“Opportunity for Local A&D Companies to Benefit from New DoD Grant Program”
San Diego Chapter meeting on January 23
Propel San Diego is a grant initiative from the DOD’s Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) designed to provide strategic and sustainable assistance to firms in San Diego who sell products and services to DoD.
The purpose is to develop a resilient defense supply chain that can stabilize despite changing budget, regional economic, and DoD readiness priorities and increase economic resiliency by mapping the ecosystem, leveraging existing tools to support businesses, promoting commercial diversification strategies, and increasing company to company connectivity to drive new partnerships.
As part of this project the San Diego Regional EDC conducted their largest survey report ever to learn about specific challenges and issues impacting defense companies in San Diego County. The results of that research shed light on the character of the firms operating in San Diego as well as opportunities for the region to shore up local supply chain issues and potential capture more defense spending.
Please join us on Tuesday, January 23 (networking: 5:30-6:15pm, meeting: 6:15-7:45pm PST), when Jesse Gipe (Manager, Economic Development, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC)) and Leanne Anderson (Program Manager, San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC)) will present and answer questions about Propel San Diego and the recent EDC defense company survey.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Find out more about Propel San Diego and how you might benefit from this grant program
• Gain insights into the local defense community from recent EDC survey
• Connect with representatives from the San Diego EDC
The meeting is free for members & $30 for non-members. For more information and to register to attend the meeting go to http://adfsdjan18.eventbrite.com.
Information about joining The A&D Forum is at https://aerospacedefenseforum.org.
The San Diego chapter is sponsored by Moss Adams, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, LevitZacks, BNY Mellon Wealth Management, and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton.
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