24-453-410 Aerospace Corr Map - Jackson County Mississippi

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Aerospace Parks
Military Bases
Aerospace Research
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Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558
Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
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Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
Aerospace parks
1 Sunplex Light Industrial Park
Location: Highway 57, Ocean Springs, MS
Overview: Location of more than 20 companies, including Northrop Grumman, Micro Methods and Ferson Technologies, the
park is located between and within a mile of both I-10 and U.S. 90. The site is fully permitted.
Contact: George Freeland, Executive Director, Jackson County Economic Development Foundation
Mailing address: PO Drawer 1558, Pascagoula, MS, 39568-1558
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web site: www.jcedf.org
Focus: Light industrial, including aerospace
2 Jackson County Aviation Technology Park
Overview: Adjacent to the airport, the aviation park, formerly known as the Trent Lott Aviation Technology Park, is designed for aerospace-related businesses. The first tenant is Northrop Grumman Unmanned Systems Center, which builds Fire Scout
drone helicopters and Global Hawk fixed-wing drones at the plant.
Location: Moss Point, MS, adjacent to the Trent Lott International Airport
Size: 300 acres
Contact: George Freeland, Executive Director, Jackson County Economic Development Foundation
Mailing address: PO Drawer 1558, Pascagoula, MS, 39568-1558
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.jcedf.org
Focus: Aerospace technologies
3 Aerospace Technology Park
Overview: Although still being developed, the park is a joint project of Stennis Space Center and the State of Mississippi. The
first tenant is the Lockheed Martin Space and Technology Center. Adjacent to the park is the location where the Department
of Defense had planned to locate the Space-Based Laser Performance Test Facility, though that project is on hold.
Mailing address: NASA Center Operations, Building, 1100, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Phone: 228.688.2670
Focus: Aerospace-related companiess
4 Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant Industrial Complex
Overview: Built in 1978 as an Army munitions plant, it became an industrial park in 1993. Building 9101 alone has 400,000
square feet. The facility is 8 miles from Interstate 59 to the west and Interstate 10 to the south. It is 45 miles from the Port of
Gulfport and 20 from Port Bienville. It is 10 miles from Stennis International Airport, 45 miles from Gulfport-Biloxi International
Airport and 55 miles from New Orleans International.
Location: 45 miles northeast of New Orleans and 120 miles west of Mobile at Stennis Space Center, MS
Size: 4,300 acres, 1.6 million square feet under one roof
Tenants: Planning Systems Inc; Sverdrup Technology; Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne; Naval Oceanographic Office; JKS
International, LLC; Power Dynamics Inc; Graebel/New Orleans Movers, Inc; Coastal Precision Machine Inc; Coastal Marine
Equipment Inc; ACS Government Systems Inc; Entech Systems Inc; Mississippi Enterprise for Technology
Mailing address: Building 9100, Stennis Space, Center, MS 39529-7099
Web site: http://www.msaap.com Stennis Space Center, MS
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
5 Stennis International Airpark
Location: On the northwest corner of the I-10 and Mississippi 603 interchange
Size: 100 acres
Overview: Just outside Stennis Space Center, it has one of the longest runways in the South at 8,500 feet. This location was a
finalist in the competition for the Boeing 787 and EADS KC-30 projects.
Tenants: Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry , Technical Center of Expertise and the MsET , Technology Innovation Center.
Mailing address: PO Box 2267, Bay St. Louis, MS 39521
6 Stennis Technology Park
Location: Northwest corner of I-10 and Mississippi 603 interchange, Port and Harbor, Kiln, MS
Size: First phase 100 acres, ultimately 1,000 acres
Overview: Close to Stennis Space Center, it’s intended as a second-phase location for startups using the incubator at Stennis
and other technology companies interested in locating near the NASA center.
Mailing address: Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission, PO Box 2267, Bay St. Louis, MS, 39521
7 Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, General Aviation Office and Light Industrial Park
Overview: In July 2008, the airport will open a multimillion-dollar development, including a new air cargo area and new
general aviation area. The project includes a 40,000 square foot sorting facility with 20,000 square feet of chiller, four new
ramps and two taxiways on a 50-acre site. The new area will be expanded as needed to accommodate aviation-related
businesses and aviation industry tenants.
Location: East of U.S. 49 and one mile south of Interstate 10 in the south central area of Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport,
Gulfport, MS.
Size: 50 to 270 acres
Phone: 228.863.5951
Web site: http://www.flygpt.comGulfport, MS
Focus: Light industrial aerospace
8 University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park
Location: New Orleans, LA
9 New Orleans Regional Business Park
Location: New Orleans, LA
10 Mobile Regional Airport
Overview: The airport is within minutes of downtown Mobile. It’s owned and operated by Mobile Airport Authority, which
also operates the Brookley Complex. Combined, the two airports have more than 130 companies with over 5,000 employees
on 3,700 acres.
