Despite the Trump administration’s jarring shifts in foreign and trade policy, some international companies are laying plans to expand their defense business in the United States, executives said in interviews.
Saab increased its American manufacturing footprint this past year, adding facilities in Rhode Island to build uncrewed underwater vehicles and munitions in Michigan. The company also has a presence in Indiana for the fuselage for the Boeing-Saab T-7 jet and deep tech research.
“You have a European company investing a lot in America…and we’re looking to potentially invest more,” Michael Brasseur, Saab’s vice president and chief strategy officer for its U.S. business, said in an interview.
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