Parallax Advanced Research (formerly the Wright State Applied Research Corporation), headquartered in Beavercreek, and the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) of Cleveland announced a joint affiliation agreement between the two organizations, effectively tying together aerospace industries and scientific research across our state. While both organizations are 501(c)(3) nonprofits and will retain respective nonprofit status with integrated operations, the results so far have exceeded expectations.
“Combined, Parallax and OAI are almost 180 employees,” says John Sankovic, who is president of the OAI but executive vice president of the new Parallax partnership. “We now have an organization that stretches from Northeast Ohio all the way down to Southwest Ohio.”
With the Dayton area as a focal point. “Too often, in states with major metro areas, the metros tend to compete with each other,” says Jeff Hoagland, Dayton Development Coalition president and CEO. “This affiliation is a great step in drawing together Ohio’s metro areas working with each other and helping the state establish itself nationally in research and development and science and technology innovation.”
“This affiliation demonstrates the strength of Ohio’s defense and aerospace ecosystem and highlights the importance of collaborating across the state to meet the synergistic needs of industry, academia and national security,” adds Joe Zeis, senior advisor for Aerospace and Defense, Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.
Dennis Andersh, CEO of Parallax, heads the new affiliation between north and south.
“This integration has directly resulted in bringing together the Southwest Ohio defense ecosystem and the Northeast Ohio aerospace supply chain while creating and expanding applied research linkages across Ohio for aerospace, space, energy, advanced manufacturing, materials sciences, physical sciences, microelectronics, and medical research and development,” says Andersh.