Last Updated: November 09. 2009 2:32PM
General Dynamics breaks ground for vehicle center in Sterling Heights
Associated Press
Sterling Heights -- General Dynamics Corp. is building a Metro Detroit center it says will speed the design and construction of new military land vehicles.
General Dynamics Land Systems holds a groundbreaking ceremony Monday in Sterling Heights, where the division is headquartered. The company says the Mounted Maneuver Collaboration Center will cost $8.2 million, occupy 22,000 square feet and open next year.
Republican U.S. Rep. Candice Miller of Harrison Township will be the keynote speaker.
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General Dynamics says the center will collaborate with the U.S. military and other companies in developing vehicles for the U.S. and its allies.
Falls Church, Va.-based General Dynamics has about 92,000 employees worldwide.
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