Local citizens approved a $353.9 million bond proposal to build the facility, which will expose students to learning experiences in the aviation and aerospace industries.
Starfighters Space Inc. will open a launch facility, creating 23 jobs, while Grainger broke ground for a distribution center in Harris County, set to create 400 jobs.
When the Wright brothers made their first powered flight in 1903, odds are they didn’t realize they were igniting a legacy in North Carolina that would evolve into a booming aviation and aerospace industry.
Optimum Technologies will expand its Loudoun County, VA facility, creating 40 aerospace jobs, while MDA will build a new facility in Quebec, creating 600 positions.