Unique program has Virginia students acting as export advisers. 

Northern Virginia Community College has the partnerships and curriculum to help train a growing regional tech workforce.

The Apprentice School in Newport News allows students to fire up virtual power tools and get firsthand experience fusing metal for vessels produced by Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of HII.

Virginia Western Community College’s advanced technology education programs, which train skilled workers to serve the Roanoke's advanced manufacturing base and growing automotive industry, helped draw Mack Trucks, Inc. to Virginia's Roanoke Region. 

The Great Opportunities in Technology and Engineering Careers program (GO TEC) is on a mission to develop a broad talent pipeline for advanced manufacturing companies in Virginia — a serious mission that begins with play.  

Germanna Community College and GCubed, Inc. partnered to create a summer boot camp credentialing program for high school teachers to train them for cybersecurity classes.

The Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) work study program visits high schools to persuade today’s teenagers that they should seek a career in manufacturing.  

The Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center (VMASC) specializes in the future — integration of digital technologies into practical uses to support partners in industry and government.