Location: West of Mobile, AL
Size: 1,717 acres
Tenants: EADS-CASA; U.S. Coast Guard; Mobile Air Center; Charter Services; Bates Aero Club
Mailing address: P.O. Box 88004, Mobile, AL 36608-0004
Web site: http://www.mobairport.com/
Focus: Airport services
11 University of South Alabama Research and Technology Park
Location: Mobile, AL
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
12 Brookley Industrial Complex
Location: 1891 Ninth St., Mobile, AL 36615
Size: 1,700 acres
Tenants: Multiple aerospace-related companies, including Airbus Engineering Center, Airborne Express; Alabama Aviation
Technical College; Alabama Industrial Development Training Center; Carrio Aviation and Commercial Insurance; Downtown
Air Center; Emery Worldwide; Federal Express; Industrial Tire Exchange; McPhillips Manufacturing; Mobile Airport Authority;
Mobile Foreign Trade Zone Corp; Mobile Skill Center; Precision Metal Finishing; ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering Inc; South
Alabama General Aviation; Southern Avionics and Communications Inc; Star Aviation, Inc; Teledyne Continental Motors; United
Parcel Services; U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Web site: http://www.brookleycomplex.com/
13 Emerald Coast Technology and Research Park
Overview: Okaloosa County and Eglin AFB are currently developing the Emerald Coast Technology and Research Center. The
Emerald Coast Technology and Research Center is a 98-acre development located near Eglin AFB’s west gate. The Emerald
Coast Technology and Research Center is being developed under the Air Force Enhanced Use Leasing Program. The Center
will reflect a campus atmosphere that creates partnerships with technology program providers for Air Force missions, the
University of Florida, Okaloosa-Walton College, the University of West Florida and various research tenants. The Emerald Coast
Technology and Research Center will enhance the ability of Eglin AFB to carry out its national defense mission by creating
strong relationships between public-research facilities, private-sector manufacturers and research-based businesses.
14 Whiting Aviation Park
Location: Milton, FL
15 City of Fort Walton Beach Commerce & Technology Park
Overview: Owned by the City of Fort Walton Beach, it’s a mile north of U.S. Highway 98 with access to Interstate 10 and
Florida State Highway 189. It has access to Okaloosa Regional Airport, the Port of Pensacola and Port of Panama City and Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway.
Location: Okaloosa-Walton College, 1170 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Building 7, Suite 717 (one mile north of U.S. 98, western
Fort Walton Beach)
Size: 360 acres
Tenants: 1st Design, AAR Defense Systems, Advanced Specialty Construction, Affordable Home Improvements, Allied
Waste Services, Artistic Stone Works, ATLAS Van Lines, BOEING, Breeze Lifts, Burton Golf, Butler Foods, Childcare Network,
Chromalloy Florida, Coastal Installation, CSIDE Tile, Culligan Water, Delta Industries, DRS Technologies, Henderson Electric,
Ewing Irrigation, Fed Ex, Fl Anodizing, Fleet Maintenance, Florentine Marble, Gilbert Pump & Mechanical, Green Mountain
Lawn, Greenbriar Mechanical, Gulf Eagle Supply, Gulf South Contractors, Gulf South Kitchen Design, Gulfring, HERCO, Keltic,
Leroy Hill Coffee, Liffner & Co., Lockheed Martin, Magna Manufacturing, Marble Works, McELROY Metal, Microsystems, Mixon &
Sons, MTI/BAE, ODBHAM, Okaloosa County Public Works, PAWS, Pioneer Engineering, Ponderosa Builders, Powerline Products,
Rainbird, Rental Inc., Rhino Linings, Rinker Materials, RUFF Animal Rescue, Sears, Seaside Tile & Stone, Southeastern Door,
Stone Connection, Sylvania Heights, Technical Services Laboratory, Teico, Thomco, TLM Industries, Total Parts Plus, TruGreen
ChemLawn, Walton Properties, Waste Management
Contact: Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County
Mailing address: P.O. Box 4097, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549
Web site: http://www.florida-edc.org/is_fwb.htm
Focus: Aerospace, light industrial
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
16 Okaloosa County Industrial Airpark
Location: Three miles northeast of Crestview, FL; 51 miles east of Pensacola, FL; near Interstate 10, U.S. Highway 90, State
Highway 85, and State Road 188
Size: 360 acres
Tenants: Aerospace Integration Corporation; B&H Earthmoving; Copy Products Company; Crestview Aerospace Corp; Custom
Production Inc; EJM Aerospace Services Inc; Gulf Coast Industrial Machine; Ideal Aviation Inc; Manufacturing Technology Inc;
Prime Source Electrical & Manufacturing; Sunshine Aero Industries Inc; Tepper Aviation Inc.
