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Florida’s Aviation and Aerospace Industry – An Overview Globes: The Israel Business Conference December 12 – 13, 2011. What is Space Florida? . An Independent Special District of the State An Economic Development Agency: Financing Tools that Defray Up-Front Cost
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Florida’s Aviation and Aerospace Industry – An Overview Globes: The Israel Business Conference December 12 – 13, 2011
What is Space Florida? • An Independent Special District of the State • An Economic Development Agency: • Financing Tools that Defray Up-Front Cost • Conduit Lease Finance Authority • We Partner Regularly with Enterprise Florida and Local Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) • Developer of Aerospace and Related Infrastructure: • Spaceports Master Plan • Space Life Science Laboratory/Exploration Park • Hangers • Launch Complexes
Aviation in Florida • Major Companies include: • AAR • Airbus • Embraer • FedEx • Flight Safety International • LAN Cargo • LiveTV • Signature Flight Support Corporation • Spirit Airlines • United Turbine • UPS Source: Infogroup Inc., Employer Database 2012-1st Edition. Prepared by: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Statistics Center, October 2011.
Aerospace in Florida • Major Companies include: • Astrotech • BAE • The Boeing Company • General Dynamics • Harris Corporation • Honeywell • L-3 Communications • Lockheed Martin • Northrop Grumman • Pratt & Whitney • Raytheon • Rockwell Collins • Sikorsky • SpaceX • United Launch Alliance Source: Infogroup Inc., Employer Database 2012-1st Edition. Prepared by: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Statistics Center, October 2011.
Top Rankings in Aerospace Source: Business Expansion Journal, Nov/Dec 2011 Prepared by: Bizminer, www.bizminer.com *All indicators are based on real-time data from the end of the 2nd Qtr 2009 to the end of the 2nd Qtr 2010.
Major Military and Civilian Aerospace Installations • Florida hosts two of the nine Unified Combat Commands of the U.S. Dept. of Defense • Central Command (CENTCOM) is based a MacDill AFB in Tampa • Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is based in Miami • Eglin AFB is a significant training center for UAV operations • Kennedy Space Center is the world’s leading spaceport for human space flight • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station provides national security and commercial space satellite launches
Thank you! For more information, please contact: Bernie McShea VP Business Development +001 (321) 730–5301 ext. 254 bmcshea@SpaceFlorida.gov Please visit our website: www.SpaceFlorida.gov