Monday, December 11, 2006
Mich. eyes security sector
Levin offers political edge
Michigan also has an advantage as one the nation's busiest border states. Technology developed to protect the Detroit-Windsor crossing could be exported around the world.
And with any field that lives and dies with government funding, politics plays a key role.
Many hope that the impending appointment of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, to the chairmanship of the Senate's Armed Services committee will mean more funding of military and security projects in the state.
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Blog Tags: Antiterrorism, Counterterrorism, Force Protection, Homeland Security, Maritime Security, Port Security
Michigan also has an advantage as one the nation's busiest border states. Technology developed to protect the Detroit-Windsor crossing could be exported around the world.
And with any field that lives and dies with government funding, politics plays a key role.
Many hope that the impending appointment of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, to the chairmanship of the Senate's Armed Services committee will mean more funding of military and security projects in the state.
"We are seeing a lot of homeland security spending just coming online now," said Jonathan Smith, managing director of Sylvan Lake-based Wave Dispersion Technologies, a company that engineers floating intrusion barriers for seaports. "The country has invested heavily at the airports, but there are a lot of other needs to be filled."
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Blog Tags: Antiterrorism, Counterterrorism, Force Protection, Homeland Security, Maritime Security, Port Security
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