{"id":16366,"date":"2019-01-14T12:35:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T12:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/14\/us-lawmaker-links-small-defense-firms-in-maryland\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:18:52","slug":"us-lawmaker-links-small-defense-firms-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/01\/14\/us-lawmaker-links-small-defense-firms-in-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmaker links small defense firms in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A Maryland congressman is launching a local consortium on Tuesday to link small and large aerospace and defense firms and educational institutions in the Pentagon\u2019s backyard \u2014 so the companies can solve common problems like workforce shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon has identified the aging workforce as a challenge to country\u2019s defense industry, and it\u2019s playing out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/video\/2018\/12\/03\/rep-anthony-brown-talks-about-democrats-taking-over-the-house\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Anthony Brown\u2019s<\/a> district, which is near NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, a major space research laboratory, and Fort Meade, the home of U.S. Cyber Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I think about the workforce shortages, it\u2019s not just the computer science engineer in high demand at Northrop\u2019s Linthicum facility, it\u2019s the welder down at Huntington Ingalls,\u201d said Brown, D-Md., and a House Armed Services Committee member, told Defense News. \u201cThere has to be a public-private partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After months of meeting with representatives of the defense industry, local economic development corporations, local school systems and institutions of higher education, Brown is launching the Maryland Defense and Aerospace Consortium as a means of spurring academia and industry collaborate \u2014 and to burnish the National Capitol Region\u2019s reputation as an A&amp;D hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel, made up of representatives from the Defense Department, industry, career and technical education organizations, and local universities, is meant to start a conversation and ultimately solve national security problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inaugural meeting of Maryland Defense and Aerospace Consortium, set for Tuesday on Capitol Hill, is due to host Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/04\/18\/where-will-us-army-futures-command-go-lawmakers-are-lobbying-to-host-it\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/silicon_valley.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Where will US Army Futures Command go? Lawmakers are lobbying to host it.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. lawmakers from all over the country are lobbying the Army to locate its new Futures Command near them, eyeing a potential economic boon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former lieutenant governor, Harvard-educated lawyer and Army Reserve colonel, Brown won a seat representing Maryland\u2019s 4th district in 2015 after an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid. On the committee, he\u2019s known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/disa\/2018\/06\/27\/delay-for-proposed-disa-elimination-clears-key-hurdle\/\" target=_blank>punching up<\/a> last year against then-HASC chairman Mac Thornberry\u2019s plans to scrap civilian Pentagon agencies which happened to employ some of Brown\u2019s constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown\u2019s new effort comes after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/04\/white-house-warns-of-domestic-extinction-of-suppliers-in-industrial-base-report-and-dod-is-ready-to-help-with-cash\/\" target=_blank> the White House has worked to identify unhealthy areas <\/a>in the industrial base or weak spots in the defense supply chain and repair them. A Trump administration study last year concluded that Chinese influence and budgetary uncertainty are eroding America\u2019s defense industrial base at the lower levels, with some vital suppliers facing \u201cdomestic extinction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2018\/11\/13\/the-militarys-chaff-and-flare-industry-is-on-fragile-ground\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672799.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The US military\u2019s chaff and flare industry is on fragile ground<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The military faces an uncertain future for an industry that is alarmingly small and fraught with safety concerns.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, Brown introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/anthonybrown.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=73\" target=_blank>The National Security Workforce Act<\/a>, which would add incentives for firms to include workforce development in their bids for defense programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shy of legislation, another idea is for the consortium to hold data security workshops for small firms struggling to meet government requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBig firms say, hey, we have a pretty good handle on how to be resilient and how to defend breaches in our systems, but our bigger concern is small companies in our supply chain, because it\u2019s expensive and cumbersome,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWhen I talk to small firms, they tell me the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Aaron Mehta in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Maryland congressman is launching a local consortium on Tuesday to link small aerospace and defense firms and educational institutions in the Pentagon\u2019s backyard \u2014 so the companies can solve common problems like workforce 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