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OVERVIEW Begins of First Alabama’s aviation/aerospace industry has been integral to U.S. Space and Defense U.S. – Built A320 programs for more than 50 years. in Mobile Today, Alabama is home to hundreds of aerospace, aviation, and defense-related This marks another important companies supporting both government and commercial markets and has attracted milestone for the Alabama investment from companies around the globe. manufacturing facility. Since it began production in July 2015, 27 A321 have been delivered from the facility.

Airbus Press Release (May 2017)

http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press- releases/en/2017/05/airbus-begins- production-of-first-u-s-built-a320-in- HIGHLIGHTS mobile.html

 Alabama ranks 12th among US states for total in Aerospace Products and Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 3364). Average annual employment for 2018 was over 12,000 with more than 70 private manufacturing employers.

 Aerospace Products and Parts were valued at over $2.1 billion in 2018, IndustryWeek an increase of over 48% over the previous year. Best Plants  Alabama’s aviation, aerospace and defense sectors are made up of equipment Award manufacturers (OEMs), , repair & overhaul (MRO), material and UTC Aerospace Systems– component manufacturers, and technical providers, research Aerostructures was named a 2016 and development (R&D) companies, and other and service providers – IndustryWeek Best Plants winner for over 300 companies. excellence in continuous  Alabama is home to Airbus’ first American jetliner production facility. improvement and standard production processes. The Alabama- based company manufactures nacelle system components for leading commercial airplane manufacturers.

Industry Week Magazine

(February 2017) http://www.industryweek.com/industryweek -best-plants/2016-industryweek-best-plants -award-winners-excellence-manufacturing

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COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION

In 2012, Airbus announced that it would build the company’s first American jetliner production facility in Mobile. Final assembly and production on the Airbus A320 family of aircraft began in 2015. Airbus began delivering aircraft to Airbus View in early 2016. FAST FACTS

Location: Mobile, Alabama Announced: July 2, 2012 Production Start: 2015 Products: A319, A320, and A321 aircraft Investment: $600 million Job Creation: 1,000 direct jobs

ALABAMA : PART OF A GROWING SOUTHEAST INDUSTRY

Airbus and Alabama are part of a well‐established and growing Southeast industry in aircra manufacturing.

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HIGHLIGHTS, AEROSPACE PRODUCTS AND PARTS

Average Employment: Aerospace Products and Parts Manufacturing 2018

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Stascs www.bls.gov. 2018 data United Launch Alliance

Average Weekly Wage: Aerospace Products and Parts Manufacturing 2018

Airbus Engineering Center Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Stascs www.bls.gov. 2018 data

Dollar Value of Alabama Exports: Aircraft, and Parts 2018

GE Aviation components

Source: Alabama Department of , Internaonal Trade Division, 2017

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AVIATION, AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE AROUND THE STATE

Huntsville and North Alabama Mobile and Southwest Alabama  In 2014, Alabama Aircraft Support  Huntsville is one of the country’s  Mobile’s Brookley Aeroplex is one (Enterprise) broke ground on a $12 principal centers for space and the largest industrial complexes on million hangar defense . the Gulf Coast and is home to a facility at Enterprise Municipal number of aviation and aerospace Airport.  Huntsville is home to Redstone companies including Airbus Arsenal and NASA’s Marshall Americas Engineering, Star  Commercial Jet, an MRO Space Flight Center where the Aviation, VTMAE, Continental (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) Saturn V rocket was designed and Motors, and . services provider recently began the next-generation Space Launch operations at the Dothan Regional System is being developed.  Brookley Aeroplex was selected as Airport in a 400,000 sq. ft. aircraft the location for Airbus' first servicing and maintenance facility.  Cummings Research Park American jetliner production (Huntsville) is one of the world's facility. Production on its A320  Other notable companies in southeast leading science and technology family of aircraft began in 2015 and Alabama include Vector Aerospace parks. the first Alabama-assembled (Andalusia), DRS jetliner, a A321, was delivered in (Andalusia), and Sikorsky Aircraft  and have 2016. (Troy). made major contributions to the space and defense industry  In 2015, Airbus Defense and Space advancement in Huntsville for over selected Mobile-based Airbus DS 50 years. Aircraft Inc. as its new worldwide support center for the  In 2015, GE Aviation announced C212 aircraft series. that it will invest more than $200 million to produce advanced  In 2015, MAAS Aviation materials to support the aerospace announced a $39 million twin-bay industry. facility and Paris-based Hutchinson Corporation  In 2015, Hexcel announced a $150 announced a $2 million aerospace million expansion at its facility in manufacturing center of excellence Decatur. in Mobile and 100 jobs.

