Military

Rolls-Royce late with key part for F-35 fighter

March 25, 2013
Bloomberg News
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc was an average of 160 days late last year in delivering equipment needed for the U.S. Marine Corps version of the F-35 fighter to hover and land like a helicopter, according to the Pentagon.
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Mission change for Atterbury may mean new jobs

March 25, 2013
Associated Press
An Indiana military institution that has been a training site for thousands of deploying troops is getting a new name and a new peacetime mission. Officials say changes could someday lead to hundreds of computer-training jobs.
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Indiana casts eye toward more defense spending

March 4, 2013
Associated Press
State officials have started an effort to attract more military spending to Indiana even though the Defense Department is facing billions of dollars in automatic federal budget cuts.
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Let the sequester begin: Senate fails to block spending cuts

February 28, 2013
Associated Press
The $85 billion in across-the-board federal cuts are set to kick off on Friday, but will fall into place gradually over several months. The Obama administration has pulled back on its earlier warnings of long lines developing quickly at airports and teacher layoffs affecting classrooms.
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Federal budget cuts would hit military, education in Indiana

February 24, 2013
Associated Press
The White House has tallied the impact of automatic cuts to the federal budget set to take effect this week. Indiana will lose at least $100 million in support for the military, education, child care, seniors and services for other populations.
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Study to look at Camp Atterbury's economic impact

October 15, 2012
Associated Press
The Indiana National Guard has asked for a study into the economic impact that the thousands of additional soldiers training at Camp Atterbury have had on the surrounding area.
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Romney pitches change for veterans in Indiana speech

August 29, 2012
Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told veterans Wednesday in Indianapolis that he's already started planning how to change veterans' services to help them find jobs during a Romney administration.
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Indiana National Guard opens biggest armory in state

November 15, 2011
Associated Press
The Indiana National Guard has opened a new $27 million training facility in Franklin that is the largest of its 65 armories around the state.
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Study reveals military veterans' attitudes about community service

March 5, 2011
 IBJ Staff
There is a connection between military service and civic engagement for some groups of veterans, but the overall relationship is not that robust.
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UPDATE: House votes to kill pricey jet fighter engine

February 16, 2011
Associated Press
The decision on military budget cuts could have a big impact on the Indianapolis operations of Rolls-Royce Corp., the city’s second-largest manufacturer behind Eli Lilly and Co.
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American Legion HQ changes membership tacticsRestricted Content

February 12, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlin
In a move to shore up American Legion’s bottom line, the organization is holding back thousands of new members—along with their dues—from state affiliates.
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State's next economic initiative to revolve around militaryRestricted Content

January 1, 2011
Francesca Jarosz
Indiana economic-development officials are in the beginning stages of forming a marketing initiative—dubbed the Indiana Center for Complex Operations, or ICCO—to market the state’s budding defense sector.
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HETRICK: All I know of equality I learned from RudolphRestricted Content

December 11, 2010
Bruce Hetrick
Like Donner, we find ourselves advocating lies and abetting coverups of our good soldiers'; true identities, rather than celebrating the unique talents of every American willing to serve
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ITT Educational, for-profit peers reaped $521M from military

December 9, 2010
Bloomberg News
Twenty for-profit colleges—led by Carmel-based ITT Educational Services—reaped $521 million in U.S. taxpayer funds in 2010 by recruiting armed-services members and veterans through misleading marketing, according to a Congressional report released Thursday.
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$26.8M military deal revs local Rolls-Royce operation

November 30, 2010
 IBJ Staff
Rolls-Royce Corp.’s Indianapolis operations continue to cash in on military contracts, scoring a $26.8 million deal to provide 12 spare engines for the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
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Local government supplier cracks Inc. 500's top 10

August 25, 2010
Scott Olson
A combination of military service and education has helped Kevin Paul turn Indianapolis-based KPaul Properties LLC into one of the fastest-growing companies in the nation.
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Wolf Technical Services wins Army Corps contract

July 24, 2010
 IBJ Staff
The company has been hired to refine technology that detects whether a vehicle might be carrying suspicious cargo, including explosives.
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Raytheon lands $250 million Navy electronics contract

June 29, 2010
J.K. Wall
Workers at Raytheon Technical Services' Indianapolis facility will spend four more years working on software to control electronics on the Navy's V-22 Osprey aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce opens plant making part for Joint Strike Fighter

June 11, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
The new "focused factory" in Plainfield will produce lift fans for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The fan allows one version of the aircraft to make helicopter-like landings.
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Indy defense accounting jobs appear safe

April 23, 2010
Chris O'Malley
Department of Defense concurs that Indianapolis a better location than Cleveland for about 225 Marine Corps jobs.
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Ohio congressmen seek to raid Indy defense accounting jobs

April 21, 2010
Chris O'Malley
U.S. Reps. Kucinich and LaTourette say about 225 Marine Corps IT jobs belong in Cleveland instead of Indianapolis.
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Expansion set for Camp Atterbury training site

April 15, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
The proposed plan will expand the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury, bring economic development to south-central Indiana, and open a new fish and wildlife area in Putnam County in western Indiana.
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Raytheon lands key Navy contract

April 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC in Indianapolis will develop a new bomb rack for U.S. Navy airplanes under a recently awarded $32.4 million contract.
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Rolls-Royce bags $160M military contract

December 21, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Rolls-Royce Corp.'s Indianapolis operations will manufacture 78 turboshaft engines for U.S. Navy and Air Force helicopters under the terms of a mammoth $160.6 million military contract.
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Rolls-Royce scores $11M military helicopter contract

November 13, 2009
 IBJ Staff
The good news continues for Rolls-Royce Corp.'s Indianapolis operations, which this week received an $11.1 million contract to make gas turbine engines for the Army's OH-58D Kiowa reconnaissance helicopters.
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