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Kelly Space & Technology, Inc., of San Bernadino, Calif., this morning said it will set up an East Coast operation in Rhode Island to commercialize its lightweight ballistic protection armor technology for watercraft.

“Rhode Island’s great marine and defense industry and its growing science and technology community, coupled with programs like the Business Innovation Factory provides a neutral platform where public and private sector innovators can collaborate to explore and test new business ideas,” said Michael J. Gallo, President and CEO of Kelly Space & Technology, in a statement.

Gallo said the Rhode Island operation also plans to work with the federal government to determine the eventual scope and scale of production of ballistically-armored watercraft.

As production commences over the next year, the company will operate a Rhode Island facility at an undetermined location with approximately 50 employees, Kelly said..

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