Aerospace And Defense Archives - Business Facilities

They’re Coming to Take Us Away

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: May 15, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Automotive, Brazil, Canada, China, Featured Post, India, Japan, Online Features, The Editor's Blog, U.S. - Far West, U.S. - Great Lakes, U.S. - Mid Atlantic, U.S. - New England, U.S. - Plains, U.S. - Rocky Mountains, U.S. - Southeast, U.S. - Southwest | comment : 0

A new survey says 60 percent of Americans would welcome driverless cars on U.S. roads. ...

Quallion Opens New Lithium Ion Battery Factory In California

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: April 23, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, California, Daily News, Featured Post, Online Features, U.S. - Far West | comment : 0

Factory provides domestic source of critical materials used in US government satellite batteries; expected job creation of over 50 positions at new factory. ...

FEATURE STORY: Accelerating In Alabama

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: April 16, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Alabama, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Automotive, Feature Story, Featured Post, Foreign Direct Investment, Governor's Report, Magazine, Magazine Highlights, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

Nestled in the piney woods of Alabama is a rising economic dynamo that is flexing its muscles and challenging all comers. Gov. Robert Bentley tells us how Alabama is rapidly moving forward to cement its leadership in automotive, aerospace and exports. From the March/April 2013 issue. ...

From the Ground Up

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: April 05, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Featured Post, Florida, Online Features, The Editor's Blog, Transportation Infrastructure, U.S. - Southeast, Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce | comment : 0

The end of the Space Shuttle program could have meant the end of a jobs bonanza on Florida's Space Coast, but the folks who enabled us to send men to the moon didn't let that happen. ...

Deloitte Report: Continued Decrease In Defense Sector Revenue And Earnings, Growth in Commercial

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: April 01, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Contributed Columns, Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Online Features | comment : 0

Overall, the top 20 U.S. A&D companies' revenues increased 5.5 percent to $354.7 billion, primarily driven by record-setting commercial aircraft production, which offset the negative revenue decline within the defense subsector. ...

Study: Unmanned Aircraft Industry Poised To Create 70k New U.S. Jobs In Three Years

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: March 19, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Contributed Columns, Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Online Features | comment : 0

New study finds enormous job creation potential following integration of unmanned aircraft into the national airspace. ...

Boeing To Consolidate Flight Training Facilities From Seattle To Miami

Posted by: Heidi Schwartz Posted date: March 11, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Daily News, Featured Post, Florida, Online Features, U.S. - Far West, U.S. - Southeast, Washington, Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce | comment : 0

Idea meets strategy of bringing training closer to customer operations. Flight simulators and certain operations to locate in Miami, where facility and capabilities will better serve global airlines. ...

BUSINESS REPORT: Life Sciences Grow High-Wage Jobs in the Beehive State

Posted by: BF Staff Posted date: February 26, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, Biotech And Pharma, Business Report, Featured Post, Magazine, Magazine Highlights, Plastics And Medical Devices, Research And Development, U.S. - Rocky Mountains, Utah | comment : 0

The average wage for jobs in the Utah life sciences industry is $59,480, or 53 percent above the private-sector average of $38,932. From the January/February 2013 issue ...

Sequestration Nation

Posted by: BF Editor Posted date: February 26, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Topic, Education, Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green), Executive Analysis, Featured Post, Food Processing, Montana, Online Features, Quality Of Life, Research And Development, The Editor's Blog, Transportation Infrastructure, U.S. - Rocky Mountains, Workforce Training/Skilled Workforce | comment : 0

More than two million jobs may hang in the balance as Congress approaches a showdown in its latest manufactured budget crisis. ...

INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

Posted by: BF Staff Posted date: February 25, 2013 In: Aerospace And Defense, Archives, Articles By Industry, Articles By Location, Articles By Topic, California, Featured Post, Illinois, Indiana, Industry Focus, International, Logistics And Distribution, Magazine, Magazine Highlights, Mississippi, Panama, Ports And Free Trade Zones, U.S. - Far West, U.S. - Great Lakes, U.S. - Southeast | comment : 0

At least $13 billion in public investment is earmarked for port development in the next decade. With the expansion of the Panama Canal and steady growth of U.S. exports, developers and investment interests are bullish on U.S. ports. From the January/February 2013 issue ...