http://www.airforcesmallbiz.org/rss The latest headlines from Air Force Small Business. en-us Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT webmaster@airforcesmallbiz.org http://www.airforcesmallbiz.org/images/masthead-logo.png http://www.airforcesmallbiz.org Fri, July 22 2010 3:10:00 GMT Segue Technologies Inc. (Segue) has successfully released a major redesign and development of a key Air Force enterprise Manpower system. The Manpower Programming and Execution System (MPES) Unit Manpower Document (UMD) is used by over 2,100 Air Force users around the world to manage more than 850,000 Active, Guard, Reserve and Civilian positions. The newly developed UMD version 4 represents a complete replacement of the legacy system; custom developed based on Air Force requirements, business process analysis, and legacy system capabilities. Segue Technologies Inc. is a small business that specializes in sustainable software solutions which address their customers’ unique business challenges. Fri, July 22 2010 3:10:00 GMT The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce™ released an important report to Congress titled; "Women's Businesses Struggle for Market Share," (http://www.uswcc.org/marketshare) which finds, during a decade of strong growth in the number of women-owned firms, women's revenue-based market share shrank ten percent. "Women own over 7.8M firms, (28.75% of all firms in the U.S.) but secure only 3.95% of all revenues. The opportunity loss and unrewarded risk, loss of job creation, market demand, tax revenues, and potential retirement assets greatly impacts America's financial future," says U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce CEO, Margot Dorfman. Fri, July 22 2010 3:10:00 GMT The Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is calling for small businesses to build what it calls an Intelligent Robo-Pallet: mechanical platforms that can haul stuff onto its planes autonomously. It’s got to be able to move on its own, lift and stack as cargo masters instruct, possess a built-in navigation capability, fit and operate in tight quarters, and talk with all other tech that’s used to get things on and off planes. Basically, imagine a C-130 full of gear opening up and the pallets in the center raise up and roll out of the belly. Yes: the Air Force wants its Wall-E. Fri, July 22 2010 3:10:00 GMT A new non-profit trade association to ensure the development, growth and prosperity of Veteran Owned Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOB) and Military Businesses of all sizes worldwide has been launched under the name of VAMBOA.org, Veteran and Military Business Owners Association. VAMBOA will serve the needs of the veteran and military business communities by uniting veteran and military business owners for collaboration, connections and contracts with both private corporations and government agencies. Fri, July 22 2010 3:10:00 GMT Defense Department officials are committed to providing service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses with contracting opportunities, and are closer to its goal of awarding 3 percent of department contracts to such businesses, the acting director for the Pentagon's Small Business Programs Office said July 15. The department has seen a steady increase in its annual contract awards to such businesses since 2003, when $300,000 was awarded to disabled-veteran-owned small businesses, Linda B. Oliver said before the House Small Business Committee. Fri, July 22 2010 3:10:00 GMT