PDAC: Submission #533 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Defense

2. Project title Digital Engineering Center of Excellence

3. Short description Digital engineering has revolutionized technical industries, like Formula 1 racing, and is now crossing into Defense. Yet creating digital threads and twins remains challenging to both companies and government programs. The U.S. needs a leading center of excellence for digital engineering to help organizations scale these technical challenges.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Istari, Inc.

5-8. Address 705 Cambridge Street
Boston, Massachusetts. 02114

9. County Suffolk

10. Recipient organization Same

11-14. Address {Empty}

15. County {Empty}

16. Organization type For-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Chris Benson

18. Title Dr.

19. Organization Istari, Inc.

20. Telephone 720-628-6763

21. Email cbenson@istaridigital.ai

22-25. Address 705 Cambridge Street
Boston, Massachusetts. 02114

26. County Suffolk

27. Additional contacts {Empty}

Location Details

28. City Dayton

29. County Montgomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 20000000

32. Total Cost 42000000

33. Other sources of funds $22,000,000 with a potential for > $100,000,000 in future

34. How the funds will be used Equipment Purchases

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. Yes

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) Details available on request

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload {Empty}

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds Within the next 6-12 months

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify N/A

Community Details

40. Community Need A Digital Engineering Center of Excellence would hire and grow engineering talent in Dayton and stimulation company relocation. By creating a world-leading center, both companies and government programs would have Dayton as a one-stop-shop for digital engineering needs. Additionally, due to the computational costs of digital engineering, both small businesses and government programs often find upfront digital engineer costs prohibitive. By providing leading tools, computation, and subject matter expertise, Dayton can help lead Industry 4.0 - the next industrial revolution in advanced manufacturing.

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. No.

42. Direct new jobs created 51 to 100

43. Existing jobs retained? More than 1000

44. Sustained permanent jobs? More than 1000

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. Dayton is already a leading city for aviation and national security. Digital engineering will significantly impacting these fields, as evidenced by Air Force programs like T-7, NGAD, and Sentinel. By creating a leading center of excellence, Dayton will ensure its current government and industry workforces can upskill, while encouraging future talent continue to view Dayton as a leading technology city.

No zipcode is the "Home of Digital Engineering." This project changes that.

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? More than $100,000

47. Is your project a workforce development program? Yes

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? Yes

Which industry? Advanced Manufacturing

49. Counties in which jobs will be created Montgomery

Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages. {Empty}

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

52. Name of person filling out this form. Chris Benson

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. 7206286763

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. cbenson@istaridigital.ai

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? {Empty}

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. {Empty}

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. {Empty}

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: {Empty}

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