Defense contractors

Compotech was one of 10 small businesses across the nation selected from 1,182 entries as a semifinalist in a U.S. Small Business Administration pitch competition.

U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, who co-chairs the Senate Arctic Caucus, is asking the U.S. Coast Guard to select Maine as the homeport for one of its new generation of icebreakers.

Mike Wisecup, a retired Navy SEAL officer whose parents were career public servants, is a mentor in residence at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, where he is advising leaders of the new National Security Innovation Hub.

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard project distinguished Cheyenne as the first submarine to undergo an overhaul as part of a program that extended its total service life beyond 44 years.

Maine’s new benefits law will give employees the option of taking up to 12 weeks of paid time off at up to 90% of their compensation rate. The plan is the most generous in the country, but employers, large and small, see challenges.

Bath Iron Works has 6,700 workers and a payroll of $447 million, but housing is in short supply in the Bath area.

The facilities inside the industrial park consist of a Maritime Industrial Workforce Training Center affiliated with the Maine Maritime Academy and a SpaceTech facility that's part of the Maine Space Corp.

Most of the civilian workforce hails from Maine, with 4,252 employees earning $433.2 million, up from 4,194 employees earning $402.1 million in 2023.

Child care is considered an essential piece of the puzzle in recruiting and retaining Bath Iron Works employees.

The ship will be named after Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, who received the Medal of Honor in 2014 after shielding a fellow Marine from a grenade blast in Afghanistan.