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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Soaring To New Heights

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Shreveport Regional Airport. The Aerospace/Defense industry reported its third consecutive year of record revenue and profit last year. The uptick came on the strength of a surging commercial aviation market that more than offset a soft defense performance. However, defense companies face an uncertain 2013.

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Orbital Outfitters To Build In Midland, TX

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Space and Pressure Suit Manufacturing Development Business at the Midland International Airport (MAF). Construction of the new building at MAF will be completed by December 2015 and include an altitude chamber complex to support the testing and qualification of many space components and will be made available for use by UTPB.

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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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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. The CDC expansion is scheduled for completion in mid-2015.

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Send in the Drones

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According to the federal government, the purpose of these sites is to determine if remotely piloted (and, hopefully, unarmed) aircraft “can be safely integrated into manned airspace” by 2015. In its 2013 Aerospace Forecast, the FAA called UAVs “the most dynamic growth sector within the aviation industry.” within five years.

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The Drone Age

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In this case, what’s coming promises to dramatically change our way of life (and the view from your living room window): if the test program successfully integrates robot planes into our crowded skies, FAA anticipates that up to 7,500 commercial and government-sponsored drones may be buzzing around over America as soon as 2015.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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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. Mesa has one of the nation’s most unique cybersecurity assets—Arizona Laboratory for Security and Defense Research (AZLabs).

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