 Other notable companies in the  Other notable aerospace companies Huntsville area include Aegis in the area include UTC Aerospace Technologies, SAIC, SES, Systems (Foley), and Segers Aero Raytheon, COLSA Corporation, (Fairhope). Teledyne Brown Engineering and United Launch Alliance (Decatur). Dothan and Southeast Alabama  Enterprise Community College Montgomery and Central Alabama (avionics and aviation mechanics  Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base training) and Fort Rucker - the (Montgomery) sits on the original Army Aviation Center of the United site of the 1910 Wright Brother’s States - play a strong role in the flying school. Today, Maxwell is the development of aviation jobs in home of Air and is the southeast Alabama. U.S. Air Force's center for Joint Professional Military .  In 2014, Lockheed Martin (near Troy) broke ground for its Long  In 2014, GE Aviation (Auburn) Range Strike Systems cruise missile announced that it would spend $50 production. In 2015, the company announced the addition of 240 million on a new 3-D Alabama’s aerospace and initiative, a first-of-its-kind project employees at the facility by 2020. defense companies are located that will mass produce fuel nozzles throughout the state and are for jet engines. part of a growing aerospace in the Southeast.

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RECENT EXPANSIONS AND NEW PROJECTS (PARTIAL LIST)

Jobs Investment Company County Product Created (Millions) 2018 Airbus Mobile A220 jets 430 $300 (Expansion) DynCorp Aviaon Covington Helicopter MRO 60 $150 (Expansion) Lockheed Marn Pike Missiles 60 $130 (Expansion) 2017 Aerojet Rockeydyne Madison Rocket Engine, Mfg 700 $137 (Expansion) Connental Motors Mobile Piston engine manufacturing ‐ $60 (Expansion) Dynecs Morgan Mfg. parts for NASA & others 15 $7.3 (Expansion) Madison Missiles & Space , Mfg 200 N/A (Expansion) United Launch Alliance Morgan Rocket boosters ‐ $115 (Expansion) Blue Origin Madison Rocket Engine, Mfg 265 $90 (New) Dynecs, Inc. Morgan Aerospace tesng facility 10 $14.2 (New) Global Aviaon Services Marshall Helicopter repair and overhaul 25 N/A (New) RUAG Space Morgan Enclosures to cover 100 N/A (New) Safran USA Mobile Aircra engine nacelle systems 20 $1.0 (New) 2016 UTC Aerospace Systems Baldwin Nacelle Components 260 $20.4 (Expansion) Yulista Services, Inc. Madison Aircraft Parts 200 $13.5 (Expansion) The Boeing Company Madison Engineering, 400 N/A (Expansion) Commercial Jet Services Houston Aviation MRO 100 N/A (Expansion) 2015 Lockheed Martin Missiles/Space Madison Missiles & Space Vehicles 100 N/A (Expansion) Hutchison Aerospace Mobile Acoustic Insulation 100 $2.0 (New) Inc. Shelby Aircraft Product Support & Maintenance 4 $3.5 (Expansion) GE Aviation Madison Aerospace Composites 300 $200.0 (New) MAAS Aviation Aircraft Services Mobile MRO Paint Facility 80 $39.0 (New) Continental Motors Mobile MRO for Aerospace Engines 25 $1.0 (Expansion) 2014 GE Aviation Lee Additive Components for Jet Propulsion N/A $50.0 (Expansion) GKN Aerospace Elmore Advanced Composite Structures 30 $16.0 (Expansion) Aerojet Rocketdyne Madison Rocket Propulsion Development Office 100 N/A (Expansion) MAAS Aviation Aircraft Services Mobile Paint Shop for Airbus 34 $13.0 (New) Science and Engineering Services (SES) Madison MRO of Helicopters, Airplanes 450 $70.0 (Expansion) 2013 Alabama Aircraft Support (AAS) Coffee Helicopter MRO 200 $12.0 (Expansion) DIEHL Aerospace Inc. Shelby Aircraft Product Support & Maintenance 10 $2.7 (Expansion) Commercial Jet Inc. Houston Aircraft Maintenance and Repair 500 $21.0 (New) Vector Aerospace Covington Helicopter Maintenance and Repair 75 $3.0 (Expansion) 2012 Airbus Mobile A320 Aircraft Assembly 1000 $600.0 (New) DRS Technologies Covington Aircraft Maintenance and Upgrades 75 N/A (New) Safran Engineering Services Mobile Engineering Center 50 $2.0 (New) United Launch Alliance (ULA) Morgan Rocket Manufacturing, Assembly 75 N/A (Expansion)

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WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION Top 5 -  Alabama Industrial Development Training (AIDT) was established to help U.S. Training Agency new and expanding Alabama companies recruit and train an outstanding . AIDT is consistently recognized for its excellence.