Contact: Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County
Mailing address: P.O. Box 4097, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549
Web site: http://www.florida-edc.org
Focus: Aerospace, other companies
“One of the excellent selling points of locating in South Mississippi at the Jackson County
Aviation Technology Park involves logistics,” said Bryan Mahoney, site manager of Northrop
Grumman Unmanned Systems Center.“Companies need to be able to get materials in and out
quickly, and this area has multiple options. I see potential growth, for sure. As more aerospace
companies come in, the list of suppliers will grow as well. “The aviation park has become the
calling card for Jackson County’s aerospace future with a major tenant doing work in a highgrowth field, a runway, Foreign Trade Zone status, and surrounded by neighbors who
are pushing together for more aerospace.
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
Aerospace Research
1 INFINITY Science Center
Location: Hancock County, MS
2 Center of Higher Learning and University Research
Type: Consortium
Overview: A consortium of the University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State University, the University of
New Orleans and Pearl River Community College that provides for the higher educational needs of Stennis Space Center
workers and conducts research.
Expertise: Remote sensing/geographic information systems; high performance computing and visualization;
scientific computing
Facilities/Equipment: GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory, High Performance Visualization Center and High Performance
Computing and Algorithms Laboratory
Address: Building 1103, Room 103, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Web site: http://www.chl.state.ms.us/
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National Biodynamics Laboratory
Type: State
Location: New Orleans, LA
Overview: Biodynamics and human factors research to enhance performance and prevent injury to human beings exposed
to external forces, motions and accelerations in aircraft, ships, autos other moving environments; investigations of optimal
operator/equipment or operator/environment interaction; head and neck acceleration; data processing for the National
Crash Survival Data Bank; cognitive-behavior, anti-motion sickness training; machining of test fixtures for high-g testing
applications; operation and configuration of horizontal accelerator and vertical accelerator; recording of shipboard motion
data; configuration of data acquisition systems to measure ship shock, vibration or acceleration data
Facilities/Equipment: Horizontal and vertical acceleration test facilities based on the Bendix (CVC) Hyge Shock Testing
Systems; Ship Motion Simulator; Six Degrees of Freedom Motion Platform; Triaxial tilt/rotation chair, machine shop, welding
shop and woodworking shop
4 Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center
Location: Mobile, AL
5 Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
Type: Federal
Location: Pensacola, FL
Overview: Conducts research, development, test and evaluation in aviation medicine and allied sciences to enhance the
health, safety and readiness of Navy and Marine Corps aviation personnel; basic and applied research in spatial orientation,
human performance, aero medical standards and aviation medicine (operational medicine, environmental physiology,
aviation selection, bioengineering, acceleration, aviation performance and sensory sciences)
Facilities/Equipment: Facilities include acoustical, visual, vestibular, cognitive, psychopharmacological and thermal-stress
laboratories; three operational mobile field laboratories and man-rated acceleration research device
6 National Museum of Naval Aviation
Location: Pensacola, FL
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
7 Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Type: Non-profit, university-affiliated
Location: Pensacola, FL
Overview: Center focuses on human-centered computing in the context of creating computational systems that leverage
and extend human capabilities. Such systems can be thought of as cognitive prostheses, just as eyeglasses are an ocular
prostheses. Work includes haptic displays to mitigate spatial disorientation, non-alphanumeric pilot displays, computermediated communication and collaboration, cognitive science, computer mediated learning systems, performance support
systems, pedagogically-motivated browsers, knowledge discovery and data mining, neural networks, software agents, spatial
and temporal reasoning, diagnostic systems, the nature and modeling of expertise, cognitive work/task analysis, pattern
recognition, natural language understanding for computational systems and other related areas, investigating a broad
range of topics related to understanding cognition in both humans and machines with a particular emphasis on building
computational tools to leverage and amplify human cognitive and perceptual capacities.
Facilities/Equipment: 27,000 square feet at 40 South Alcaniz St; 3,600 square feet at 127 South Alcaniz St; 3,000 square feet
at Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA
8 Command and Control Battlelab
Type: Federal
Location: Hurlburt Field, FL
Overview: A small, highly focused organization whose mission is to identify and prove the worth of innovative ideas for
command and control, which improve the ability of the Air Force to execute its core competencies. It looks for ideas involving
technology, concepts, doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures to improve C2 of aerospace forces. Ideas come from the
field, the research and acquisition communities, headquarters, industry, academia and in-house. The C2B will explore and
measure the potential worth of these initiatives using courses of action ranging from modeling and simulation to actual
employment of forces in exercise environments.
