Hawaii officials want to form a new organization to get more local businesses in on lucrative defense contracts — and to find ways to use military money to grow other sectors of the state’s economy. Among the challenges the alliance would plan for is a potential decrease in military spending.
The plan is based on analysis by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism of the defense sector funded by a grant from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation.
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