ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Inside Indiana Business with Gerry DickMonday, November 2, 2026

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – This weekend, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick to discuss his 5 th Annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit in Downtown Fort Wayne. Click the image above for the full discussion. Key Excerpts on the Defense Summit: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “In Fort Wayne we have a strong defense industrial base, L3 Harris, Raytheon, BAE, General Dynamics, but it says a lot about Indiana and what we want to do with this event every year: show off Crane, show off what’s happening at Atterbury and Muscatatuck and what’s happening in the defense industry throughout the state.” “We’re not just investing in tanks and battleships; we’re investing in the future. Indiana plays a big role in drone production and testing at Atterbury, and Indiana is at the tip of the spear when it comes to hypersonics – not just at Crane but Purdue and Notre Dame both have hypersonic testing for wind tunnels and investments in our universities. I do sense a tipping point. Indiana is not just the crossroads of America; we’ve always been the crossroads of the defense industrial base, and I want to be a part of growing it.” ###