North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Transformation
August 16, 2014
SACT Addresses Industry Leaders at “Going Global Defense Initiative” Event
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), French Air Force General Jean-Paul Paloméros addressed industry and business representatives as keynote speaker at the Kick-off Workshop for Virginia’s Going Global Defense Initiative held in Norfolk, Virginia, August 14.
The Going Global Defense Initiative, launched by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP), is an effort to mitigate the impact that defence spending cuts have on Virginia’s economy. The VEDP focuses on assisting Virginia businesses in capturing export opportunities overseas.
Norfolk is home to Allied Command Transformation (ACT), the only permanent NATO headquarters located outside of Europe. The command oversees NATO’s military transformation ensuring the organisation is capable of effectively taking on future security challenges.
General Paloméros talked to the business leaders about cooperative effort of NATO and industry, and how their support for the Alliance was vital to ACT’s success, saying “the Allies recognise that in our current strategic context, we are facing new needs in terms of knowledge, no longer developed within the Defence realm. Today, Academia and Industry are leading in these areas of interests.”
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