Our Projects | Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

State	Installations	Program Area	Federal Grant Award
TX	Department of Defense	Statewide	$1,995,033.00
Enables the University of Texas at Austin to ensure resilience in the defense supply chain through a series of activities that (1) identifies problems within the state's defense manufacturing and innovation sector; and (2) identifies resources, prioritizes application solutions, and scales useful outcomes. This Texas Defense/Aerospace Innovation Ecosystem projet focuses on large-scale acceleration of dual use technologies critical to missions of Army Futures Command, the Defense Innovation Unit, AFWERX, and other DoD components. This project stimulates cooperation between statewide and local adjustment and diversification efforts making the industrial base more resilient to fluctuations in defense spending. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
WI	Department of Defense	Statewide	$957,425.00
Enables the University of Wisconsin Whitewater Cyber Security Center for Small Business to conduct educational workshops across the state and identify small and medium size defense-dependent companies needing cybersecurity assistance. The project will conduct assessments and gap reports and complete system security plans for small companies in the defense supply chain in Wisconsin to achieving compliance with DFARS 252-204-7012/NIST 800-171 cyber security requirements. This project stimulates cooperation between statewide and local adjustment efforts making the industrial base more resilient to cyber threats. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
AL	Redstone Arsenal	Installation Readiness	$409,500.00
Enables the Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments to complete implementation actions such as: developing 3-D models and height hazard maps to guide development decisions around Redstone Army Airfield's current accident potential zones; updating local maps; amending zoning ordinances and updating building codes to consider noise, safety, and vertical obstruction areas surrounding the Arsenal; and, implementing better coordination, communication, and public outreach. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
AZ	Fort Huachuca	Installation Readiness	$480,700.00
Constructs an Emergency Medical Services substation to enhance life, health, and safety by reducing the medical response time to reach Soldiers/Families residing on Fort Huachuca. The project enhances the existing Inter-Governmental Support Agreement which is the sole provider of ambulance service to the installation. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
AZ	Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station and Camp Navajo	Installation Readiness	$826,800.00
Ensures Coconino County, the City of Flagstaff, and other stakeholders utilize land in a manner that is compatible with military operations at U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station and Camp Navajo and specifically seeks ways to reduce operational impacts at those installations due to wildfires, encroachment from urban development, frequency spectrum encroachment, and light pollution that hinders night time training. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
CA	March Air Reserve Base t	Installation Readiness	$567,000.00
Enables Riverside County, in partnership with the Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission, to update the existing land use plans involving the communities surrounding March Air Reserve Base to include responding to: pressure for expanding private development due to an increasing population; increased flooding due to a rising groundwater table; and a landscaping analysis to address bird airstrike hazard concerns. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
CT	SUBASE New London	Installation Readiness	$265,874.00
Enables the Southeast Connecticut Council of Governments to develop a strategic plan to manage the demand of existing and future parking resources within the City of Groton in response to an additional 7,000 workers to the local area to support submarine construction at SUBBASE New London. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
DE	Dover Air Force Base	Installation Readiness	$270,000.00
Enables the Delaware Department of Transportation, in partnership with Kent County, the Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization, the City of Dover, and other affected municipalities and the State of Delaware to conduct a compatible use study that will look at preserving long term sustainability of military operations at Dover Air Force Base. The study will involve growing requirements of the civil air terminal; local desires to expand the Kent County Industrial Park; incompatible development in the runway clear zones; and a need to redevelop a local borrow pit with potential to create bird aircraft strike hazards. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
FL	Avon Park Air Force Range	Installation Readiness	$219,696.00
Enables the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, in partnership with seven affected local governments, to update a compatible use plan that prioritizes implementation measures such as a website and proposed zoning maps to address increased concerns regarding incompatible civilian development surrounding Avon Park Air Force Range. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
FL	Naval Air Station Pensacola	Installation Readiness	$225,000.00
Enables Escambia County to conduct a study to address concerns related to encroachment and non-compatible uses in the area surrounding Naval Air Station Pensacola to include urban development in proximity to the base, traffic congestion around the base, noise associated with flight operations and testing, and marine environmental habitat. Fiscal Year 2020 Award