9 Air Force Research Laboratory/ Munitions Directorate
Type: Federal
Location: Eglin Air Force Base, FL
Overview: One of 10 directorates under the Air Force Research Laboratory system, Eglin’s AFRL/Munitions Directorate is
responsible for developing state-of-the-art air launched weapons to defeat fixed, mobile/re-locatable, air and space targets.
Expertise in aerospace, aerospace engineering, aerospace guidance, equipment performance, computational arts and
programming, information technology, ordnance technologies, systems integration; more specifically, target recognition;
ordnance technologies (high explosives, fuze, laser and fiber optic research); advanced guidance using simulation, image and
signal processing; navigation and control technologies; computational mechanics; lethality and vulnerability assessments and
flight vehicle integration
Facilities/Equipment: AFRL/MN Research Facility; EO/RF/MMW Laboratory; Reusable Test Laboratory; Advanced Warhead
Experimentation Facility; LADAR Development and Evaluation Research Facility; Prototype Munitions Fabrication Laboratory;
Kinetic Kill Vehicle Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator; Aeroballistics Research Facility; Fuze Research and Development Facility;
Electromagnetic Experimentation Laboratory; High Explosives Research and Development Facility; Advanced Navigation
Laboratory; Environmental Science Laboratory; Technical Library
10 Aeroballistic Research Facility
Type: Consortium
Location: Shalimar, FL
Overview: A partnership of the Air Force Research Laboratory/Munitions Directorate and the University of Florida Graduate
Engineering Research Center, it’s an instrumented free-flight test range used for advanced R&D of high speed munitions and
aeroballistics models.
Facilities/Equipment: An enclosed, indoor firing range used to examine the exterior aerodynamics and ballistics of various
projectiles in free flight; contains model measurement equipment, a launch room, blast chamber, instrumentation control
room and the instrumented range
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
11 Air Force Armament Museum
Location: Shalimar, FL
12 University of Florida Graduate Engineering Research Center
Type: State
Location: Shalimar, FL
Overview: Established to provide engineering research and education in support of the Eglin Air Force Base and the
technology community of Northwest Florida, it offers master’s and doctorate courses and degree programs in aerospace
engineering, electrical and computer engineering, engineering mechanics and industrial and systems engineering and
specializes in high speed flight aerodynamics, flight vehicle stability and control, gas dynamics, materials research, high strain
rate physics, optical signal processing, optical instrumentation, photonic microwave systems, high speed analog to digital
conversion, using photonics, quality and reliability engineering, test and evaluation. Current research includes the application
of lasers and high speed digital imaging to study short-time duration events, such as impact of projectiles, shock waves
and others.
Facilities/Equipment: 118 acres, 45,000 square foot facility
13 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Battlelab
Type: Federal
Location: Eglin Air Force Base, FL
Overview: Think tank that is studying the uses for unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly called drones, it ranges from
collecting real-time weather data, relaying pictures of targets and bomb damage directly into the cockpits of strike planes and
serving as spotters for search and rescue missions.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTERS AND Nearby research
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1 Gulf Coast Business Technology Center
Location: Biloxi, MS
Function: Business incubator
Focus: Does not specialize in any particular field, but has facilities for technology companies
Overview: Owned by Harrison County, the BTC is a short distance from Interstate 10.
Size: Incubator includes 42,000 square feet of space.
Address: 1636 Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi MS 39532
Web site: http://www.gulfcoast.org/btc/
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Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
2 Mississippi Enterprise for Technology
Function: Technology transfer office and business incubator
Focus: Remote sensing, software and hardware development, oceanography applications, general
information technology
Overview: MsET helps industry utilize the scientific and technical expertise, facilities and other resources of NASA, the Navy
and their prime contractors, the federal laboratories, the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development
and Mississippi colleges and universities. Additional partners include the Army Corps of Engineers; USDA Laboratory in
Stoneville, MS; Mississippi Contract Procurement; Mississippi Resource Center and the Small Business Development Centers. It
has 25,000 square feet of incubator space and focuses on technology biochemistry companies.
Research facilities used: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Naval Oceanographic Office, Naval Research Lab,
Mississippi Technology Transfer Center, state institutions of higher learning
Web site: http://www.mset.org
3 NASA Technology Transfer Office
Location: EA30/Technology Transfer Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John C. Stennis Space Center,
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Function: Technology transfer office
Focus: Propulsion test technologies, earth science remote sensing technologies
Overview: The mission of the technology transfer program at Stennis Space Center is to assist in the transfer and
commercialization of NASA-developed technologies into the private sector. The program identifies technologies at the center
with commercial potential. NASA seeks commercial partners to share in the time and costs of co-developing a technology into
a useful government and/or commercial product. U.S. business and industry can also enter into a variety of agreements with
NASA to develop new products or applications, find better ways to do business and solve technical problems using
Stennis expertise.
