AEGIS Destroyers

Bath Iron Works, Bath

At least five of its guided missile destroyers have had Persian Gulf responsibilities, according to Navy News Service.



Rebuilt Humvees

Maine Military Authority, Limestone

From bare frame to road-ready in 200 hours at one-third the cost. One of three sites in the country. Company started with 20 people in 1997; 395 today.



Ballistic tent insert panels

University of Maine, Orono

Big 4-by-8-foot panels blunt the effects of nearby mortar attacks. Prototypes in Iraq and Afghanistan now. Needs Army approval for a spin-off company and major orders.



Fuel trailers

Nichols Custom Welding, Wilton

These 9-foot trailers tote 500 gallons of gas or diesel, and come with English/Arabic or English/Dari operator manuals.



F-16, F-15, C-17 engine parts

Pratt & Whitney, North Berwick

Makes ducts, seals and stators; small parts, but try starting an engine without them. C-17s are huge cargo carriers for troops and material, F-15s and 16s are jet fighters.



Chemical-resistant outerwear

Creative Apparel Associates, Harmony, Dover-Foxcroft, Fort Kent, Belmont and Indian Township

Protect against anthrax, smallpox and toxins like sarin gas, according to the Associated Press. Hailed by a brigadier general on its Web site for “battle cry in support of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom.”



MK 19 and MK 47 grenade launchers, M2 machine guns, Gatling guns

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Saco

M2s fire 600 rounds a minute. The company makes 10 a day, will ramp up to 20. Lighter, newer MK 47s can program their grenades to detonate in the air at specific distances.



Ballistic material

Tex-Tech Industries, North Monmouth

Special material goes into the yolks and collars of outer tactical vests sold to the Army by Florida outfitter Point Blank Body Armor. Also did work on tent panels at UMaine.

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