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# DLA to explore advanced technologies, small business innovation at R&D Industry Collider Day

By Christina Panichelle

                FORT BELVOIR, Va.  –              
The Defense Logistics Agency Research and Development team will host Industry Collider Day Sept. 11 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex. This year’s theme is “Forging Tech-Forward Connections to Enable Proactive Global Logistics.”

Attendees from government, industry and academia will participate in interactive sessions to share knowledge that supports military readiness and national security.

DLA R&D experts will also detail their progress on agency manufacturing technology and logistics research programs that focus on additive manufacturing, supply chain management sustainability, battery improvement and energy readiness.

                Brad Bunn, Defense Logistics Agency vice director, and Roxanne Banks, former DLA deputy director of acquisition, congratulate the winners of the 2022 Small Business Innovation Research Program pitch event during last year’s DLA Research and Development Industry Collider Day Sept. 8, 2022. $1 million in contracts were granted to eight small businesses. DLA will again award R&D funding to small businesses that meet requirements for strategic materials and green initiatives at this year’s ICD event on Sept. 11, 2023.                            DLA Industry Collider Day Award Check                            Brad Bunn, Defense Logistics Agency vice director, and Roxanne Banks, former DLA deputy director of acquisition, congratulate the winners of the 2022 Small Business Innovation Research Program pitch event during last year’s DLA Research and Development Industry Collider Day Sept. 8, 2022. $1 million in contracts were granted to eight small businesses. DLA will again award R&D funding to small businesses that meet requirements for strategic materials and green initiatives at this year’s ICD event on Sept. 11, 2023.            SHARE IMAGE:Download ImageImage DetailsPhoto By: Jessice RomanVIRIN: 200924-D-HW629-040As during previous ICDs, small business attendees have the potential to receive on-the-spot contracts in response to solicitations DLA previously issued for R&D proposals on several technology domains. The solicitations, known as broad agency announcements, included detailed problem statements and challenges the agency faces. Two new BAAs were added this year to address 5G smart-warehouse modernization and acquisition modernization.

DLA R&D anticipates adding another BAA in 2024 for research related to strategic and critical materials supply chains that have been compromised by decreased or abandoned domestic mining and refining activities or lack of domestic manufacturing.

ICD is part of DLA’s industry engagement plan and supports warfighters and federal customers by resulting in more effective collaboration with industry and a stronger supply chain.

Register for ICD and learn more about the agenda, pre-enrollment and base access at Eventbrite, or contact the R&D team for more information.

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