Defense budget flows to economicly hard off Michigan

January 14, 2008 by Matthew Potter
Filed under: BAE Systems, Federal Budget Process, Michigan 

According to this article in Crain’s Detroit Business the economically depressed state Michigan is seeing some gains from the increases in the defense budget due to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army has a large presence in Michigan due to its activities in Warren, MI which include track and wheeled vehicle development. BAE Systems which manufactures M1 and M2/M3 systems is also building up its group there .The service is also planning on moving its robotics efforts there as well.

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    [...] Defense budget flows to economicly hard off Michigan Defense budget flows to economicly hard off Michigan January 14th, 2008 — BAE Systems, Federal Budget Process, Michigan According to this article in Crain’s Detroit Business the economically depressed state Michigan is seeing some gains from the increases in the defense budget due to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army has a large presence in Michigan due to its activities in Warren, MI which include track and wheeled vehicle development. BAE Systems which manufactures M1 and M2/M3 sys [...]

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