GSA BUSINESS CONNECTION AND BUYERS GUIDE 2012

Aviation Week understands how essential it is for suppliers to align with buyer needs, and is making a bold commitment to help better enable this process.

The Aviation Week Innovation Showcase promotes, encourages and brings to the forefront the definitive work done by suppliers from all tiers within the A&D community within various technology categories.

CALL FOR ENTRIES to the Innovation Challenge is now open!

Do YOU have what it takes?

Aerospace & Defense (A&D) is an industry driven by Innovation. It’s also driven by competition, program requirements and customer needs.

Are you a Supplier with an Innovative Solution? Do you have what it takes to meet today’s A&D challenges? Participate in Aviation Week’s Innovation Challenge! Visit the Innovation Challenge web site to learn more and enter for free today!

Product Categories:

• Aero-Structures
• Communications
• Materials
• Processes
• Electronics
• Power and Propulsion (Management, Generation & Storage)
• Ground Equipment
• Sensors (Vehicle Sensors & Payload Sensors)
• Services
• Software & Networks

Submit your product innovation by August 31, 2011 for judging.

Winners will be profiled in Aviation Week & Space Technology, Defense Technology International and on the Aviation Week Innovation Challenge web site.

See web site for eligibility guidelines and official rules.
Questions? Contact Ananth Ramanathan at +1.212.904.3078 or ananth_ramanathan@aviationweek.com.

The 17th annual Aviation Week MRO Conference and Exposition will develop effective cost-management strategies, help attendees understand current leasing trends and what they mean for future business, implement leaner practices without compromising safety, maintaining attendees' leading positions despite  increased competition from developing countries, and preparing for safety and regulatory issues and their impact on MRO business.

Aviation Week has proven to be the show that leads the airline industry and MRO industry forward!

The 2012 conference will address solutions and best practices for:

• Regulatory Issues
• Preparing for new aircraft
• Preparing for new engines
• Interiors
• Outsourcing
• Fuel Efficiency/costs
• Global Competition
• Integrations

The regional aircraft industry is in transition. Aviation Week introduces the first Regional MRO, focused exclusively on the aircraft maintenance and airline industry in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Russia.

Through the use of case studies, proven best practices and industry speakerswith regional and global expertise, attendees will obtain the knowledge necessary to sustain growth plans and guarantee success.

• Learn how regional MROs can compete on a global stage
• Gain access to new technology and a good workforce in the region
• Broaden MRO capabilities and diversity and expand offerings to attract new customers
• Assess the impact of developing regions
• Get lean and reduce costs
• Analyze changes in the region and a loss of traditional markets

Civil Aviation Manufacturing contributes greatly to the GDP and is expanding despite the global recession.

The Civil Aviation Manufacturing Conference provides a unique platform for bringing together major manufacturers and suppliers to discuss manufacturing capabilities. The conference will examine, evaluate, and where possible, put common solutions and best practices into place.

The conference expects 200 senior executives from major manufacturing, supply chain and logistics companies.

As part of the new event, Aviation Week introduces the Material Resource Index and will also provide virtual tours and information on Greenfield manufacturing in the U.S., providing insight into new techniques and methods.

The aim of the Flight Simulation Research conference is to bring together developers, researchers, academics and simulations technology users to share understanding and to appreciate the potential benefits these new technologies can bring across the broad spectrum of simulation, from medicine and gaming to engineering and flight. The two-day conference focuses on fllight simulation technologies on the first day followed by more general aspects of simulation on day two. 

This conference provides an opportunity for experts in sectors outside flight simulation to contribute new papers on simulation and to learn about current technologies and also problems in flight simulation requiring novel solutions.

Papers and research sought from:

• Aircraft design
• Aerodynamics
• Automotive industries
• Biology
• Medicine
• Human factors
• Other diverse sectors

The Defense Logistics Agency- Aviation supports more than 1,300 major weapon systems as the military's primary source for more than 1.3 million repair parts and operating supply items. The DLA manages supply, storage, and distribution operations and depot-level reparable procurement operations. More than 444,000 of the items managed are aviation parts.

DLA Aviation manages supply, storage, and distribution operations alongside its military customers while the aviation supply chain has personnel at over a dozen stateside sites direclty supporting warfighters. DLA Aviation also operates the federal government's only industrial plant equipment facility at Navy Inventory Control Point Mechanicburg, PA.

This exhibition is open to all technologies, products and services.

Plan now for the very popular and always productive FAA Mike Monroney Center Technology Expo. At this expo, vendors interact with hundreds of key MMAC personnel and is held in a central location at the MMAC complex. Strong support from the show host guarantees attendance from all over the MMAC.

If you currently sell to the FAA or you are trying to make inroads, you will want to be a part of this expo.

Over 300 personnel form this important FAA installation attend this event. For over 17 years this has been THE forum for technology vendors to interact with FAA personnel.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division will be holding an Industry Day & Technology Showcase 2012 on Tuesday March 13, 2012 in Solomons, Maryland. The objective of this conference is to enhance NEWCAD-Industry collaboration in support of the Naval Aviation Warfighter by presenting potential contracting opportunities to our industry partners.

The agenda will include introductory presentations by VADM David Architzel, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command; RDML R.L. Mahr, Commander, NAWCAD; and Mr. Gary Kessler, Executive Director, NAWCAD. The NAWCAD competency leadership will present forecasted contracting opportunities for FY12, FY13 and FY14.

The conference will also feature and exhibit hall which will showcase NAWCAD’s Research and Development laboratories, as well as Test and Evaluation ranges/facilities. Representatives from selected labs, ranges and facilities will be available to discuss how companies can leverage NAWCAD’s unique capabilities. We are also pleased to release our new NAWCAD Patent Portfolio which highlights patents available for licensing and commercialization.

The conference is open to all industry representatives whose companies can provide products and services to NAWCAD. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Identification will be required at check-in.