March 25, 2013
Bloomberg NewsRolls-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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March 25, 2013
Associated PressAn 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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March 4, 2013
Associated PressState 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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February 28, 2013
Associated PressThe $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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February 24, 2013
Associated PressThe 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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October 15, 2012
Associated PressThe 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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August 29, 2012
Associated PressRepublican 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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November 15, 2011
Associated PressThe 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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March 5, 2011
IBJ StaffThere 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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February 16, 2011
Associated PressThe 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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February 12, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinIn 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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January 1, 2011
Francesca JaroszIndiana 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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December 11, 2010
Bruce HetrickLike 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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December 9, 2010
Bloomberg NewsTwenty 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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November 30, 2010
IBJ StaffRolls-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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August 25, 2010
Scott OlsonA 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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July 24, 2010
IBJ StaffThe company has been hired to refine technology that detects whether a vehicle might be carrying suspicious cargo, including
explosives.
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June 29, 2010
J.K. WallWorkers 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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June 11, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe 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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April 23, 2010
Chris O'MalleyDepartment of Defense concurs that Indianapolis a better location than Cleveland for about 225 Marine Corps jobs.
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April 21, 2010
Chris O'MalleyU.S. Reps. Kucinich and LaTourette say about 225 Marine Corps IT jobs belong in Cleveland instead of Indianapolis.
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April 15, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe 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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April 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinRaytheon 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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December 21, 2009
IBJ StaffRolls-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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November 13, 2009
IBJ StaffThe 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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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.