{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://turner.house.gov/2023/10/turner-brown-announce-defense-innovation-hub-in-dayton", "Turner, Brown Announce Defense Innovation Hub in Dayton", "2023-10-18", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Michael R. Turner", "T000463", "turner.house.gov", "turner", "https://turner.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown announced that the Department of Defense has selected Ohio to host a defense innovation hub, the Ohio Mission Acceleration Center. The Department of Defense will establish the hub in the Miami Valley to accelerate the development and adoption of new technology solutions to meet national security challenges, and support Ohio small businesses that are on the leading edge of new technology, but face barriers to working with the Defense Department. Ohio was selected as one of five states by the Department of Defense\u2019s Defense Innovation Unit to host a hub, and the Department of Defense will provide $1.9 million to the Ohio Mission Acceleration Center.\n\nOhio\u2019s Mission Acceleration Center will bring different organizations together \u2013 including startups, academia, industry, local and federal partners, and other local talent and technology \u2013 to promote innovation, connect them directly to Department of Defense needs, and strengthen the defense industrial base. Headquartered in Dayton, it will be operated by the Ohio Mission Acceleration Center, part of a Mission Acceleration Center National Network, and Ohio\u2019s Parallax Advanced Research to support national security and regional economic development goals. The Mission Acceleration Center will help make the complex defense acquisition process more accessible to innovators seeking to develop prototypes, test the prototypes in realistic environments, reduce risk, and transition the technologies into weapon systems that will give America\u2019s military forces an advantage over our adversaries.\n\n\u201cThe announcement of a Dayton-based Mission Acceleration Center is great news for Southwest Ohio and U.S. national security. The center will bolster the innovation ecosystem around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which is critical to Ohio\u2019s growing defense economy. These technologies can be transitioned to weapons systems that give our men and women in uniform the tools they need to be successful against our adversaries,\u201d said Congressman Mike Turner, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.\n\n\u201cOhio leads the country in defense industry innovation, and is the obvious choice for this new center,\u201d said Senator Sherrod Brown. \u201cWe worked together to bring this regional hub to Ohio to create new opportunities for Ohio businesses and workers, and to continue to cement our state\u2019s leadership in defense, manufacturing, and aerospace.\u201d\n\nTurner and Brown announced the Ohio investment on a conference call today, and were joined by Michael Gessel, Vice President of Federal Government Programs at the Dayton Development Coalition.\n\n\u201cThe selection of Ohio for this pilot program demonstrates the importance of our state in developing new defense technologies and connecting small business to support the warfighting effort. This will strengthen our national defense as well as help business in the region,\u201d said Jeff Hoagland, President and CEO of the Dayton Development Coalition.\n\nCongressman Turner has supported funding for the DOD\u2019s broader Mission Acceleration Program in recent government funding cycles. The House of Representatives\u2019 version of the fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill currently contains $65 Million for the Mission Acceleration Program, which Congressman Turner had previously advocated for.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://turner.house.gov/2023/10/turner-brown-announce-defense-innovation-hub-in-dayton"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3700900599360466, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}