Huntsville, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 — UAHuntsville has been chosen as the venue for a Model Based Enterprise (MBE) Supplier Education and Training Summit on February 22, 2011 in Huntsville, AL.
This MBE Summit is being organized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP), with coordination assistance from several affiliate MEP Centers in Alabama, the Gulf Coast Region, and elsewhere around the country. The Summit is being co-sponsored and led by the U.S. Army Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program and the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
UAHuntsville has been chosen as the venue for the Summit in conjunction with a meeting of the Manufacturing Division of the National Defense Industrial Association also being held at UAH on February 23-24, 2011.
The MBE Summit will be a daylong event to raise the MBE literacy of DOD and NASA suppliers. The Summit is designed to increase the awareness and understanding of MBE technology and operations among domestic defense suppliers, and it will communicate information about NASA supply strategies and future directions relating to MBE, including how NASA suppliers can use MBE to link to DOD supply opportunities. The agenda for the day will include presentation topics such as:
- MBE and its Benefits: Perspectives from both the Department of Defense and NASA
- Ongoing MBE Efforts within the DOD and Specifically Army Programs
- Ongoing NASA MBE Efforts
- MBE Technical Data Package Development
- The Implications and Opportunities of MBE for Small Business
- MBE-Related Resources and Assistance Available to Suppliers, including via MEP
- Certification As an Ultimate Goal
- Question and Answer Panels with Manufacturers and Government Experts in MBE
It is targeted that companies will leave the summit with a better understanding of what MBE is, why DOD and NASA are interested in MBE, and what their implementation plans look like. Suppliers also will be able to determine where they stand in the spectrum of MBE development and where they can go to get help developing their capabilities. Early registration is strongly recommended– to register: http://model-based-enterprise.org/MBE-Events
This MBE Summit is the third in a series of summits to raise suppliers’ MBE literacy that will be held across the country and that began in 2010.