Who We Are
NAMC Members
NAMC’s Members represent nearly 500 organizations, including large traditional defense contractors, non-traditional defense contractors (NDCs), small businesses, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions. Small businesses and NDCs each respectively make up nearly 70% of NAMC’s total membership. These organizations provide unique insights and solutions for the Government based on previous experience in commercial applications.
Members are pre-vetted for technical competency and their ability to receive US Government solicitations. These organizations represent a wide array of experience and expertise essential to progressing the US Government’s ground mobility and related technologies. Our Members also elect the Board of Directors that provides oversight for NAMC’s management and overall strategy.
NAMC Team
NAMC’s professional staff brings unmatched relevant expertise in:
- DoD contracting
- Ground mobility advanced technology
- Program management
- Military operations
- And more
Our team focuses on building and maintaining relationships with our customers and Members. After all, fostering those relationships and empowering our connections to succeed helps NAMC achieve our ultimate mission and vision.
Mission
NAMC exists to foster member-driven innovations that ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and victory for the U.S. military. |
Vision
NAMC is the preferred, proven source of ground vehicle, automotive, and intelligent systems technology for the U.S. military. |
Meet the Team
Alissa Roath
Andrew Dallas
Warren Sponsler
Ashley Snider
William Wade
Matthew Foglesong, Ph.D.
Lindsay Bayles
Dean Wurzell
Alton Munger
Deena McIntosh
AnnMarie Henderson
Jessica Sierakowski
Ellie Karaki
Veronica Baginski
MaRisa Roberson
Tresure Trumbull
What We Do
Collaborate
Leverage a diverse membership base to engage with the government to drive defense innovation.
Deep dive into technology specifics, solicitation documents and project discussions at a Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) level.
Innovate
Execute demonstrations and workshops for ideations, market research, industry/warfighter input and advance planning initiatives.
Implement in-person and virtual industry days on behalf of the government.
Communicate
Train our membership on how to work not only within the OTA, but with rules and regulations of government procurement, positioning our non-traditional members to compete for future opportunities outside of the OTA construct.
Educate
Develop communities of interest to garner feedback on standards, specifications and requirements.
Create and distribute requests for information and surveys to industry and compile and analyze the data on behalf of the government.
Our History
NAMC has evolved over the last 15 years to better meet the needs of Government Customers and our Membership. Over those 15 years, NAMC has always been:
- A Member-led organization through the Board of Directors
- A non-profit organization
- Focused on advanced mobility and associated technologies, primarily in the ground domain
NAMC's roots go back to 2008 when the Robotics Technology Consortium (RTC) was formed by a group of Industry/Academia in the robotics space. RTC competed for and was awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) managed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and contracted through Army Contracting Command – New Jersey (ACC-NJ) focused on Ground Robotics. RTC would later go on to become NAMC.
In 2014, based on the success of the RTC, the consortium competed for and was awarded a second, broader OTA, expanding our mission to include all manned and unmanned ground vehicle systems. This OTA was managed out of the Vehicles and Robotics Alliance (VRA) located at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research & Development Command (TARDEC) (now the Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) and contracted out of ACC-NJ.
In 2017, NAMC was awarded its third OTA, the New Ground Vehicle Systems (GVS) OTA, adding the production component to the Ground Vehicle Systems (GVS) OTA. This OTA is managed by GVSC and contracted out of ACC-Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA).
In 2023, NAMC was awarded the Detroit Arsenal Innovation (DAI) OTA. This OTA continues the great work that started with the GVS OTAs. It aids our U.S. Army Customers in the delivery of Advanced Mobility platforms and capabilities. This OTA is managed by the GVSC and contracted out of ACC-Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA).
Our Purpose According to Our Bylaws
The Corporation is organized for the express purpose of advancing Military platforms and enabling technologies, towards fielding modern capabilities to U.S. Warfighters, and to engage in any and all lawful activities which may be necessary, suitable, desirable, or proper to accomplish the purpose for which the Corporation was organized, provided that the Corporation shall exercise only such powers that are in furtherance of the exempt purposes of charitable organizations as set forth in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service.