Research as part of Media Mouse's ongoing monitoring of military contracts shows that $652,987 in contracts have been awarded to local companies in West Michigan. These include:
- A $207,658 contract awarded to RSL Electronics USA for "Fire Control Equipment" for TACOM-Rock Island
- A $169,522 contract awarded to Coffman Electrical Equipment Company for electrical equipment for the Navy
- Two contracts totaling $157,920 were awarded to Smiths Aerospace for "aircraft gunnery fire control components" for the Army and a memory unit for the Navy
- A $54,555 contract awarded to Borisch Manufacturing for motor vehicle maintenance for the Army
- A $35,798 contract awarded to Eaton Aerospace for a "Motional Pickup Transducer" for the Defense Logistics Agency
- A $27,534 contract awarded to Evans Tempcon for a shutter control assembly for the Defense Logistics Agency
Additionally, on September 26, the military awarded McDonnell Douglas a $1.3 billion contract to provide 24 F/A-18 fighter jets to the government of Australia. According to the contract, 2% of the work will be done in Grand Rapids.
