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POSITION YOURSELF…

POSITION YOURSELF…. Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor May 12, 2011 David R. Craig, Harford County Executive James C. Richardson, Director, Office of Economic Development. Discussion Topics. Cyber Maryland - Fact or Fiction APG Maryland - the New Research Triangle

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POSITION YOURSELF…

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  1. POSITION YOURSELF… Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor May 12, 2011 David R. Craig, Harford County Executive James C. Richardson, Director, Office of Economic Development

  2. Discussion Topics Cyber Maryland - Fact or Fiction • APG • Maryland - the New Research Triangle • SWOT Analysis - Maryland, Austin, Silicon Valley

  3. APG Maryland’s Newest Economic Powerhouse

  4. Maryland’s Economic Engines Aberdeen Proving Ground Number of Employees in Maryland

  5. Pre-BRAC 17 Defense Contractors Old APG

  6. New APG 57NEW Defense Contractors Moved to Harford County AASKI ACE Electronics ACET Alion Science Avon Protection Blackhawk Management Corp. BRTRC Boeing Co. Bowhead Technical CACI Cape Fox CGI Federal Defense Contract Mgmt Agency DSA Environics USA, Inc. Engineering Solutions Products, ESP Envision EOIR Technologies EPS Future Skies GDIT General Dynamics C4 Sys Global Galaxy Harris Corporation Hotfoot Mgmt Systems Janus Research Group, Inc. JRAD, Inc. Lear Siegler/URS MacB Enterprise Melvin May Associates MITRE Corporation Modus Operandi MSA Netcentric Next Gen Noblis Northrop Grumman ORISE OSI Guidance Systems Potomac Fusion QinetQ R4 Technologies RSC2 Sabre Systems, Inc. Shonborn-Becker Systems SRC STG Symbolic Syracuse Research Center Systek Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Telos Tiburon U.S. Falcon TRAX VetTCorp WYLE

  7. Marylandof Cyber Security Maryland: The Epicenter of Cyber Security APG Ft. Detrick Ft.Meade The New Research Triangle PAX River

  8. What’s Planned Maryland: The Epicenter of Cyber Security

  9. ENIAC Origins Jean Jennings Bartik (left) and Frances Bilas Spence (right) preparing for the public unveiling of ENIAC. (US Army Photo) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND The Birth of Cyber

  10. ENIAC Origins • Requested by the Army’s Ballistics Research Laboratory in 1943 to calculate artillery firing tables • Engineered at The Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania at a cost of $500,000 • Arrived at APG January 1947, operational Aug 1947 • Weighed 30 tons and housed in a 30’x50’ room • Used at Los Alamos for computations for the Hydrogen Bomb • Additional uses: Weapons trajectories, weather prediction, cosmic-ray studies, thermal ignition, random number studies and wind-tunnel design

  11. Emerging Technology • Management & Administrative • Data Translation & Processing • Training • Acquisition Support/Training • Business Process Re-engineering • Wargaming • Engineering • Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal and Demilitarization Support • Program Analysis & Integration • Chemical Weapons, Munitions, Storage Integrity and Safety Engineering • Information Technologies • Environmental • Assessments, Impact Statements, Facility Inspections

  12. Emerging Technology • Value Added Solutions to DoD, Transportation and Homeland Security including: • Weapon Systems Acquisition Management • Systems Engineering Support, Analysis & Design • Systems Integration • Strategic Planning • Program Management • Supply & Logistics Support • IT Services & Support

  13. Emerging Technology • Design & Manufacturer of: • Masks • Respirators • Escape Hoods • including the EH20 CBRN Emergency Hood which is a single use compact hood providing 20 minutes of protection to secure and evacuate a contaminated area • Customers: Military, DoD, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement

  14. Emerging Technology • Robotic Design, Materials Science, Machine Learning, Perception, Controls & Mechanical Design • MRI Goal is to further Bio-inspired, micro-scale robotics systems with near-autonomous ground and air mobility • Provides Support to: • Government Institutions & Programs • Academic Universities • Commercial Enterprises

  15. SWOT Analysis Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats • Everybody is jumping on Cyber - how do we get the companies and the jobs • Do we have the creative culture to attract these jobs/people

  16. Northeast vs. California San Francisco to San Diego 502 Miles Washington, D.C. to Boston 442 Miles Data Source: Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore

  17. Top US IT MarketsLarge IT Employment and High Concentration San Fran-San Jose (Silicon Valley) IT Workers: 193,140 Concentration: 2.08 Washington-Baltimore (Silicon Bay) IT Workers: 269,770 Concentration: 2.39 “Every prominent firm is here. The list is very complete.” Jim Micek Lockheed Martin Data Source: Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore

  18. IT Employment #2 in Total IT Employment #1 in IT Concentration Data Source: Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore using Bureau of Labor Statistics

  19. SWOT Analysis • Strengths • Washington D.C. • APG • C4ISR • ARL • Ft. Meade • Cyber Command • DISA • Ft. Detrick • Pax River • Adelphi • Andrews

  20. SWOT Analysis • Weaknesses • Climate • North East vs. South & South West • Cultural Amenities in Suburban Areas • Increased Competition for Workforce • Entrepreneurial Activity • Commercialization from Federal Labs & Universities • Capitalization (Invest Maryland = Opportunity) • Taxes • Transportation

  21. SWOT Analysis • Opportunities • Growth of Per Capita Income • Raw Land • Skilled Workforce • Geographical Location • Washington/Boston Corridor is not prone to earthquakes, fires, drought or hurricanes • Corporate Expansion and New Companies • Growth of Higher Education • Additional Residential Growth • Expansion of Cultural Amenities & Recreation

  22. SWOT Analysis • Threats • Infrastructure • University Outreach/Response • Political “Buy-In” • Funding • Taxes – California/Texas • The Creative Culture

  23. Opportunities For Maryland’s Businesses Maryland’s businesses have an opportunity to be part of significant R&D contracts with the recent move of C4ISR activities. Examples: • FY 2011-15 C4ISR Materiel Enterprise • Projected $27.2 B • FY 2011 Foreign Military Sales: • Projected $1.65 B • APG WILL HAVE AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $20 BILLION

  24. Harford County Chamber of Commerce Professional Area Network (PAN) Keeps a coordinated calendar Army Alliance, Inc. Association of U.S. Army (AUSA) The Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association (AFCEA) Northeastern Maryland Technology Council (NMTC) International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA) Industrial Reps Association (IRA) Women in Defense (WID) Network, Network, Network

  25. Position Yourself… For Opportunity Harford County Love It!

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