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Gulf South Defense Tech Cluster
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About

Building a stronger Gulf South defense industrial base.

The Gulf South Defense Tech Cluster is building the connective infrastructure required to help companies, technologies, manufacturers, research institutions and communities participate in America's defense and advanced technology economy.
Our mission

Connect regional capabilities to national security opportunities.

America's next generation of defense capability will not come from one company, one laboratory or one military installation.

It will come from connected ecosystems capable of moving technologies from ideas to prototypes, from prototypes to production and ultimately into the hands of the people who need them.

The technologies are here. The talent is here. The industrial capability is here. Now we are connecting it.

What we do

Seven verbs. One pathway.

  1. 01

    Identify

  2. 02

    Connect

  3. 03

    Validate

  4. 04

    Accelerate

  5. 05

    Demonstrate

  6. 06

    Commercialize

  7. 07

    Scale

How we work

Across every part of the ecosystem.

CompaniesIndustryDefenseResearchGovernmentCapitalRegional Partners
Cluster leadership

Led by Maven Scouts.

The Gulf South Defense Tech Cluster is led by Maven Scouts in collaboration with regional industry, universities, government organizations, economic development partners, and the national security community.

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Lead organization

Maven Scouts

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Program support

U.S. Small Business Administration

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Contact

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