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