General. The NCMBC is an active participant in the North Carolina Aerospace Alliance and associated programs.
NC-AA. The NC-AA is a Golden Leaf-funded association of industry, university, community college and non-profit organizations in North Carolina committed to growing jobs in the state through the production of repair parts for Department of Defense (DoD) aircraft and other systems. This initiative has several components, outlined below. The NC-AA conducts public meetings roughly quarterly across the state. For the NC-AA website, click here.
Reverse Engineering Initiative. The reverse engineering (RE) initiative leverages the RE capacity at North Carolina State University, the business development capacity of the NCMBC and the production capacity of North Carolina businesses to produce repair parts for aging DoD aircraft. Businesses and other entities wishing to engage in this initiative should contact Bill Greuling with the NCMBC. Currently coordinated by the NCMBC, the RE initiative will grow during 2008-2009, and the NCMBC is soliciting for program management capacity to administer this initiative.
Defense Machining Initiative. The Defense Machining Initiative (DMI) connects North Carolina machining companies to repair parts requirements of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and other clients. The NCMBC contracted with Source Horizon to provide engineering capacity to review and select technically viable and lucrative DLA opportunities and to re-post them to the Initiative’s matching portal, www.SourceNC.com. The NCMBC provides contracting assistance to help NC vendors evaluate, bid on and win machining contracts. For more information, visit SourceNC or email the Rick Gilmore with the NCMBC.
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Packaging, Labeling and Shipping. Related, NC manufacturers have expressed a need for contract services to meet military specification packaging, labeling and shipping requirements. To meet this need, the NCMBC developed a resource page for these services. For access to this information, click here.
Points of contact. The NCMBC point of contact (POC) for the NC-AA is Bill Greuling. The POC for the Defense Machining Initiative is Rick Gilmore. For general information, contact the NCMBC toll free at 877-245-5520.
