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Selfridge aircraft to conduct low-level flights around Detroit, Lansing,...
Associated Press - Fighter and refueling aircraft from Selfridge Air National Guard Base are expected to conduct flights this week over the Detroit River, downtown Detroit and other areas in Michigan....
View ArticleArmy to test driverless vehicle technology on I-69 in Lapeer, St. Clair counties
Associated Press - LAPEER — A convoy of U.S. Army vehicles will cruise along Interstate 69 in Lapeer and St. Clair counties as part of an initial testing of driverless military vehicle equipment on...
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MEDC launches bid to defend, expand state's defense industry
Chad Halcom - The Michigan Economic Development Corp. formally unveiled Thursday an initiative in development since last year to preserve or build upon the $8 billion of annual military spending on...
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Amended bill may open door for upgrade of A-10 aircraft wings
Chad Halcom - Defense contractors could submit bids by next week on a new contract to supply more than 100 sets of new A-10 aircraft wings, with help from a new $100 million that cleared the House on...
View ArticleWayne State to host new Michigan Cyber Range hub
Chad Halcom - Wayne State University will host one of two new hubs of the Michigan Cyber Range, a set of specialized networking and computer infrastructure testing and training centers, in Southeast...
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MCM Learning finds life after auto in defense technical, training markets
Chad Halcom - Sometimes diversifying to add a new line of business is no different than forming a new business from the ground up, as Warren-based MCM Learning Inc. has learned. President and CEO Ned...
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The Navy is launching a warship, and you, too, can get a ball cap
Adrienne Roberts - With the commissioning of the USS Detroit approaching, the ship's commissioning committee has created a line of USS Detroit-branded merchandise that includes shirts, jackets and...
View ArticleU.S. approval may benefit 2 defense businesses in Sterling Heights
Chad Halcom - Sterling Heights-based General Dynamics Land Systems and the local business unit of BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP may both benefit from a new Foreign Military Sales order from...
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Navy confirms Oct. 22 for USS Detroit commissioning ceremony
Bill Shea - The U.S. Navy has locked in its previous tentative date to commission the USS Detroit in its namesake city: Oct. 22. Plans are to conduct the ceremony on the Detroit riverwalk at the GM...
View ArticleArotech to end battery storage project, seeks buyer for intellectual property
Chad Halcom - Ann Arbor-based Arotech Corp. will discontinue a battery storage project of several years at month's end and put its intellectual property out for bidders, in a move that also terminates...
View ArticleMilitary awards could send $200 million in business to companies with...
Chad Halcom - Military contractors in Michigan could see $200 million or more of new business over the next five years from awards and production orders through the U.S. Department of Defense in the...
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General Dynamics gets $508.7 million Stryker refit contract; BAE nears...
Chad Halcom - Sterling Heights-based General Dynamics Land Systems won a new $508.7 million contract to refit a legacy fleet of armored vehicles, while rival BAE Systems Inc. expects to deliver the...
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USS Detroit to arrive Friday for commissioning next week
Crain's Detroit Business - The USS Detroit is expected to arrive in its namesake city sometime Friday, docking by the GM Renaissance Center for a week of activities leading up to the commissioning...
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USS Detroit docks in Detroit River for commissioning next week
Adrienne Roberts - The USS Detroit arrived in its namesake city Friday, docking behind the GM Renaissance Center at about 1:45 p.m. The $450 million vessel came from Marinette, Wis., where it was...
View ArticleLakeshore TolTest to forgo payments, equipment in settlement
Chad Halcom - A longtime Detroit civil engineering and public works contractor that filed for bankruptcy liquidation two years ago will surrender $23 million in outstanding contract payments to the...
View ArticleWomen in Defense honors 4 at gala
Crain's Detroit Business - The Michigan chapter of Women in Defense was set to honor three women for outstanding contributions to the defense industry, and one retired soldier for excellence in...
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Patterson hints at 1,000 new defense industry jobs
Kirk Pinho - In his annual update on Oakland County's successes on Wednesday night, longtime Executive L. Brooks Patterson lauded economic progress in the long-neglected county seat of Pontiac, and...
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Soaring Pine Capital in Birmingham buys Ohio aircraft parts maker
Tom Henderson - Birmingham-based Soaring Pine Capital announced Wednesday that it has acquired ETI Tech Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, a maker of more than 200 hardware parts for fixed and rotary wing military...
View ArticleAM General to move from Livonia to Auburn Hills, create 55 new jobs
Kurt Nagl - AM General LLC plans to move its engineering and product development center from Livonia to Auburn Hills, creating 55 jobs in the process. Approaching the end of its 30-year lease in...
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Michigan's immigrant, tech sectors to be present at Trump's address
Justin Sink and Margaret Talev Bloomberg - Lawmakers, investors and the American public want President Donald Trump to provide some much-desired clarity on his policy agenda with his first address to...
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5 charged in scheme to overcharge Warren-based TACOM for parts
Joe Mandak Associated Press - PITTSBURGH — Two brothers who own a military-supply business, a civilian Army employee in metro Detroit and two others have been charged with a $6 million scheme to...
View ArticleDefense contractor: Former owners, exec to blame for scheme to overcharge...
Joe Mandak Associated Press - PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania defense contractor said two brothers who formerly owned the company, and their former CFO, are to blame for an alleged $6 million scheme to...
View ArticleCybersecurity gathering focuses on military vehicles
Associated Press - A two-day gathering in Troy is focusing on how cybersecurity is affecting military vehicles. The Michigan Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association has partnered with...
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Williams International in talks for plant at former Pontiac film site
Kirk Pinho - A deal for property bigger than the Pontiac Silverdome site is in the works that could bring a large defense contractor to the Oakland County seat. While nothing has been finalized,...
View ArticleIsraeli delegation to visit Macomb County for defense mission
Kurt Nagl - A delegation of Israeli defense leaders is coming to Michigan on Sunday for a defense industry mission. The delegation — the first of its kind — will include Israeli dignitaries and 13...
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