ABOVE & BEYOND MISSISSIPPI’S SPACE COAST

PortAirSpace.com n international point of entry A and launching pad for next generation space travel, Hancock County provides unparalleled reach across the nation, around the globe and far beyond.

We’re located in the heart of the Gulf Coast’s Space Corridor, just an hour from New Orleans with convenient access to I-10 and U.S. 90, two airports, a superbly equipped shallow draft port and extensive rail infrastructure. SITES

Our advantages go well beyond within Stennis Space THE PERFECT multimodal transportation thanks to Center’s Enterprise Park LOCATION FOR the presence of NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The Center is surrounded by a certified certified AEROSPACE 125,000-acre acoustical buffer zone that allows system tests 24/7 and four Project Ready Certified Sites, putting you in close proximity to a vibrant and growing ACRE ACRE industrial park industrial park center of aerospace activity and talent. configuration configuration ROLLS-ROYCE TEST STAND WITH TRENT XWB ENGINE attract workers within a

WORKFORCE RADIUS

over the last compared to 3% growth for INCREASED all Mississippi and the 8% for population the nation

UNIVERSITIES COLLEGES With 280+ programs related to aerospace within an hours drive of Hancock County uccess in the aerospace industry takes Smore than just access to highly trained and educated workers. You need a workforce that can evolve and adapt to More than 5,000 highly Hancock County is home Hancock County new challenges and opportunities. trained professionals to Pearl River Community is the pioneer are employed by College’s Aerospace and first certified Academy, offering programs ACT WorkReady The Hancock County Port and Harbor NASA and the United AN EDUCATED, tailored to meet the needs of Community along the States Department of Commission goes above and beyond aerospace employers. Mississippi Gulf Coast. ENGAGED AND to work with community partners and Defense (40% Navy EVOLVING assist industries with talent development, and Navy contractors) attraction and retention, ensuring a talent within Mississippi’s 34% of adults, 25 and older, in the region have an WORKFORCE pipeline that can grow with your business. Space Coast. Associate’s Degree or higher.

INTERNATIONAL AIR RESPONSE C-130 READY FOR TAKE OFF AT STENNIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KHSA) THE RIGHT STUFF FOR SPACE EXPLORATION

ancock County has been a key part in our nation’s space program for Hover fifty years. What started with NASA’s development of the John C. Stennis Space Center for testing Saturn V engines for the Apollo program, has evolved and grown into a hub for private industries and commercial space ventures.

As the commercial space industry matures, it has become practical to anticipate space launch activities from public airports. Stennis International Airport (KHSA), owned and operated by the Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission, is actively seeking a Commercial Launch Site Operator License from the FAA to potentially host horizontal launch and landing operations.

COMMERCIAL ur partnership with “ OStennis and the

support of Hancock IN THE MAKING County have been

“critical to our growth since our founding. TIM ELLIS, “ CEO AND CO-FOUNDER e have had a long RELATIVITY SPACE Whistory of partnering with Stennis to power the “nation into space.

EILEEN DRAKE, CEO & PRESIDENT AEROJET ROCKETDYNE YEARS OF SPACE EXPLORATION NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY MINE WARFARE CENTER (NOMWC) DEPLOYS AN UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE TO SEARCH FOR MINES AS PART OF A TRAINING EXERCISE UNMANNED & UNMATCHED

ancock County offers a diversity of benefits Hfor aerial, terrestrial and submersible system development, testing and manufacturing.

We are uniquely positioned to advance growth in Mississippi’s growing cluster of unmanned systems companies through our unique combination of logistical and intellectual assets and the support Hancock County was chosen Federal partners include of federal partners, providing access to experts to support The Department of Stennis Space Center, Naval who understand and embrace new ideas and Homeland Security’s new Small Meteorology and Oceanography disruptive technologies. Unmanned Aircraft Systems Command (CNMOC) and Naval Demonstration Range Facility Research Center With our port, airport and acres of unobstructed land, companies of all sizes can develop, demonstrate and deploy a host of unmanned systems for growth and success. Rocket engine testing Rocket engine assembly and testing

JOIN THE GROWING LIST OF Jet engine testing UAS research and testing AEROSPACE COMPANIES THAT CALL HANCOCK COUNTY HOME.

Satellite propulsion system manufacturing Avionics system integration

Autonomous underwater Rocket engine testing vehicle research HANCOCK COUNTY PORT & HARBOR COMMISSION

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