Announcements

Rear Admiral Dean VanderLey, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command / Chief of Civil Engineers to Keynote Summit

The Offices of US Senator Thom Tillis and US Senator Ted Budd and the North Carolina Military Business Center are pleased to announce the Southeast Regional Federal Construction, Infrastructure & Environment Summit on April 22-24, 2025 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Unlocking Defense Funding for Researchers

On behalf of North Carolina Coalition for Defense Research (NC CDR) (an informal collaboration of university-based research entities coordinated by the North Carolina Military Business Center), The Institute for Convergent Science and Innovate Carolina at UNC Chapel Hill will host a 90-minute hybrid seminar “Unlocking Defense Funding for Researchers” to explain why you may want to consider DoD funding for your research, the approach to funding and how it differs from National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute of Health (NIH), and how you can connect with people at DoD.

Registration is live for the SE Region Federal Construction, Infrastructure & Environmental Summit (April 22-24 – Wilmington, NC)

The Offices of US Senator Thom Tillis and US Senator Ted Budd and the North Carolina Military Business Center are pleased to announce the Southeast Regional Federal Construction, Infrastructure & Environment Summit on April 22-24, 2025 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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CMMC Implementation Workshop: Your Path to Cybersecurity Compliance

Join the North Carolina Military Business Center and North Carolina State University for a “CMMC Implementation Workshop: Your Path to Cybersecurity Compliance” on December 3 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

CMMC Day is designed to prepare NC defense contractors for their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification assessments by providing them with the latest information about CMMC 2.0 and the associated DFARS clauses, and how to implement them.

North Carolina Awards Science, Technology and Innovation Grants to 80 Small Businesses

New round of One North Carolina Small Business Program grants provides $2.339M in funding

Raleigh, N.C. – The North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation has awarded 80 North Carolina innovation-based small businesses a total of $2.339 million in funding to develop groundbreaking new technologies with the potential for commercialization.

FEDTEX 25 Registration now open!

For more information, visit: https://fedtex.ncmbc.us.

The Federal and Defense Textile and Tactical Equipment (FEDTEX) Summit hosted by the Office of US Senator Thom Tillis, Office of Senator Ted Budd, the North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) and the North Carolina Defense Technology Transition Office (DEFTECH) connects the US Department of Defense (DoD) and federal agency clothing and individual equipment buyers with US textile manufacturers, textile supply chain suppliers, cut and sew contractors, research and development (R&D) facilities, testing labs and academic resources.