In June of 2006, Grand Rapids area companies were awarded $813,663 in military contracts for a variety of items including components for military aircraft and electronic targeting devices for weapons. The contracts awarded this month were:

• $186,660 to L-3 for an attitude indicator for use by the Navy.
• $90,000 to Smiths Aerospace for the repair and/or modification of a signal recorder for the Navy.
• $203,632 to Eaton Aerospace for an actuator for the Navy.
• $181,038 to RSL Electronics for fire control computing sights and devices.
• $107,000 to Modern Fire & Security Systems for fire alarm upgrades at the United States Coast Guard air station in Traverse City.

  $45,333 to Hollymatic Corp for kitchen equipment for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

It is also worth noting that work will be completed in nearby Whitehall on a nearly $43 million contract to Raytheon Missile Systems for the XM982 Excalibur Unitary Guided Projectile.

As has been the case over the two years that Media Mouse has been monitoring military contracts given to Grand Rapids companies, there was little to no reporting on the contracts in the local media. While Media Mouse has seen contracts announced in the local media in the past, this month there was no reporting on the contracts, some of which were weapons components that will be used by the United States’ military in its continuing “war on terror.” Moreover, the awarding of contracts to companies such as Hollymatic Corp and Modern Fire and Security Systems illustrates the vast infrastructure needed to support the United States' military and the ways in which companies aside from those in the "defense industry" play a vital role in maintaining the United States' capacity as an imperial power, in addition to benefiting from the military-industrial complex.