Leading the Las Vegas Region Defense Industry
Colonel Wesley Hallman, USAF (Ret)
Senior Vice President, Strategic Programs & Policy, National Defense Industrial Association HQ in Washington DC came to Las Vegas on Oct 11, 2019 and met with our Chapter Leadership at Joe Brown's Law Office: https://www.klnevada.com/
In attendance were (L to R): Marty Waldman - 1st NDIA Southern Nevada Chapter President: 2018-2020, www.SpaceInformationlabs.com - BD/IP/Space Systems Architecture, Jim Marchant - Chapter Political Advisor, and running for NV CD4, Tom McNamara - Consultant in Defense-related issues in the Indo-Pacific Area. Served as a Navy & Defense Intelligence Senior Executive: as Deputy J2, USPACOM (2005-2014) & Director, DIA’s Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force (2014-6), Col (Ret) Wes Halman (noted above), Bob Cunningham - Chapter Steering Committee, David Radcliffe - Nellis Support Team Leader, running for 2020-2022 NDIA-Southern Nevada Chapter President, Joe Brown - Board Legal Advisor.
Via Telecon was Steve Curtis who plays a key role with the establishment of our our Assured Energy Division: https://ndia-snv.org/reactors-%2F-microgrids
Synopsis
The main purpose of the meeting was to build relationships between our key leadership and Wes/HQ in the area of Programs, Policy and Chapter focus.
Topics discussed were in support of NDIA's Strategic Priorities, and set the stage for future dialog with upcoming HQ initiatives.
Creech-Yucca-Assured Energy Summit -- April 16, 2019
High level discussions took place between NDIA/SNV-Creech AFB-NNSS-MSTS and other key Nuclear leadership to discuss strategies for Military employment of Micro/Small Modular Reactors (SMR). Visit our NDIA Assured Energy Division (AED) Website for more details: https://ndia-snv.org/reactors-%2F-microgrids
In attendance were (L to R): Marty Waldman - 1st NDIA Southern Nevada Chapter President: 2018-2020, www.SpaceInformationlabs.com - BD/IP/Space Systems Architecture, Bob Frank - Key Nevada SMR original advocate, Mark Martinez - President of MSTS at NNSS: https://www.nnss.gov/index.htm
Dr. Charles (Chip) Martin, PhD, Nuclear Engineering - Nuclear Operations & Safety SME, Executive Committee member of the Nuclear Installation Safety Division of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Chairman of the ANS National Program Committee, Past President of the ANS-Nevada Section, Fred Dohse - MSTS COO, Steve Curtis - E.E./Health Physics & Radio-Active Materials SME, Col Doug Tippet - Creech AFB Mission/Energy Assurance SME, Ronald Fraass - M.S. Nuclear Engineering-AFIT, President-American Nuclear Society, Nevada Section, Radiological Emergency Response SME, Jim Marchant - AED Political Advisor and founder of SMR movement in Nevada with Bob Frank (above). Jim is also a 2020 Candidate for NV CD4.
Synopsis
This key meeting defined the blueprint for Nevada's involvement in providing a 5MW Class SMR backup capability to Creech by 2023 in a joint venture with NNSS and the Army.
Creech- ASSURED ENERGY- Leadership Kickoff Meeting -- Jan 16, 2019
After numerous local organizing meetings and a few public forums, high-level discussions took place between our local NDIA-SNV leadership and the President/CEO of NDIA, Gen Carlisle https://www.ndia.org/about/media/press-releases/2017/3/16/gen-carlisle-appointed-president-and-ceo-of-ndia to show his support for our project, and to assist in formulating the next steps.
Gen Goldfein https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108013/general-david-l-goldfein/ stopped by our meeting for a few minutes and received a synopsis/showed his support for continuing to advance this project.
In attendance were (L to R): Nick DiRosario - Deputy to Col Tippet at Creech AFB, Col Doug Tippet - Creech AFB Mission/Energy Assurance Director & SME, David Radcliffe - Nellis Support Team Leader, running for 2020-2022 NDIA-Southern Nevada Chapter President, Gen Carlisle (Bio Above), Bob Frank - Key Nevada SMR original advocate, Bob Cunningham - AED Steering Committee, Marty Waldman - 1st NDIA Southern Nevada Chapter President: 2018-2020, www.SpaceInformationlabs.com - BD/IP/Space Systems Architecture.
Synopsis
This meeting galvanized our efforts to define an expeditious path forward for our Chapter's involvement in providing a 5MW Class SMR backup capability to Creech by 2023 in a joint venture with NNSS and the Army.