Dayton's Advanced Technology Clusters | Dayton Tech Town

The City of Dayton has identified the following clusters as holding significant opportunities for the city to expand the regions job base. Opportunities for collaboration at some of the country’s finest research facilities – including the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB and the University of Dayton Research Institute – have helped make our city one of America’s new centers for advanced technologies. Currently expanding clusters include:

Sensors & RFID TechnologyDaytonis becoming the premier hub for the development and commercialization of new Sensor and RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions.Located in Tech Town is Dayton RFID Convergence Center (DRCC), the first business incubator specifically focusing on RFID technologies. IDCAST, The Institute of Development and Commercialization of Advanced Sensor Technologies, a University of Dayton-led consortium of 8 universities and USAFRL, has established a collaboration center at Tech Town.

Aerospace & Aerospace Medical Research  This clusters focuses on technologies for military and commercial industries in areas such as fuels and combustion, sensor fusion and data management, simulations, alternative energies, human performance, and combat technologies. In 2009, Dayton was named Ohio’s official Aerospace Hub. The Aersopace Hub initiative leverages this designation by linking WPAFB with related aerospace academic research efforts, commercialization channels, and business incubators.  

Advanced Manufacturing & Materials  The Dayton region is one of the largest tooling, machining and material processing centers in the nation. The region is home to several of the world’s top materials research institutions including University of Dayton Research Institute and Air Force Research Labs Materials Directorate. Tech Town with the university system, local incubators as well as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in brining cutting-edge technologies to the market.

Information Technology & Data Management  The Dayton region has the highest concentration of trained information technology professionals in Ohio. Companies in the area generate over $10 billion in annual sales from information systems and advanced data management technologies.  The Air Force Materials Command has a workforce of over 6,000 specializing in the acquisition, management and logistics support.

The RFID Incubator, located in Tech Town, is an example of region’s support for information technology and data management businesses in the area.