The Hampton Roads Military & Federal Facilities Alliance was created in 2006 by the leaders of Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg and the Counties of Isle of Wight, James City and York to protect, preserve, and grow military and federal capabilities in Hampton Roads.

http://hrmffa.org/

Old Dominion University, through its six Colleges and 16 research and enterprise centers, is dedicated
to furthering the creation of intellectual capital from basic and applied research and using its ideas and technologies to address issues of global concern, improve the quality of life, and create economic prosperity for all. Located in ODU’s 75- acre mixed-use University Village, Innovation Research Park @ ODU sits at the heart of ODU’s research infrastructure and student and faculty talent.

http://www.odu.edu/

The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), located in Hampton, Virginia, is a non-profit research and graduate education institute formed by a consortium of research universities to conduct leading-edge engineering and science research, develop new technologies for the nation and help inspire the next generation
of scientists and engineers. NIA’s research portfolio spans a broad range of disciplines including the field of collaborative autonomous vehicles.

http://www.nianet.org/