Research facilities used: NASA facilities at Stennis Space Center
Web site: http://technology.ssc.nasa.gov
4 Noetic Technologies Inc.
Location: 3610 Pearl Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Function: Technology transfer office
Focus: Polymer science, chemistry, biochemistry, marine science, construction engineering
Overview: The marketing and commercialization arm of the University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation, the goal
of NTI is to create opportunities for inventors in and outside the university and connect their technology to the market.
Research facilities used: Polymer Science Department, Marine Science (Gulf Coast Research Lab), Stennis Space Center
chemistry and biology departments
Web site: http://www.noetictechnologies.org
5 Raspet Flight Research Laboratory
Type: State
Location: Starkville, MS
Overview: Established over 50 years ago as one of the premier university flight research facilities in the nation, the
aeronautical research lab has a heritage of full-scale flight vehicle development and testing, advanced composites
development and fabrication, computer-controlled manufacturing and testing of prototype composite applications.
Expertise: Design, build and test of prototype composite structures and components and possesses capabilities in the areas of
flight research and testing of manned and unmanned fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
6 Air Maneuver Battle Laboratory
Type: Federal
Location: Fort Rucker, AL
Overview: Examines advanced war fighting concepts and technology through experimentation, technology demonstrations
and concept experimentation in order to determine viability and utility for war fighters in the 21st century battle space.
7 Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
Type: Federal
Location: Fort Rucker, AL
Overview: One of six laboratories within the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, USAARL was established
to provide direct aviation medical research support to all Army aviation and airborne activities. In 1974 it became the lead
medical laboratory for vision and acoustics research. An additional mission to conduct health hazard assessments and counter
measures research on air and tactical ground vehicles and weapons systems was added in 1977. USAARL also sponsors
contract research projects both onsite and at academic and other government facilities.
8 Army Aviation Technical Test Center
Type: Federal
Location: Cairns Army Airfield, Fort Rucker, AL
Overview: Primary mission is to optimize aviation war fighting capabilities to ensure full spectrum dominance of the
battlefield for the soldier. To accomplish this mission, ATTC plans, conducts, analyzes and reports on the developmental and
airworthiness qualification of aircraft, aviation systems and associated equipment throughout the life cycle. Airworthiness
qualification testing focuses on assessing the handling qualities of the aerial vehicle and its performance and flight in
icing conditions.
9 Rotary Wing Aviation Research Unit
Type: Federal
Location: Fort Rucker, AL
Overview: Part of the U.S. Army Research Institute Technology transfer and business incubators, Gulf Coast Business Tech
Center, Mississippi Enterprise for Technology, NASA Technology Transfer Office, Noetic Technologies.
10 Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Vehicles Directorate
Type: Federal
Location: Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, FL
Overview: The Air Vehicles Directorate is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, which is responsible for the Air Force’s
annual $1.2 billion science and technology program, including the full spectrum of Air Force basic research, exploratory
development and advanced development. Air Vehicles Directorate is the preeminent aeronautical vehicle research and
development organization in the world. Core disciplines are aeronautical science, vehicle control technologies and structures
or all atmospheric and transatmospheric vehicles. It develops technologies in these core disciplines from inception through
transition to both current and future military aerospace vehicles.
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Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
11 Air Force Research Laboratory/Materials Directorate
Type: Federal
Location: Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, FL
Overview: The Materials Directorate, based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, is part of the Air Force Research
Laboratory, which is responsible for the Air Force’s annual $1.2 billion science and technology program. The directorate has
an operating location at Tyndall Air Force Base. The directorate develops materials, processes and advanced manufacturing
technologies for use in aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, rockets and ground-based systems. The directorate is organized into seven
divisions (Nonmetallic Materials; Metals, Ceramics & NDI; Manufacturing Technology; Survivability & Sensor Materials; Airbase
& Environmental Technology; Systems Support and Integration & Operations). Directorate personnel also develop improved
or new environmental and air base infrastructure technologies, as well as provide support to help solve materials-related
issues on new or operational aircraft.
12 National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Type: Consortium
Location: 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr., Tallahassee, FL
Overview: Develops and operates high magnetic field facilities that scientists use for research in physics, biology,
bioengineering, chemistry, geochemistry, biochemistry, materials science and engineering, it is the only facility of its kind in
the United States and one of only nine in the world. It is the largest and highest powered magnet laboratory, outfitted with
the world’s most comprehensive assortment of high performing magnet systems. Among many other activities, the laboratory
is actively engaged with efforts to restore the Florida Everglades, grow protein crystals in zero gravity and develop power
technologies for the all-electric ship to be used by the U.S. Navy and in public utility areas. As such, it’s part of the Center for
Advanced Power Systems.
