Middle Tech
Mission Critical | Inside the Louisville Machine Shop Rebuilding America's Defense Industrial Base: Patrick Malcor & Wesley Sparks of Ajax Defense
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There are 40% fewer small businesses in America's defense industrial base than there were 20 years ago. The machining, welding, and fabrication that turn a program into an actual weapon happen three tiers down from the primes - and that's where the capital has stopped flowing. In Louisville, a veteran-owned holding company is buying those shops and keeping them.
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