Tennessee Valley Corridor Federal Alliance Roundtable

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Tennessee Valley Corridor Federal Alliance
Roundtable

• Tennessee Valley Corridor 2007 National
  SummitMay 29-30, 2007

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Origins of the TVC Federal Alliance

• Outgrowth of the Tennessee Valley Corridor
  Economic Summit held in Huntsville, Alabama, May
  30-June, 2000.
• Original MOA signed in October, 2000 included
• Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Lab and
  National Nuclear Security Administration Y-12
• NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• Department of Defense U.S. Air Force Arnold
  Engineering Development Center
• Department of Defense U.S. Army Aviation
  Missile Research, Development, and Engineering
  Center added in 2006

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Vision and Objectives

• Vision
• A nationally recognized alliance that enhances
  each partners mission while promoting regional
  and national initiatives
• Strategic Objectives
• Enhance alliance partner capabilities
• Strengthen the alliance
• Promote regional and national initiatives
• Enhance the workforce technical competencies
  required by the alliance

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Collective CapabilitiesWorld Class Facilities
and Technical Expertise
ORNL

• Hi-Tech Engine for the Corridor
• 15 Billion Federal Infrastructure
• 80,000 Acres of Federal Land
• 22,000 Jobs in the Valley Corridor
• Over 5 Billion Combined Annual Budgets

Y-12
Scanning Electron Microscope
Neutron Spallation Facility
AEDC
MSFC
AMRDEC
Directed Energy Weapons
F35 Engine in Test
Orion Crew Vehicle in Lunar Orbit
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Roundtable Panelists

• Colonel Art Huber, Commander, Arnold Engineering
  Development Center, Air Force Materiel Command,
  Arnold Air Force Base
• Gerald Boyd, Manager, Department of Energy, Oak
  Ridge Operations
• Ted Sherry, Manager, National Nuclear Security
  Administration, Y-12 Site Office
• Shar Hendrick, Director of External Relations,
  NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
• Dr. William C. McCorkle, Director, Aviation and
  Missile Research, Development and Engineering
  Center, Redstone Arsenal