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pen·ta·gon [pen-tuh-gon] –noun south [sauθ] –adverb
- Hampton Roads, Virginia MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) is the nerve center for a substantial combination of federal activities and military command organizations, both logistical and operational.
- Hampton Roads’ flourishing commercial, industrial base provides direct support to these activities and commands and to other organizations world-wide.
- Hampton Roads possesses a networking environment ripe for future business opportunities, supported by several innovative regional organizations.
- Hampton Roads’ educational and workforce training providers exceed the needs of defense and homeland security businesses.
- Hampton Roads earns national and international recognition for the defense and homeland security businesses in this region, south of the Pentagon, a concentration second only to the Washington DC metropolitan area.
- Hampton Roads is home to a significant shipbuilding and repair capability and is also home to vast capabilities in IT, systems integration, engineering and technical solutions, training and a wide variety of other high technology services and products, including robotics and modeling and simulation.
- Hampton Roads businesses are also a major source of systems integration, analysis, innovation, solutions and services across multiple disciplines.
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MISSION of the Defense and Homeland Security Consortium
- Engage in collaborative discussion and planning to increase revenue for all defense- and security-related businesses in the Hampton Roads region.
- Increase local, national and international awareness of the Hampton Roads’ defense and security businesses.
- Improve the regional private business in the defense and homeland security environment, thereby increasing revenue, profitability, and high-paying jobs.
- See details of DHSC Goals and Objectives HERE
VISION & VALUES of the Defense and Homeland Security Consortium
The consortium's participating companies, sponsoring regional Departments of Economic Development (DED) and individual volunteers will participate in regional economic development activities without duplicating or competing with other existing organizations. Operating since 2004, DHSC is made up of volunteer representatives from Hampton Roads businesses as well as organizations involved in economic, educational and workforce development.
In 2007, DHSC merged the group with the Hampton Road Technology Council as a way to move forward in a more regional capacity, leveraging the existing infrastructure of HRTC, especially with respect to legislative initiatives and connection to the existing communities of interest such as sensors and modeling simulation. Marketing efforts of "Pentagon South" are in full support and supplemental of DED strategies.
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