Defense

Northeast Indiana's defense industry is intelligent and capable. Local defense contractors bring in millions of dollars every year, employ thousands of specialized personnel and develop products that change our Nation. Including such giants as General Dynamics, ITT and USSI, the defense industry in Northeast Indiana is vitally important to the region. 

Indiana Defense Industry: SuccessesNortheast Indiana defense contractors were awarded over two billion in prime contracts from 2005 to 2006. And, for our more-than one-hundred-twenty defense contractors in Northeast Indiana, those contracts continue to come in. Recently, ITT Corporation's Aerospace Communications Division in Fort Wayne was awarded a contract modification totaling more than 7.5 million dollars. This is in addition to the original contract and will bring the number up towards the 93 million dollar mark for defense industry leader, ITT.

Indiana Defense Industry: LeadersThe wide range of products and services offered by northeast Indiana defense industry contractors requires a skilled and specialized workforce. Indiana's defense industry employs thousands of talented engineers, designers and technically trained software engineers. The ability to find existing talent and attract new talent in Northeast Indiana is one of the factors in defense contractors' successes in northeast Indiana.

Indiana Defense Industry: WorkNortheast Indiana defense contractors work across a variety of defense-related disciplines to produce innovative devices that serve our troops both on the ground and in the air. The defense industry in northeast Indiana produces assets such as communication systems for use underwater, on the ground, in the air and via satellite.  Northeast Indiana defense contractors also contribute to our nation's aerospace products and parts, battlefield software, armored vehicle components, logistics and research and development.