Land of Lincoln’s honest effort in defense manufacturing

Chicagoland

• 1,360 establishments with at least 1 DOD contract
• $5.3 billion in DOD sales
• 80% of total State DOD spending
• Home of the Army Research Lab Central
• Home of Naval Station Great Lakes (NSGL)
  • The Navy’s largest training installation
  • More than 20,000 sailors, Marines, soldiers, and DOD civilians live and work on the installation
• Increased Illinois’ gross domestic product by $4.6 billion.
  

Greater Peoria Region

• 75 establishments with at least 1 DOD contract
• $240 million in DOD sales
• 3.7% of total State DOD spending
  
• Home of 182nd Airlift Wing of the Illinois National Guard
  • Maintains and operates eight C-130 Hercules aircraft

Quad Cities

• 169 establishments with at least 1 DOD contract
• $178 million in DOD sales
• 2.6% of total State DOD spending
• Home of U.S. Army Garrison Rock Island Arsena
  • Employs more than 6,000 military, civilian, and contractor personnel
  • RIA-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) - largest government-owned manufacturing facility in the U.S.
  • United States Army Center of Excellence for Additive Manufacturing
  • $1.2 billion annual economic impact

Rockford Region

• 54 establishments with at least 1 DOD contract
• $315 million in DOD sales
• 2.7% of total State DOD spending