Space Policy and Architecture Conference Space Industrial Base Panel

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Space Policy and Architecture Conference
Space Industrial Base Panel
Edward Swallow
Chair, NDIA Space Division &
Chair, Industry Study on Critical Workforce Issues,
supporting Dr. Ron Sega, Director of Defense Research
and Engineering
Industry Study Members
Broad range of companies participating in study
analysis
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14 Companies represented on panels
Broader range of companies providing data and
anecdotal evidence
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30 of 1130 NDIA member companies responded
to survey – Representative sample
Study Chair
Ed Swallow
NDIA Coordinator
Dr. Supriya Banerjee
SAIC
GOVERNMENT
LIAISON
QUANTITATIVE
Dr. Bob Buchanan
SAIC
QUALITATIVE
Karl Arunski
Raytheon
Tom Gannon
Lockheed Martin
TECHNICAL LEAD
Alan Dunham
Northrop Grumman
PREVIOUS ANALYSIS
MGEN (ret.) "Mitch"
Mitchell
Arrowhead
Name
Company
W es Clark, MajGen.(ret)
SAIC
Bob Buchanan
SAIC
W illiam Ayen
UCCS
Gayle W hite
CSC
Sue W oida
AF/ret
Chris Andrews
BAH
George Ullrich
SAIC
Steve Kimmel
AlionSCi
Harvey Dahljelm
ITT
Phil Ramos
P. Int'l
Dee Goodwyn
AlionSCi
G. Douglass, MajGen.(ret) l UT
Michael Stewart
Kodak
Dale Ramezani
Boeing
Dave Broden
ATK
PROPOSED ACTIONS
John Williams
Booz Allen Hamilton
U.S. University Trends in DefenseEngineering Disciplines
Graduate Student Enrollment
(1994-2001)
20000
Aliens with Temporary
Visas
U.S. Citizens + Perm.
Resident Aliens
U.S. Citizen
8 Yr. Delta
15000
1994 / 2001
Aerospace
Aerospace
Chemical
Chemical
Electrical
Electrical
Engineering
EngineeringScience
Science
10000
Industrial/Manufacturing
Industrial/Manufacturing
Mechanical
Mechanical
5000
NSF Data
Nuclear
Metallurgy/
Materials
Mechanical
Engineering
Sciences
Industrial/
Mfg.
Electrical
Chemical
Aerospace
Nuclear
Metallurgy/
Materials
Mechanical
Industrial/
Mfg.
Electrical
Chemical
Engineering
Sciences
-5000
-18.9%
Aerospace
0
Metallurgical/Materials
Metallurgical/Materials
Nuclear
Nuclear
-33.0%
-26.2%
-29.7%
-32.1%
-49.1%
-24.7%
-21.7%
Table III
Industry Demand Data
60%
50%
40%
30%
1000.00
800.00
600.00
400.00
200.00
3500.00
US Citizen
Science &
Engineering
Specialist
Retirements
Outlook*
Nu
c
M
at
Ch h
/M
at
Ph
ys
at
ec
h
M
M
d
0.00
In
*-NDIA Quick Look Survey
-Small random sample
-Spring 2004 data only
UNFILLED REQUISITIONS FOR
US CITIZENS by FIELD OF
STUDY*
Ae
ro
Ch
em
H/
W
S/
W
El
ec
Overwhelming consensus
Thousands of unfilled science &
engineering positions for US
citizens
Getting worse
1200.00
UNFILLED REQUISITIONS for
US CITIZEN SCIENCE &
ENGINEERING SPECIALISTS
by DEGREE*
3000.00
2500.00
2000.00
1500.00
20%
1000.00
10%
500.00
0%
Same as
Today
Slightly
Worse than
Today
Significantly
Worse than
Today
0.00
BS
MS
PhD
Demand Drivers
SEE – Significant Emotional Event (or Significant Technological Event) for change
in demand is mismatched with supply
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Sputnik – NDEA 58
Invention of the integrated circuit – Led by DARPA investments
Personal (Distributed) Computing explosion -- System integration capabilities drawn from
DOD experience
Internet – ARPANET
“Space Transformation” ????
Weather prediction – Perfect Storm1 appears to be forming from unprecedented
conjunction of trends
Š Retirement of the post-Sputnik generation
Š Decline in clearance-eligible S&E workforce
Š Diminishing U.S. technological dominance due to globalization of R&D
Need to ensure the internal S&E capability to maintain technological advantage for
next/follow-on generation operational capabilities
1 From Speech “The Perfect Storm” presented by Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D, .President, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, to the National Society of Black Engineers, Dallas, Texas, Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Notional NDEA 2006 Strategy
Elementary
School
Middle
School
High School
Undergraduate
Graduate
School
Government and
Industry Employment
Time
Excite
Attract
Educate and Assist
Recruit
Retain
Continually Monitor and Assess
NDEA Education Initiatives
NDEA 2006 recommendations reflect a strategy which
sets preconditions for an adequate S&E workforce pipeline based
upon providing S&E-related educational opportunities
Recommendations
Overall solution(s) are complex and multifaceted:
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Better use of existing workforce
Š Retraining, mentoring, work/life balance, increase diversity, etc.
Financial support for knowledge transfer
Increased government support for R&D – robust and balanced 6.1 through 6.4 program
On supply side, DoD/USG must recognize that the market itself is not sufficient to ensure
the ready supply of technologically trained workers
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We must constantly be aware of current attitudes and propensity towards engineering by
measuring youth attitudes
Š Allow us to counter negatives; reinforce positives
Š Military equivalent is Youth Attitude Tracking Survey
To attract and retain sufficient engineers, we must adopt some aspects of the military recruiting
model
Š We cannot count on a volunteer force, but rather a recruited force
Š Recruited in the sense that the concept of becoming an engineer is introduced at an early
age, reinforced by compelling media and mentorship, and properly incentivized by
educational scholarships
Š Necessary to counter other social messages
This will require a national effort to fund, monitor and influence on a sustained basis
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Should be a part of NDEA 2006
How Can Industry Help?
Take a “systems view” of the problem
Support NDEA 2006
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Link to elementary, middle and secondary education
Š Excite, Attract, Stimulate
Strengthen partnerships with universities and other academics—joint activity in key
technologies
Š Nanotechnolgy initiatives seem to be working
NDIA work with DOD to establish technology excellence awards
Integrate efforts across government and industry to recruit and retain high
value S&T workers
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Continuing industry association involvement
Expand corporate and industry association educational outreach programs
Identify ways to focus IRAD development across industry within competitive
limits
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Make the dollars we have go farther
Increase emphasis on Industrial Base Issues
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