VAAA Event: Supply Chain Opportunities in Naval, Marine and Aerospace
06/21/2012 - 2:00pm
06/21/2012 - 6:00pm
Date: 6/21/2012
Time: 2:00 PM TO 6:00 PM
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
4472 Basin Harbor Road
Vergennes, VT 05491
Phone:
(802) 223-0904
The Vermont Chamber's Aerospace and Aviation Association (VAAA) will hold its second VAAA Event of 2012 on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museumand Basin Harbor Club. Premier Sponsorship by Deringer and underwritten by Battenkill Technologies, The Vermont Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Norwich University, Saba Marine, and State Aeronautics, a division of the Vermont Agency of Transportation, this high-profile event will feature procurement and supply chain opportunities for Vermont Chamber members with high-level procurement specialists from leading government contractors, primes and sub primes in the naval, marine, and aerospace industries. According to GE Aviation, "great engines in the sky equal great gas turbines aboard ships." Taken together, naval, marine and aerospace play an important role in defense and our national security around the globe. According to Visiongain, the global market in 2011 for warships and naval vessels amounted to $75.4 billion.