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Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership
Georgia-Robins AFB Aerospace Maintenance
Partnership (G-RAMP)
Presented to Warner Robins Area Chamber of
Commerce Aerospace Industry Committee
Ron Carbon roncarbon_at_cox.net Director,
G-RAMP Working Group
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The Process
Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership
Today

• Normally awarded competitively
• Normally done outside of GA
• Little sharing of resources
• Little flexibility for variable work

Solution A PPP where capabilities are shared
(people, facilities, best practices, etc)

• Result
• Duplication
• Competition
• Delays

Contract(s)
WR-ALC (Capacity constraints)
G-RAMP Implementation is Based on a Significantly
Different ApproachAir Force, Industry, State,
and Community
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G-RAMP Defined
Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership

• An aircraft Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul
  complex located on the City of Warner Robins
  property adjacent to Robins AFB to facilitate a
  Public-Private Partnership between the WR-ALC and
  private industry.
• The Partnership would enable shared capabilities
  to sustain selected weapon systems to increase
  aircraft availability and reduce costs.
• The Partnership would also enhance aerospace
  workforce and technology development
  capabilities.

Go-No Go Criteria

• Must support WR-ALC sustainment requirements
• Must be enduring and applicable to typical system
  sustainment requirements
• Must comply with/enhance Title 10 requirements
• Must be cost advantageous

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Critical Path
Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership
RAFB/Industry Partner Sustain Weapon System
through Shared Capabilities (people, facilities,
equipment, parts, best practices,
etc) Community Maintain Facility to facilitate
PPP
Contract
WR-ALC
RAFB Define Acquisition Strategy Community
Construct Required Complex
A New Business Model...With Lots of Moving Parts
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The Potential Complex
Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership
Conceptual Design
Actual design dependent on PPP requirements
finalized by RAFB, Industry, and City
Can Be Phased
Projected Capability C-130 and/or C-17 Aircraft
Sum of Opportunities Under Review Exceeds
Available Land
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Status
Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership

• General Owen is an avid supporter
• WR-ALC has a documented requirement for 4 C-130
  bays
• Implementation strategy being finalized
• Other WR-ALC requirements being evaluated
• Significant Industry interest/participation
• Potential Prime Contractors
• Potential Sub-contractors
• Robins AFB working each potential opportunity for
  Partnership application
• Community is active participant in process
• Worked through working group
• Has spurned interest from other defense
  industries for relocation to Middle Georgia
  outside G-RAMP
• Significant opportunity to build aerospace
  corridor

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Related Aerospace Activities
Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership

• Aerospace Workforce Availability/Development
• Key concern of each interested party
• Middle Georgia Work Ready Aerospace Partnership
• 500,000 State regional grant called mgWRAP
  through the Department of Labor Certified Work
  Ready Community program
• Additional 500K requested from Congressional
  delegation in 2009 budget
• Sustain the workforce development effort
• 1-Stop Portal Joint Business Office with RAFB,
  GA AIC, UGA, GA Tech and City
• Tech Insertion Lab PPP with RAFB, Georgia
  Aerospace Innovation Center (AIC), and Industry

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G-RAMP Summary
Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership

• This a huge changeand it takes time
• Many moving parts involving Corporate decisions
• But when successful
• Will distinguish Robins AFB and Middle Georgia
• Will be an economic boom
• Community/Base Working Group has been
  instrumental
• Chartered by Mayor and WR-ALC/CC
• Challenges
• Getting startedtiming synchronization
• Opportunity finalization
• Getting cost advantageous
• Made great progress

City of Warner Robins leadership has been, and
will be, the key
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mgWRAPMiddle Georgia Work Ready Aerospace
Partnership
George Falldine Amy Hudnall Ron Carbon
Project Leader Project Coordinator Project
Manager
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mgWRAP Vision

• To create and implement a collaborative process
  that enables the Aerospace Industry and education
  training institutions to continually develop
  and employ a quality aerospace workforce.
• Secondarily, the mgWRAP should help us move
  toward the longer term goals developed at the
  RAFB Solutions Summit and make us competitive for
  future grant funding in 2009

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mgWRAP Goals

• Define the industrys needs for workforce skills
• Satisfy the need through Ed Training
• Integrate the two

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mgWRAP Objectives

• Industry
• Determine Industry Requirements
• Identify Target Occupational Skills
• Industry Day planned for mid-July
• Complete Priority Job Profiles
• Certified Profiler will be provided to work with
  your HR expert
• Solicit and hire Certified Work Ready Employees
• Use Work Ready Certifications to assist you in
  internal assignments
• Education
• Coordinate with Industry to identify Education
  and Training Requirements
• Create Education and Training capacity to meet
  Industry Requirements
• Increase HS Graduation Rates
• Workforce
• Develop a broad cadre of workforce candidates
• Individuals with CWR Certificates

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Program Details Near-Term Focus
Education Pipeline Web Portal
Data Gathering
As-IS

• RAFB Core Docs
• Series, Title, KSAs

• Build Ind. Survey
• Ind. Team, 1-2 Educators, RAFB

• Conduct Industry Day Mid July
• Use RAFB Decision Cell

Gap Analysis

• Data Analysis Id As-Is and Rqd.
• Ind. Team, 5-8 Educators, RAFB,

Future Curriculum
Gain Buy-In from Ed. Institutions Mid Sch.- 4yr
Univ.
Ed Institutions Build Curriculum for use in Fall
2009
Gain Industry Buy-in to use the CWR system
Industry Team Task Map
Create Profiles
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Summary

• mgWRAP
• Creating a plan to work together to achieve a
  Work Ready region

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