St. Louis Public Radio | By Sarah Fentem Published Aug. 12, 2024 at 5:50 p.m. CDT
St. Louis stands to benefit from $5 million in additional federal defense funding aimed at supporting the region’s geospatial workforce, U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt said Monday.
Schmitt announced the National Geospatial Innovation Hub Advancement Act at a roundtable meeting with defense and intelligence officials at the T-Rex co-working space in downtown St. Louis.
“[In St. Louis], we have a tendency to look backwards and lament losses, things that went away, or talk about the 1904 World’s Fair. It was great. The Olympics were here. That was great,” he said. “But there’s a lot of opportunities. … We have an opportunity to make, I think St Louis, the defense tech capital of the United States.”
