The Senate's FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act will include more than one billion dollars in funding to upgrade the Abrams tank, and another one billion dollars for upgrading Stryker vehicles, both of which are manufactured at the JSMC. The bill also includes 331 million dollars for the body of the Stryker vehicles to support the Army's Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense program.

JSMC may be receiving more than $2 billion in funding for equipment upgrades thanks to Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown. That funding was secured by Senator Brown through the National Defense Authorization Act. If the bill passes more than $520 million will go towards the continuation of Stryker vehicle upgrades. More than $1.7 billion would go towards upgrades to the Abrams Tanks.Senator brown believes this will have a positive impact not only on JSMC, but West Central Ohio as well.

The U.S. Senate shows their continued support for the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center. The Senate passed the latest round of the National Defense Authorization Act, which included 1.7 billion dollars for the construction of new Abrams tanks and the upgrade of 165 existing tanks. Plus another 249 million dollars to upgrade Stryker vehicles. Ohio senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown have been advocates for the Army's tank plant, and they hope the funding remains through the next phase of the budget process.

Lima's Joint Systems Manufacturing Center could be seeing a boost with the latest National Defense Authorization Act.

The United States Senate gives its final OK to spend 700 billion dollars on national defense.