For Your Industry

Government and defense contractors are finding success in Virginia’s New River Valley. Whether they’re working directly with the government or through a subcontract with a large multi-national firm, we offer government and defense companies an attractive business climate, including low electric rates, excellent location, and a readily available, highly skilled workforce. So set your coordinates to success in the New River Valley.

Government and Defense Related Companies in the New River Valley:

• UXB (Blacksburg, VA) — Provides ordnance and explosive waste services, both nationally and internationally. www.uxb.com
• Bondcote (Pulaski, VA) — Produces a wide variety of high performance coated and laminated fabrics for demanding applications around the world including military, tarps and covers, recreational and athletic, safety, industrial, dock seats, digital print media and roofing. www.bondcote.com
• Dee K (Floyd, VA) — Manufactures elastic braid & narrow woven fabric for military applications.
• TORC Technologies LLC (Blacksburg, VA) — automates dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks by commercializing intelligent robotic technologies into interoperable off-the-shelf products, providing the essential building blocks for rapidly enabling autonomy on virtually any platform. www.torctech.com
• Moog (Blacksburg, VA) — Manufacturer of precision control components and systems. Moog’s high performance actuation products control military and commercial aircraft, satellites and space vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles, and automated industrial machinery. www.moog.com
• Danaher Motion (Radford, VA) — Continues to lead the industry as a manufacturer of high quality, reliable products that have proven successful in demanding applications for commercial and military aircraft, ground defense and weapons systems.www.danahermotion.com
• ATK (Radford, VA) — ATK Ammunition Systems is the nation’s largest producer of commercial and military ammunition and a leading provider of gun systems, propellants, and advanced energetics. www.atk.com
• SAIC (Blacksburg, VA) — SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. www.saic.com

Photo courtesy of TORC Technologies

Support Services:

• Virginia Tech Information Systems Center: www.visc.vt.edu/visc/
• Virginia Tech Center for Global Electronic Commerce: www.cob.vt.edu/cgec/
• Virginia Tech Statistical Consulting Center: www.stat.vt.edu/consult
• Virginia Tech Vibration and Acoustics Laboratories: www.VAL.me.vt.edu
• Virginia Tech Center for Geospatial Information Technology: www.cgit.vt.edu
• Virginia Tech Center for Human-Computer Interaction: www.hci.vt.edu
• Virginia Tech Business Technology Center: www.cob.vt.edu/btc
• Radford Army Ammunition Plant: www.rfaap.com
• Various HUB Zones throughout the region.

Research Sponsors/Partners include (but are not limited to):

DuPont, Sun Microsystems, DOE, EPA, ESRI, NASA, NSF, Trimble, USGS, USDA, Hitachi Foundation, IBM, NSF, Office of Naval Research, Apple Computer, Smart, Accenture, Shell Oil Company, Boeing Aerospace Company, Intel Corporation, Air Force Office for Scientific Research, AFOSR, DARPA, FAA, FBI, NRL.

Regional and Location Information

• Extremely low cost of doing business (utilities, taxes, etc.)
• Area of outstanding beauty, recreation, sports, culture, and
  education
• Available, well-trained workforce with an outstanding work ethic
• Home of Virginia Tech, Radford University, and New River
  Community College
• Located on Virginia’s I-81 Corridor and close to I-77 and I-64
  with N,S,E,W rail lines
• Home of the Virginia TradePort
  (Port of Entry #1412 and FTZ #238)