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Military Bases
1 Stennis Space Center (John C)
Overview: John C. Stennis Space Center is where NASA tests rocket engines, but it’s also home to about 30 tenant
organizations, the biggest being the Navy.
Location: Hancock County, MS
Branch: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Established: 1961
Mission: NASA tests rockets at Stennis, but the Navy is the largest tenant. Stennis is headquarters for the Naval Meteorology
and Oceanography Command, and also has a field detachment of the Naval Research Laboratory.
2 Naval Construction Battalion Center
Location: Gulfport, MS
Branch: Navy
Size: 1,169 acres
Mission: The mission is to prepare for and support all facets of the mobilization of construction forces, including reserve units.
The center is also responsible for preservation and storage of war reserves including construction equipment and materials
and functions as a support for operating units of the Naval Construction Force.
Units: 20th Seabee Readiness Group; Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1; Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7; Naval
Mobile Construction Battalion 74; Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133; 22nd Naval Construction Regiment; Naval
Construction Training Center; Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center; Marine Corps Reserve; Mobile Inshore Underwater
Warfare Unit 212; Port Security Unit 308; Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Professional Development Center; Naval
Construction Force Support Unit 3
3 Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport ANG
Location: Gulfport, MS
4 Keesler Air Force Base
Overview: One of the largest technical training wings in the United States Air Force, it’s best-known for high-tech electronics
training, but also hosts the third largest medical center in the Air Force and is home to the Hurricane Hunters.
Location: Biloxi, MS
Branch: Air Force
Established: 1941
Size: 1,611 acres (2.6 square miles)
Mission: Keesler is part of the Air Education and Training Command and trained 26,500 students in 2007 in 400 courses,
with an average daily student load over 3,500. The base is home to the 81st Training Wing, responsible for training airmen
in electronics, including wideband maintenance, ground radio, information technology, communications and computer
networking, avionics, cryptography, meteorology, information management, personnel support, aerospace command and
control, and air traffic control. It trains all branches of the military and international students. The 81st Training Wing also hosts
the 2nd Air Force, which runs 5,000 active training courses for 250,000 students annually. The medical center is also a training
facility for doctors, nurses and technicians.
Other units: 45th Airlift Squadron, which provides training in the C-21, the Air Force Reserve Command’s 403rd Wing, an Air
Mobility Command unit that provides theater airlift support through the 815th Airlift Squadron and the Hurricane Hunters
mission through the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.
Website: www.keesler.af.mil
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5 Naval Air Station Pensacola
Overview: This base, one of the premier Navy locations, is best-known as the initial stop for naval aviators, but it’s also home
to the command that oversees Navy technical training and is also a site for some of that training. The public most closely
associates it as being the home of the Blue Angels.
Location: Pensacola, FL
Branch: Navy
Established: 1825
Size: 5,761
Mission: Known as the “cradle of naval aviation,” it’s most well known as the primary training base for all Navy and Marine
aviators and naval flight officers and enlisted aircrewmen. It’s also the home of the Naval Education and Training Command,
Naval Aviation Schools Command, the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Naval Operational and Medical Institute
and the Blue Angels. Flight-related activities center around Sherman Field.
Units: Training Air Wing 6 (CTW6), Training Squadron 4 (VT4); Training Squadron 10 (VT10); Training Squadron 86 (VT86); NAS
Pensacola Search and Rescue detachment; Blue Angels Naval Flight Demonstration Team; 2nd German Air Force Training
Squadron USA.
Other tenants: Pensacola NAS Historic District, National Museum of Naval Aviation; Fort Barrancas; Barrancas
National Cemetery.
Related activities: Saufley Field; Corry Station; NAS Whiting Field; Gulf of Mexico OPAREA
6 Naval Technical Training Center, Corry Station
Overview: With the recognition that information dominance is one of the keys to future warfare, the role of bases like
Corry Station only increases.
Location: Pensacola, FL
Branch: Navy
Established: 1923
Size: 674
Mission: The Center for Information Dominance (CID) provides cryptology training to military and civilian personnel of
the Department of Defense, non-DoD and international military students. CID integrates training for the key disciplines of
information dominance – exploit, attack, defend and operate. It oversees career management and training for officer and
enlisted students in the fields of information warfare, information professional, cryptology and information technology. CID
trains 16,000 students annually at 17 detachments and learning sites throughout the United States and Japan. The bases Naval
Security Group Activity provides worldwide support to cryptologic operations. The school is accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
7 Naval Air Station Whiting Field
Overview: One of two bases in the nation where the Navy provides primary flight training, the other in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Whiting is one of the busiest airfields in the Navy.
