Archived News

April 14, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced initial steps toward launching the Aviation Manufacturing Job Protection (AMJP) program and is encouraging small businesses who may be eligible for funding under this program to begin preparing for the application process. 
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March 29, 2021 - This event includes one-on-one meetings in a virtual environment with buying teams of government agencies and prime vendors to develop relationships, understand their purchasing processes and to identify supply chain opportunities.
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March 26, 2021 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) will participate in the SAME Fort Worth Industry Day & Matchmaking Event on April 30th, 2021. Approximately 50 buyers will be available for one-on-one virtual meetings and more than 400 small business suppliers/sellers are expected.
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February 22, 2021 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) will participate in the 2nd Annual Houston Business Matchmaker on March 5th, 2021.   Over 50 buyers will be available for one-on-one virtual meetings and there is capacity for more than 500 small business suppliers/sellers.
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February 22, 2021 - On Wednesday, February 3rd, the FAA Small Business Program Office recently participated in the Aerospace Diversity Policy & Research Forum.
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February 08, 2021 - The FAA has added the ability to set-aside individual procurements to small Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) certified businesses.   
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February 05, 2021 - The FAA has added the ability to set-aside individual procurements to Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) eligible under the SBA’s WOSB Program.
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January 06, 2021 - Register to attend the National 8(a) Association Virtual Day on January 25th, 2021.

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November 10, 2020 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) participated in the virtual Federal Small Business Conference on November 6th.
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November 03, 2020 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) attended the Native Hawaiian Organizations Association’s 3-day 2020 Virtual Small Business Summit on October 27th-29th, 2020.
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October 30, 2020 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) attended the virtual Nebraska “Meet the Buyers” event on October 20th.

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February 28, 2020 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) participated on a Government Panel in Atlanta, GA on February 20 at the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Small Business Government Forum.
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February 28, 2020 - The FAA Small Business Office participated in a Matchmaking event in Austell, GA on February 26th. The National Contract Management Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a Matchmaking Small Business Industry Day and the FAA’s SBO eastern service area representative attended.
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January 22, 2020 - All vendors interested in doing business with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will no longer be able to view contracting opportunities on the FAA Contracting Opportunities (FAACO) website.  All contract opportunities and related announcements will be transitioning to beta.SAM.gov effective February 1, 2020. 

September 17, 2019 - Help National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) address safety-critical risks associated with flying drones in the national airspace at the Safeguard with Autonomous Navigation Demonstration (SAND) Challenge.
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August 22, 2019 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) attended the Government Procurement Conference in Arlington, TX to meet with Small Business firms to educate them about doing business with the FAA.
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August 09, 2019 - On Thursday, August 8th, the FAA Small Business Office (SBO) attended the ChallengeHER event in San Antonio, TX to meet with Women Owned Small Business firms to educate them about doing business with the FAA.
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June 21, 2019 - SBO hosted a Small Business Vendor Day at the Southwest Regional Office in Ft. Worth on June 19, 2019. The Vendor Day was a combined event with FAA representatives from the Eastern, Central, and Western Service Areas in attendance.
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June 17, 2019 - SBO attended the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Airport Business Opportunity Forum at DFW Airport, TX to meet with firms that operate in the aviation and airport spaces in an effort to educate them about doing business with the FAA.
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June 14, 2019 - SBO attended the Society of American Military Engineers Industry Day in Arlington, TX to engage with the construction and facilities maintenance vendor community in its efforts to support the Agency's mission.
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June 07, 2019 - From June 3 - 5, 2019, 1,000+ attendees from all sectors gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center for the FAA UAS Symposium 2019. The FAA, industry, academia and other government agencies got down to business to discuss the latest topics related to the growing use of UAS.
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May 31, 2019 - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Small Business Office (SBO) participated in the 2019 Norcal Procurement Expo on May 31st, 2019, at the Roundhouse Conference Center in San Ramon, CA.
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May 29, 2019 - The FAA Small Business Office recently participated in the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Technical Symposium at the WJHTC in Atlantic City, NJ. The "Technical Center Tuesday" event took place on May 14th, 2019, and featured the theme, "Where Innovations Take Flight".
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May 24, 2019 - On May 23rd, the FAA Small Business Office (SBO) participated in the Georgia Black Construction Association Conference in Albany, GA, which had over 100 small businesses in attendance.
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May 10, 2019 - On May 9th, SBO attended the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME) Trade Show at the Oregon Convention Center. This event was designed for purchasers and buyers from the public and private sectors to network with minority, women and veteran-owned businesses
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May 10, 2019 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) participated in the Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Matchmaker Expo from May 7-9, 2019, in Buffalo, NY. Over 350 small businesses, mainly in the construction field, attended the event.
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March 12, 2019 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) attended the Women's Business Enterprise National Council Summit & Salute in Houston, TX to engage with the women-owned business community in its efforts to support the agency's socio-economic initiatives.
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March 07, 2019 - The FAA Small Business Office participated in the Alliance Northwest Conference. With over 1,000 small businesses interested in selling to the U.S. Government, the Alliance Northwest Conference is the largest annual business-to-government conference in the Pacific Northwest
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March 05, 2019 - The US Department of Transportation (DOT) Bonding Education Program (BEP) (PDF) partners with the Surety and Fidelity Association of America (SFAA) to help small businesses become bond ready.
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December 12, 2018 - The FAA participated in the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Small Business Matchmaking event.
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October 03, 2018 - The FAA Small Business Office (SBO) attended the ATCA Annual Conference & Exposition to engage with the business community in its efforts to support the future of Air Traffic Management.
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