San Diego DEFCOMM

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• www.sddefcomm.com
• 619-334-8800
• 1985 Gillespie Way
• El Cajon, CA 92020

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San Diego DEFCOMM
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Software Engineering

• San Diego DEFCOMM is headquartered in the
  remarkable Software Engineering Center in El
  Cajon.
• 28,640 square foot facility is state-of-the-art
  communications facility housing capability for
  130 engineers, technicians and managers.

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Business Relationships

• San Diego DEFCOMM establishes a
  business-to-business relationship with selected
  companies to help them become
• more competitive by enabling them to offer new or
  existing customers a much broader range of
  products and services,
• increase revenues,
• expand geographic reach,
• create new ways to differentiate themselves,
• member to member business network

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Mission

• Promote the growth and global competitiveness of
  the San Diego Defense and space Technology
  industry by creating innovative alliances between
  industry, government, and academia.

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Consortium Goals

• Help small and mid-sized technology companies
  gain access to large Department of Defense
  research and development contracts through the
  creation of multi-company, integrated product
  teams.

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Consortium Goals

• Deliver superior value and innovation to
  Department of Defense program sponsors by
  leveraging the combined resources of industry,
  government and academia.

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Consortium Goals

• Ensure continued public awareness of the defense
  and space industrys contribution to the San
  Diego regional economy through an effective
  public policy, advocacy program at the local,
  state and federal level.

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Consortium Goals

• Maintain and enhance the regions standing as a
  global center of technology excellence through
  collaboration with other San Diego technology
  clusters.

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• Conceptual phase of the Consortium began quietly
  in 1997.
• Several local technology companies joined forces
  to capture increased market share in the
  satellite communications arena.

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• Resulted in a world-class technology facility
  housing a 150 million project.
• A non-profit corporation that advances the
  business needs of the local defense and space
  technology industry immerged.

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• The Consortium is designed to respond to the
  transforming needs of Department of Defense.
• The Consortium is also designed around companies
  that want to help each other achieve greater
  success.
• If you want to succeed make sure everyone around
  you succeeds too!

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• Armed services must be provided with modern, high
  performance weapons and defense systems in
• less time
• lower cost
• with higher performance than ever before.

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• The Consortium is able to deliver superior value
  to Department of Defense program sponsors.
• Tapping into the agility and innovation of
  commercial technology companies
• Large Small
• Forming integrated product teams

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• Strong focus on improving opportunities for San
  Diego defense and space companies.
• Providing advocacy services for the specific
  needs of the San Diego defense and space
  technology industry is a key role of the
  Consortium.

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• Working collaboratively with a vast network of
  public agencies and partner organizations, the
  Consortium becomes a voice for critical decisions
  relating to local legislation and public policy
  decisions before they are made.

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• Under the Consortiums umbrella virtual
  corporations are structured from the combined
  resources of small and mid-sized companies
  teaming with larger corporations and universities
  to compete for and win major defense and federal
  research and development contracts.

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San Diego DEFCOMM

• The Consortium is at the forefront of local
  workforce development reform through its
  leadership role in regional efforts aimed at
  bringing the educational system, K-12 through
  community colleges and universities, into better
  alignment with the needs of industry.

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Engineering Production Board (EPB)

• Facilitate efforts to penetrate the public and
  private sector
• Provide technical and management support
• Collect and disseminate information regarding
  business opportunities and new projects.
• The EPB serves as the resource-sharing center
  for the active members which in turn allows them
  to offer an array of products and services to the
  end client.

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Engineering Pipe-Line Projects

• Biological Homeland Security
• Problem solved - Detect, mitigate and respond to
  biological-related incidents through enhanced
  biological detection capabilities and fusion of
  medical surveillance systems, wide-area
  environmental sensors and communication systems
  integration. For example Medical Surveillance
  with the ability to monitor the advent of disease
  symptoms within a population base prior to onset
  of severe symptoms.
• Project Lead CSC Steve Mroczek and Judi Graham
  (East Coast Tim Sheahan)
• Brief Overview The Chemical biological urban
  monitoring system will have three parts
  situational awareness, incident analysis, and
  problem remediation.

