The Hawaii Defense Alliance and the Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative hosted the second day of its Intern Spotlight. Mahalo to sponsors HII and Hawaii Technology Development Center.

The Hawaii Defense Alliance and the Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative hosted the first day of its Intern Spotlight. Mahalo to sponsors Booz Allen Hamilton and Hawaii Technology Development Center.

On Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, the Hawaii Defense Alliance together with the HUBZone Program held a webinar to fuel small business growth in historically underutilized business zones. With more defense work coming to Hawaii, the Alliance wants to connect the people of Hawaii to the business opportunities of the defense space.

In July, the Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) virtually held a two-day Procurement Readiness Workshop to help ready the Hawaii Industrial Base and others of the requirements to do business with the Federal Government.

On Monday, July 11, the Military Affairs Council (MAC) and the Hawaii Defense Alliance, in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton and the Hawai‘i Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), hosted a Summer Intern Spotlight at the Entrepreneur’s Sandbox in Kaka‘ako.

Hawaii Defense Alliance’s workforce committee members Ian Caliedo and Keala Peters joined the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) on a career-oriented field trip with James Campbell High School students in mid-April.

The Hawaii Defense Alliance hosted a free, virtual webinar with the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) that focused on local DOD opportunities and opportunities beyond Hawaii for your business.

The Hawaii Defense Alliance hosted a webinar on How to Navigate TechNet Indo-Pacific, the largest conference of its kind in the Indo-Pacific Rim.

Continuing our Building Hawaii Intel Career Pathways Together series, the next session focused on careers in Signals Intelligence. Learn more about what the industry is doing to work with academia and NSA to lay out career pathways and intern/job opportunities to engage students.

On Jan. 6 – 7, 2022 Hawaii Defense Alliance joined the MAC to host the 2022 Partnership Conference. This annual conference provides an opportunity for MAC and HDA members and partners to learn about the military’s priorities in Hawaii and the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility, as well as the steady and increasing economic opportunities the defense sector brings.