Marshall Small Business Alliance Meeting to be Held Thursday
On March 18, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will host the 31st Marshall Small Business Alliance meeting. The virtual event will take place 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m. via Webex.
The event will include presentations from Marshall's Human Exploration Development & Operations Office and Science and Technology Office, as well as updates on acquisition and agency product service lines from Marshall and other NASA centers. Other topics will include a Small Business Program update, an update from The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship, and an update on the Marshall Operations Services, Systems, and Integration contract.
There also will be three afternoon breakout sessions: "Doing Business with NASA"; "Doing Business with NASA Prime Contractors"; and "Challenges Facing Small Businesses Today."
Participants for the event include:
Rick Burt, Marshall deputy director
Jason Detko, director, Marshall Office of Procurement
Rae Ann Meyer, deputy manager, Marshall's Science and Technology Office
Nicole Herrmann, technical integration manager in the Human Exploration Development & Operations Office
Reggie Alexander, manager, Marshall's Partnerships and Formulation Office
David Brock, Marshall small business specialist
For more than a decade, the Marshall Small Business Alliance meeting has aided small businesses in pursuit of NASA procurement and subcontracting opportunities. The meeting is sponsored by Marshall's Office of Procurement and Small Business Office.
Marshall makes human space exploration possible in many ways, including its bold, practical leadership in complex engineering and manufacturing techniques; advanced and alternative propulsion technologies; developing and testing large, integrated space systems, landers and planetary excursion vehicles; and conducting life-enriching scientific research.
Technology created, refined and matured by Marshall engineers, scientists and researchers is diverse, ranging from new developments in the areas of space transportation and propulsion, space habitats and planetary landers, to key breakthroughs in complex space systems and scientific research.
Marshall has been solving complex technical problems throughout NASA’s history – advancing propulsion technologies, developing science instruments and refining engineering solutions to support all NASA’s spaceflight endeavors, research activities and new missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
(Source: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center news release. Image provided)