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Engineering Pipe-Line Projects

• ECEDC/CSA Cross Industry High Technology
  Resource
• Problem Solved Improving Military environment
  and todays homeland security arena, with
  understanding that space technology is a critical
  component. Provide real time information to
  government and private sector contractors for
  Californias statewide high technology companies
  as well as their suppliers.
• Project Lead East County EDC Deanna Weeks

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Engineering Pipe-Line Projects

• ECEDC/CSA California Space Authority recent
  study confirms
• California accounts for 50 of national space
  revenues and jobs
• California accounts for 80 of national satellite
  manufacturing
• California accounts for 40 of national ground
  equipment manufacturing.
• Project Lead East County EDC Deanna Weeks

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Engineering Pipe-Line Projects

• FxView
• Problem Solved Collaboration-based FxView would
  allow many new capabilities previously not
  possible with the older hardware and operating
  system. FxView allows Field handheld device to
  take the control center to the field
  environment.
• Project Lead GeoDyn Lynnea Greip

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Engineering Pipe-Line Projects

• Marine Corp- NMCI Transition Strategy Project
• Problem Solved The Navy Marine Corp having
  difficulty in implementing new Navy/Marine Corps
  Internet Application.
• Project Lead Marlin Alliance, Inc.

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Engineering Pipe-Line Projects

• TACOM Tank and Automotive Armaments Command
• Problem Solved Non gasoline and oil dependant
  environmentally sensible alternative that can
  reduce air pollution and counter the threat of
  global warming. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Propulsion
  Technologies produce no harmful emissions. Water
  is the only by-product produced when hydrogen
  fuel is used to power a vehicle.
• Project Lead ISE Research Michael Simon.

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Engineering Projects

• Joint Integrated SATCOM Technology (JIST)
• Project Overview Each primary Military Satellite
  Communications constellation has unique planning
  and management systems developed by different
  contractors with different requirements, system
  architectures and responsibilities. JIST
  Integrates Automates these disparate systems,
  providing integrated communications planning
  management, control, and development. JIST also
  provides a situational awareness planning tool.
• Project Lead Predicate Logic, Inc Dave
  Jones/Lillian Maestas

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Academia

• The Vector Project
• Rocket Design, Build, Launch
• High School Juniors and Seniors
• Panel of Judges from industry, academia and
  community
• Provide reinforcement for math, science,
  teambuilding.
• Grand prize, media recognition, DEFCOMM award
  dinner

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Benefits

• Consider these key benefits of joining
• San Diego DEFCOMM
• Presence in the Washington, DC.,Sacramento and
  Locally
• Expand Capabilities by Leveraging Other Members
  Strengths
• Pull Teams together to target large jobs and
  contracts
• Access To MAJOR Contracting Vehicles such as
  GSA Schedules to IT Contracts.

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Benefits

• Bid and Proposal Development Support
• Expand Customer Base
• Increase Revenue Stream
• Expand Target Market
• Share Resources
• Decrease Costs
• Network w/Industry Peers
• Large Company Program Management, Security
  Contract Infrastructure w/out Start-up Investment
  Costs

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Benefits

• Add Creditability
• Become More Competitive
• Exclusive Participation on Consortium projects
• Participation in the Engineering Production Board

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Congressional Endorsements

• Sustaining the nations military readiness
  requires new business models than can harness the
  power of technology better, faster and cheaper.
  San Diego DEFCOMM can deliver superior results
  while opening the door to new opportunity for the
  San Diego defense and space industry.
• The Honorable Duncan Hunter
• Member, United States Congress

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Congressional Endorsements

• It is my understanding that the engineering and
  production capabilities that hybrid drive systems
  offer are exceptional benefits to vehicles, such
  as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that
  requires extensive power even when the vehicle is
  not moving.
• Susan A. Davis
• Member, United States Congress

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Regional Endorsement

• I am in support of a joint effort though San
  Diego DEFCOMM proposing a situational awareness
  application that has the potential for providing
  local law enforcement and public safety personnel
  with a new tool to share various types of
  information with other agencies.
• Diane Jacob
• Supervisor, Second District