Location: Milton, FL
Branch: Navy
Established: 1943
Size: 3,914 acres
Mission: This base trains student naval aviators in the primary and intermediate phases of fixed-wing aviation and in the
advanced phases of helicopter training. It’s one of the Navy’s two primary pilot training bases and trains, in addition to Naval
aviators, Marine, Coast Guard, Air Force and foreign student pilots. Primary flight training student aviators train from North
Whiting Field while advanced helicopter training takes place at South Whiting Field.
Units: Training Air Wing Five (TRAWING 5); Training Squadron 2, Training Squadron 3; Training Squadron 6; Helicopter Training
Squadron 8; Helicopter Training Squadron 18. There are also 13 outlying fields used for student training.
Related activities: NAS Pensacola; Gulf of Mexico OPAREA
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8 Hurlburt Field
Overview: This is the home base of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, which is responsible for the air element of
the nation’s unconventional warfare organizations. The base also includes a special ops school and joint special
operations university.
Location: west of Mary Esther, FL
Branch: Air Force
Established: as part of Eglin in the 1940s
Size: 6,634 acres
Mission: Hurlburt Field, originally designated Auxiliary Field No. 9, is part of the greater Eglin Air Force Base reservation. It’s the
headquarters of the Air Force Special Operations Command. It’s also the home of the operational 1st Special Operations Wing
and the USAF Special Operations School, which trains Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and government
civilian personnel in a variety of course.
Other units: Hurlburt also includes the Air Education and Training Command’s 505th Command and Control Wing and the
Joint Special Operations University.
Related activities: Eglin Air Force Base; Eglin Range; Duke Field; Site C-6; Camp Rudder; Choctaw Field.
9 Eglin Air Force Base
Overview: One of the largest air force bases in the world, Eglin is best-known for the development, acquisition, testing and
deployment of air-delivered weapons. It has 724 square miles of land range and 130,000 square miles of water test ranges.
Location: Northwest Florida, near Fort Walton Beach, FL
Branch: Air Force
Established: 1941
Size: 453,594 acres (724 square miles); 130,000 square miles of water ranges
Mission: The Air Armament Center is the host unit of Eglin Air Force Base, which has more than 45 associate units. The Air
Armament Center is one of three product centers in the Air Force Materiel Command and serves as the focal point for all Air
Force armament. It develops, acquires, tests and deploys all air-delivered weapons. The center plans, directs and conducts
test and evaluation of U.S. and allied air armament, navigation and guidance systems, command and control systems and
supports the largest single base mobility commitment in the Air Force. AAC accomplishes its mission through the 46th Test
Wing, 96th Air Base Wing, and the 308th Armament Systems Wing. The 46th Test Wing is the test and evaluation center for Air
Force air-delivered weapons, navigation and guidance systems, Command and Control (C2) systems, and Air Force Special
Operations Command systems. The Eglin Gulf Test Range provides approximately 130,000 square miles of over-water airspace.
The land range covers 724 square miles and contains 51 test and training areas, including an approved depleted uranium
test range and the only qualified air-to-ground supersonic range east of the Mississippi River. The Armament/C2 Systems Test
Environment consists of all the precision instrumentation for data collection, microwave systems for data transfer, and radio
and land communication networks to support test and evaluation. The 96th Air Base Wing supports the Air Armament Center
and associate units with traditional military services as well as all the services of a small city to include civil engineering,
personnel, logistics, communications, computer, medical, security, and all other host services. It’s responsible for material
resources, mobility requirements, and meeting the needs of Eglin personnel. The 96th Air Base Wing is comprised of five
organizations. The 308th Armament Systems Wing (308 ARSW) is a joint U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy organization responsible
for cradle-to-grave management of air dominance weapon system programs. The 308 ARSW is responsible for enhancing
worldwide Air Force combat capability, effectiveness, aircrew survivability and readiness through joint development,
procurement, deployment and sustainment. This mission is executed by air combat test and training systems, expeditionary
support equipment, munitions handling equipment and armament subsystems, explosive ordnance disposal support
equipment, and electronic warfare threat simulators.
