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Defense Department Awards $2B In Contracts To Build Rockets, Some Building To Happen In Arizona

The Defense Department has awarded more than $2 billion in contracts to three companies to build rockets.

Some of the build-out of those rockets is slated to happen in Arizona.

To talk more about this, Mike Wall, senior writer at Space.com, came on The Show.

Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.