Post on 13-Feb-2017
WHAT IS WIRA?A small community-based organization originally established several years ago to protect the
DoD assets on the eastern shore from a BRAC realignment.
OUR MISSION TODAY
To protect and grow Federal and State investments made within the region.
HOW WE DO THIS
- Registered 501(c)6 with a highly-recognized board
- Quarterly meetings; hear all the latest project and outreach updates
- New newsletter to start in 2016
- VIP events
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- Support STEM programs locally
- Outreach from Dover to Hampton Roads
- Creating a localized economic engine
- Over 250 members
BECOME A MEMBER! - Contact: admin@wiralliance.org
- $50 dollars for a single membership
- $500 dollars for a corporate membership (benefits)
New WIRA website launch November 21
Visit current website to get a taste of WIRA www.wiralliance.org
TRITON UAS PROGRAM AT WALLOPS FLIGHTS FACILITY
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
- 400+ jobs and > 2000 people to the region
- Full program of record in the billions of dollars
- 20 year sustainment plan (at least)
- USN is buying 68 aircraft
- Support national and international maritime security and surveillance
• Northrop Grumman is prime contractor
• Northrop Grumman is local and a WIRA member
• Ties to workforce development
• Ties to giving us technology on the shore
• Ties us into becoming a technology corridor
• Leverages investment made by the Commonwealth
• Real tenant potential for Wallops Research Park
• Paths forward for skilled and unskilled labor
• Let’s become an unmanned center of national interest
• Lead Virginia and its partners to securing that dream
• Create an environment of excitement and opportunity
• Let’s raise the median wage of the region