 Institutions of higher education across the state closely with aerospace and defense companies to align programs with industry needs. 30 four-year colleges and and 24 two-year community and technical colleges - strategically located throughout the state- provide Alabamians with educational opportunities to meet the emerging needs of industry.

 Four universities—Auburn University, University of Alabama, Tuskegee University, and University of Alabama in Huntsville, offer degrees in . The Alabama Aviation Training Center, operated by AIDT, is preparing workers for the

Airbus A320 Family Assembly Line (FAL).  Alabama’s Auburn University receives the nation's first FAA authorization to operate an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight School.

Alabama Aviation Centers Other Aviation Education Locations

Calhoun’s Community College Associate of Applied Aviation College at Science degree in Aerospace Technology offers a Snead State concentration in Structures and Assembly or Albertville Campus Welding. It prepares graduates for employment in the aerospace and related industries through classroom and hands-on laboratory instruction in propulsion structures and assembly or specialized welding.

The Aviation Education Center will be built near the Airbus Final Assembly Line at Brookley. To be managed by Airbus Americas Inc., it will feature The Academy offers courses in aviation, industrial classrooms, and “ rooms,” maintenance, and welding. This $2.7 million facility is a with Coastal Alabama Ozark Campus along with flight-themed exhibits and education programming to inspire young people to pursue Community College, the Fairhope Airport Authority, and the Baldwin County Board of Education to train Andalusia Campus careers in the aerospace industry. high school students, college students, and working age adults to pursue aerospace and aviation careers.

Aviation Education Alabama Aviation Center Center The Academy at the at Mobile Fairhope Airport

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MAJOR MILESTONES

1930s 1980s 2015

 Maxwell Air Force Base became the  The first Space Shuttle mission was  The Airbus U.S. Manufacturing designated home of the U.S. Army Air powered into orbit by the main engine Facility commenced aircraft assembly Force Tactical School for professional and solid rocket boosters developed in Mobile. military education. by the Marshall Space Flight Center.

1940s  Lockheed Martin moved its smart missile operations from Orlando,  Redstone Arsenal was established in to Troy, Alabama. Huntsville. 1990s 1950s  The Army’s Aviation and Missile  Werner Von came to Command moved to Huntsville. Huntsville. 1998

 Boeing announced that the Delta IV 2016 rocket would be built in Decatur.  Airbus celebrated delivery of its first 2003 Alabama – assembled commercial  Boeing Delta IV rockets were jetliner , an A321, to U.S. consolidated to Alabama for JetBlue. production. The facility is now part of Werner Von Braun the United Launch Alliance joint venture between Boeing and 2017 1960s Lockheed-Martin.  Airbus begins assembly of the first  Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) 2006 A320. opened at Redstone Arsenal, making  NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville a major center for the in Huntsville was named as a key future development of rockets and Center for the development of Ares I . and Ares V Rockets. Sources:  Apollo 4 launched using the Saturn V 2007 Alabama Department of Commerce, Business rocket developed at MSFC. Development and International Trade  Airbus North America Engineering divisions opened a premier engineering center in Mobile’s Brookley Aeroplex. US Bureau of Labor Statistics Alabama Aerospace Industry Association 2009 USA spending.gov  Headquarters U.S. Army Space and Alabama Commission on Higher Education 1970s Missile Defense Command moved to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville. NASA  The Alabama Space and Rocket 2012 Redstone Arsenal Center opened in Huntsville, becoming the future site of the U.S.  Alabama was chosen as home of Marshall Space Flight Center Space Camp and Space Academy. Airbus’ U.S. A320 family final Miscellaneous news articles/ announcements assembly line - the company’s first-  The Lunar Roving , built in ever production of jetliners on Huntsville, was driven on the moon. American soil. June 2017

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