Title: Defense Logistics Agency
1An Opportunity for San Antonio
2The Bottom Line!
The Team
The entire DSC/NSTC/SATAI/DTC relationship is
designed as a Defense Business Technology
Incubator for the Greater San Antonio business
community.
3NATIONAL SUSTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER
- NSTC is the executing arm of the Defense
Sustainment Consortium - Industry based consortium of defense contractors,
Government - sponsors, and academia
- NSTC Supports
- Chairman, Joint Council on Aging Aircraft
- Responsible for the Sustainment of all DoD Weapon
Systems - Head, NAVAIR Aging Aircraft Integrated Product
Team - Located in Paxtuxent River MD
- NSTC Goals
- Fully Integrate San Antonio Companies into the
National - Sustainment Industry
- Bridge Gap between Research Application of New
Emerging - Technologies
- Identify Execute Technology Transfer
Opportunities -
4DSC Site http//dsc.aticorp.org
5Why San Antonio?
The San Antonio, Texas area offers many
advantages
- Strong support of business and technology
development - Established organizations in place (SATAI
Network, DTI, DTC, NSACoC) - Highly trained work force
- KellyUSA and Brooks City Base
- DSC members have presence (Boeing, ARINC)
- Strong political support
- City, County, and Federal
- Centrally located
6Community Connection
- DSC will fund seed projects locally, worth
approximately 100K - 500K each - Short Fuse, quick turnaround.
- Leveraged from existing DoD funding from
Government Sponsor(s). - Some of the seed projects will be transitioned
into a pilot to prove out the technology and
concept in a real-world environment. - Annually, 2-4 of the pilots become fully funded
Government projects of the Agencys annual
budget.
7Project Criteria
- Replicable (can be used on other systems)
- Improve Efficiency Reduce Costs
- Benefit the Warfighter
- Jets, Tanks, Ships, and Missiles
8CURRENT STATUS
- Received FY05 FY06 congressional add for center
operations - Gained NAVAIR support to establish NSTC.
- Ribbon cutting was held in May 2005 with Judge
Nelson Wolff presiding and support from COSA
Economic Development Department - Current JCAA Projects
- Cost of Aging
- Aviation Qualified Electronic Components (AQEC)
- Transparencies/Sealants
- Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Kits
- General Series Publications
- Non-Destructive Inspection
- FY08 Aging Aircraft Conference will be held in
San Antonio - Week long conference will bring over 1800
Government and industry representatives - Serve as a magnet to bring new companies to San
Antonio - Data Archive Center
- Joint Coalition Management Modernization System
9The Big Picture Three Parts
CASH
REQUIREMENT
CAPABILITY
10Defense Technology Cluster
- The purpose of the SATAI sponsored DTC is to
accelerate the growth and success of existing
Defense Technology firms, and to support the
growth of new Defense Technology firms in the San
Antonio region.
A Division of
Attorneys at Law
11What is it?
- The Defense Technology Cluster serves as the
primary source for leveraging information, assets
and resources to provide solutions for Department
of Defense, Homeland Security, and other defense
related requirements and for facilitating the
transfer of those solutions to the commercial
markets.
12Interaction Scenario
DTC
13Relationships
Mr. Bob Ernst
Mr. Dale Karaker
Mr. Tony Vaticalos
Mr. Scott Gray
Mr. Steve Waters
Hon. Nelson Wolff
14U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (center) worked
with Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff (left), Vice
Chair of SATAI Network and Bob Sanchez during
negotiations with the Navy and Defense
Sustainment Consortium that led to the National
Sustainment Technology Center being located in
San Antonio.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Opening of the
National Sustainment Technology Center in San
Antonio, Texas. In attendance were Judge Nelson
Wolff, Mr. Bob Ernst, Chairman JCAA, Tony
Vaticalos, NSTC Director, Bob Sanchez, Chairman
and COO of Frontline Systems and DSC Board
Member, Nancy Kudla, CEO of dNovus RDI and Scott
Gray, Defense Technology Cluster Chairman.
Pictured (Above left to right) Dale Karraker,
Executive Director, Defense Sustainment
Consortium, Scott Gray, Chairman of the SATAI
Defense Technology Cluster, Steve Waters, 2006
President of the North San Antonio Chamber of
Commerce, Bob Ernst, Chairman of the Joint
Council on Aging Aircraft and head of the Naval
Air Systems Command Aging Aircraft IPT, Tony
Vaticalos, NSTC Director, Judge Nelson Wolff,
Vice Chairman of the SATAI Network, Bob Sanchez,
Chairman and COO of Frontline Systems and DSC
Board Member.
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16Mr. Tony Vaticalos National Sustainment
Technology Center Office (210)
497-7304 Cell (210) 861-2583 Cell E-mail agv_at_tib
uronassociates.com DSC Site http//dsc.aticorp.or
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Mr. Scott Gray Defense Technology Cluster
Office (210) 477-5361 Cell (210) 326-7268
Cell E-mail Sgray_at_onboard-software.com DTC
Site www.onboard-software.com