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Wright State University will receive a more than $7 million from the Defense Department to plan for anticipated reductions in the regional defense industry, the Pentagon announced late Tuesday.
The funds are part of a larger $7.8 million project with Wright State and its partners to find ways to diversity Dayton’s economy, according to the Pentagon.
The work will focus on developing technology more quickly and bringing it into the commercial market and helping employees transition into the growing fields of unmanned vehicle systems, medical manufacturing and information technology.
Work will focus on creating a regional international trade strategy and ways to sustain the initiative after the grant is depleted.
The Defense Department’s Office of Economic Assistance Industry Adjustment Program awarded the grant to Wright State.
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