Tag: defense industry
Smiley’s second-term vision: Building Providence’s next economy
Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley entered City Hall in 2023 after serving as the city’s chief operating officer, promising a more efficient approach to...
Riley Power Group to lay off 117 North Kingstown employees
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Riley Power Group, a North Carolina-based maintenance and construction company that does contract fabrication work for submarine builder General Dynamics Electric...
Electric Boat contract a big boost for R.I.
The long-term future of thousands of Rhode Island manufacturing employees looks bright now that General Dynamics Electric Boat has secured a $9.5 billion contract...
For Nautilus, naval tech can serve other purposes
Nautilus Defense LLC’s first connection with the U.S. Navy took place before the company was founded, when Jim Owens had an opportunity to work...
Hope Global Braided Shoe and Boot Laces
THE STORY: Hope Global has been making shoe and boot laces for 136 years, and today it produces approximately 12 million pairs, or 108...
Core Composites Joint Warfighter Shelter of the Future
THE STORY: For more than 30 years, Core Composites has worked with advanced composite materials across many industries, including aerospace, automotive, defense and medical....
Response Technologies Crashworthy and Ballistically Tolerant Fuel Cells
THE STORY: The 4-year-old company has used multiple startup resources to refine its business plan and find the markets for its products. Using additive...
Tri-Mack Injection Molded Terminal Block
THE STORY: In its four decades, Tri-Mack has designed, selected materials, manufactured and assembled parts for the aerospace, chemical processing, electronics, industrial equipment and...
President of Electric Boat to retire Sept. 30
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Jeffrey S. Geiger will retire Sept. 30 as president of General Dynamics Electric Boat, Rhode Island’s largest defense contractor.
The company’s president...
Wholesaler admits to conspiracy to sell military and government knock-off goods
PROVIDENCE – Ramin Kohanbash of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to charges related to the selling of more than...
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