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King: “Burdensome, Slow” Process Harming Maine’s Defense Industrial Base

U.S. Senator Angus King, in a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Seapower, spoke with Matthew Sermon, the program manager of the Maritime Industry Base, about the importance of strengthening...
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Defense force: New coalition looks to build talent pool for Maine’s military businesses

Maine’s defense industry anticipates the need for thousands of new hires over the next five years. Where will those workers come from? And how will Maine provide the needed skills...
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Maine Maritime Academy joins defense industrial partnership

Maine Maritime Academy is partnering with the U.S. Navy, members of Maine’s congressional delegation, the state’s largest defense contractors and other institutions of higher learning to train students for…
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Maine Defense Industry Alliance unveils plans for welding lab at York County Community College

Maine employs 20,000 workers in the defense industry, at Bath Iron Works, Pratt and Whitney, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and other facilities. Yet a persistent shortage of skilled workers has...
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Assistant Secretaries of the Navy Visit Maine Defense Industry, Establish New Industry Group

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN-RDA), the Honorable Nickolas Guertin, took part in the launch of the Maine Defense Industry Alliance (MDIA) today, where he…
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Maine Defense Industry Alliance forms to help meet workforce needs

Maine officials say they need to add more than 7,000 workers to the state's defense industry over the next five years.
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Maine’s Defense Industry Joins Forces with U.S. Navy, Higher Ed to Accelerate and Increase Workforce Training

A coalition of Maine defense industries, the community colleges and universities, members of Maine’s congressional delegation, state agencies, and the U.S. Navy unveiled a new partnership…
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Maine’s Defense Industry Joins Forces with U.S. Navy, Higher Ed to Accelerate and Increase Workforce Training

A coalition of Maine defense industries, the community colleges and universities, members of Maine’s congressional delegation, state agencies, and the U.S. Navy unveiled a new partnership…
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Governor Mills, Senator Collins, Senator King, Representative Pingree, Announce Maine Defense Industry Alliance

Today, Governor Janet Mills, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, announced the Maine Defense Industry Alliance (MDIA), a newly established non-profit coalition…
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