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Boeing Begins Expansion Of 737 Commercial Delivery Center In Seattle

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. “I founded the King County Aerospace Alliance to foster the continued growth and global competitiveness of our region’s aerospace industry, and this expansion is great economic news for the county and our airport,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine.

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Maryland: Green Energy Institute Brings Innovation To Market

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From the September/October 2017 Issue. Boyd Rutherford (left) and Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles, discusses his 2017 Environmental Package. Larry Hogan’s 2017 environmental agenda, which the governor unveiled in January. By the BF Staff. T he Maryland state legislature has allocated $7.5 Larry Hogan, with Lt.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds With Jennifer Nelson, Michigan Economic Development Corp.

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From the July/August 2017 Issue. BF: The Michigan Film & Digital Media Office has introduced the Creative Chambers Initiative, a pilot program to retain and attract new talent for creative industries in five MI communities. has a shortage of skilled workers for high-tech industries. By the BF Staff. BF: The U.S.

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The Drone Age

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” In other words, the test sites will help FAA create federal regulations that will open the skies to a commercial drone industry that has the potential to become a growth sector worth hundreds of billions of dollars in coming years. Should commercial drone flights be permitted before defenses against rogue drones are perfected?

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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From the July/August 2017 Issue. Arizona is home to a surging ecosystem of global giants, early stage entrepreneurs and tech-savvy Millennial talent who are breaking new ground across a wide range of industry growth sectors. Recently, the metro area was ranked second in the nation for its tech sector job growth by CBRE.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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From the September / October 2017 Issue. P redictions about the speed of technological advances usually invoke a formula known in the semiconductor industry as “Moore’s law,” first postulated in 1965 by Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. By Jenny Vickers. Photo: shutterstock.com).

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7