeting there was a Small Business Forum dedicated specifically to providing a series of educational and networking sessions to help increase the knowledge base of the small business community on how to successfully do business with the Army as well as large Army prime contractors. The 2013 AUSA Annual Meeting was 21 – 23 October at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. The Small Business Forum was be hosted by the Army Office of Small Business Programs. The following links are presentations given by the members of DOD Office of...
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Click here to download the Bloomberg Defense Procurement Forecast for 2014
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Battery Innovation Center, a Public – Private Partnership for Energy System Development. The following link is a link to a presentation by MSWC Crane in October 2013.
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NIDIA Members, Northeast Indiana businesses and supporting organizations – Please see below for a recently issued Broad Agency Announcement through the Naval Research Laboratory. White papers are being accepted in a number of topics – details are on the second link below. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) invites proposals for the NRL Broad Area Announcement to support Basic and Applied Research for the Navy in 84 Scientific and Technical Areas. Multiple awards are anticipated. Eligibility is unrestricted domestically. Proposals will be accepted on a continuing basis until Jul 7, 2014. More information regarding BAA-N00173-03 is available at: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/ONR/N00173/BAA-N00173-03/listing.html. NRL: http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/baa/index03.html...
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