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The Drone Age

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billion to create a global shipping hub for its growing fleet of traditional cargo aircraft at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Or, to put it in drone-speak, we’re putting the UTM before the Mobile Skylight. Should commercial drone flights be permitted before defenses against rogue drones are perfected?

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My Kingdom for a Horse

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We figured incoming production metrics would give us an accurate fix on whether the traditionally dominant aero hubs in Metro Seattle and Wichita are in the process of being usurped by rising contenders in Charleston, SC and Mobile, AL. Aerospace Manufacturing sector.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The expansion includes retrofitting their main fab to logic chips to supply mobile and tablet production. Along with new renovations, Samsung’s Austin Research Center also grew its presence with about 200 engineers dedicated to design and development of the latest technologies for mobile application processors. Samsung Electronics Co.,

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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We wish we could tell you that most locations are mobilizing to fix the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and dams; unfortunately, the opposite seems to be true: the United States received an overall grade of D+ in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) annual assessment, our starting point for BF’s evaluation.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Motorola Mobility, Plantation, FL. Airbus Lands In Mobile. Mobile, AL already is a hub for heavy manufacturing. Its largest manufacturers include shipbuilding giant Austal USA (2,500 employees), ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (1,700), ST Mobile Aerospace (1,300) and BAE Systems Southeast (850). defense contracts.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Rising stars Tennessee and Indiana, our fourth- and fifth-ranked states in Best Business Climate, show no signs of abandoning their upward mobility in this flagship category. 4 (Indiana and Kentucky) were revving their engines and gaining on the frontrunners at the finish line. TN is Race to the Top Leader. Herbert told us. Plains U.S.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The sites include the Greene and Sumter Renewal Community, made up of both counties, the Mobile Renewal Community, which includes Prichard and a section of east Mobile, and the Southern Alabama Renewal Community, which includes Wilcox County and parts of Butler, Conecuh, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe and Perry Counties.

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