ROBOT VENTURE is...

A strategic initiative of the Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance in partnership with the Hampton Roads Chapter of AUVSI, Old Dominion University and the National Institute of Aerospace to establish a center for unmanned systems synergy and innovation to support military, federal, civil, and private sector applications. This initiative recognizes the unique confluence of air, maritime, and land environments in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia. These environments provide military operating airspace; tidal, littoral, and deep water; and federal and statecontrolled land in which unmanned systems test, experimentation, and operations could be conducted.

A broad-based group of stakeholders – representing all facets of the community of interest - is developing the plan to establish the collaborative effort among military, federal, civil, academic, and private sector interests. Potential partnerships and collaborative opportunities exist with Hampton Roads based stakeholders such as:

   • Air Force Air Combat Command
   • Allied Command Transformation (NATO)
   • Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate
   • Army Research Laboratory – Vehicle Technology Directorate
   • Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command/Fifth District
   • Jefferson Laboratory
   • Joint Atlantic and Chesapeake Range Cooperative
   • Joint Forces Command
   • National Aeronautics & Space Administration Langley Research Center
   • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Operations Center, Atlantic
   • Navy Fleet Forces Command
   • Navy Special Warfare Command (coming 2010)
   • National Defense Industrial Association, Greater Hampton Roads Chapter
   • Hampton Roads - Economic Development Alliance; Partnership; Research Partnership;        Technology Council; and Technology Incubator
   • Virginia Institute of Marine Science

An opportunity to leverage and collaborate with organizations outside Hampton Roads...
   • Army Combined Arms Support Command
   • National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wallops Island Flight
   • Joint Unmanned Systems Test, Experimentation & Research (JOUSTER)
   • Naval Air Systems Command