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Other outlying fields, bases, properties, activities:
(Not indicated on map)
Sand Hill Housing
Gautier, MS
Navy
75 acres
NSA New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Navy
199 acres
Hunt Stagefield
Ozark, AL
Army
153 acres
Lakeside Housing
Pascagoula, MS
Navy
33 acres
AASF 3 Bates Field,
Mobile, AL
Army National Guard
35 acres
Julis W. Hicks
Enterprise, AL
Army National Guard
14 acres
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg, MS
Army National Guard
134,011 acres
Allen Stagefield
Dothan, AL
Army
114 acres
NOLF Brewton
Brewton, AL
Navy
653 acres
Camp Villere
Slidell, LA
Army National Guard
1,707 acres
Buntin Parsons Dothan
Dothan, AL
Army National Guard
10 acres
NOLF Evergreen
Evergreen, AL
Navy
440 acres
East Bank
New Orleans, LA
Navy
26 acres
Barin Field
Foley, AL
Navy
818 acres
NOLF Silverhill
Silverhill, AL
Navy
400 acres
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans, LA
Army National Guard
113 acres
Cairns Basefield
Daleville, AL
Army
1,326 acres
NOLF Summerdale
Summerdale, AL
Navy
565 acres
NAS Joint Reserve Base Nola
Belle Chasse, LA
Air National Guard
67 acres
Dothan Regional Airport ANG Station
Dothan, AL
Air National Guard
36 acres
NOLF Wolf
Elberta, AL
Navy
422 acres
NAS JRB New Orleans
Belle Chasse, LA
Navy Reserve
5,009 acres
Fort Rucker
Dothan, AL
Army
59,827 acres
Runkle Stagefield
Elba, AL
Army
235 acres
NOSC New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Navy Reserve
13 acres
Fort Whiting
Mobile, AL
Army National Guard
32 acres
Shell Basefield
Enterprise, AL
Army
296 acres
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Skelly Stagefield
Elba, AL
Army
193 acres
Lynn Haven Defense Fuel Supply
Lynn Haven, FL
Air Force
203 acres
NOLF Santa Rosa
Milton, FL
Navy
738 acres
Toth Stagefield
Dothan, AL
Army
128 acres
Mariner Housing
Pensacola, FL
Navy
147 acres
NOLF Spenser
Milton, FL
Navy
640 acres
Camp Rudder
(Eglin Auxiliary Field #6)
Milton, FL
Air Force
629 acres
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Panama City, FL
Navy
669 acres
Saufley Field
Pensacola, FL
Navy
895 acres
NOLF Bronson
Pensacola, FL
Navy
1,098 acres
Tyndall Air Force Base
Panama City, FL
Air Force
28,824 acres
NOLF Choctaw
Milton, FL
Navy
1,450 acres
Whiting Pines
Milton, FL
Navy
98 acres
Cape San Blas Missile Tracking
Annex D3
Port St. Joe, FL
Air Force
679
Destin Moreno Point
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Army
14 acres
Duke Field
(Eglin Auxiliary Field #3)
Crestview, FL
Air Force
1,348 acres
NOLF Holley
Milton, FL
Navy
698 acres
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Major Aerospace Companies
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Mississippi
1 Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
Address: 6608 Sunscope Dr., Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Products/Services: Shipboard electronics and communications systems, aeronautical, nautical navigation instruments
2 Lockheed Martin Corp. (Lockheed Martin Missile Control)
Address: 6005 Washington Ave., Ocean Springs, MS 39501
Phone: 228.864.7910
Products/Services: Electronic
3 BAE Systems Applied Technologies
Address: 330 Highway 90, Gautier, MS 39553
Products/Services: Defense-related engineering
4 Lockheed Martin Aegis Operations
Address: 1000 St. Pe Highway, Pascagoula, MS 39567
Phone: 228.769.4066
Products/Services: Manufacturing, aircraft testing laboratory, airport/airport services, manufacturing space
vehicle equipment
5 Rolls-Royce Naval Marine Inc.
Address: 3719 Industrial Road, Pascagoula, MS 39581
Products/Services: Marine propeller manufacturer, but company headquarters plans to test jet engines at John C.Stennis
Space Center
6 Lockheed Martin Corp.
Address: 1000 Access Rd., Pascagoula, MS 39562-0000
Phone: 228.769.5009
7 Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, Unmanned Systems Center
Address: 8319 Abtech Parkway, Moss Point, MS 39563
Products/Services: Fabrication facility for unmanned aerial vehicles, including Global Hawk and Fire Scout.
manufacturing search/navigation equipment, manufacturing guided missiles/space vehicle, computer integrated systems
design,manufacturing aircraft, airport/airport services,ordnance and accessories, nec
8 Air-O-Space International LLC
Address: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Phone: 228.688.3265
Products/Services: Engineering services
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9 Apollo Aviation Co.
Address: 4455 Hewes Ave., Gulfport, MS 39507
Phone: 228.863.8563
Products/Services: Aviation training, maintenance
10 Bell Helicopters
Location: Gulfport, MS
11 ChevronTexaco Airport Facility
Address: 96 Runway Road, Picayune, MS 39466 Phone: 601.749.4020
Products/Services: Other aeronautical services
12 DigitalGlobe
Address: Building 1100; Room 11147; Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 Phone: 228.688.1607
Products/Services: Satellite imagery
13 Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions, Stennis Office
Expertise: Remote sensing/geospatial technologies
Type: Consortium
Address: Building 1210, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Overview: Since 1998, the state of Mississippi has nurtured the growth of a cluster of high-tech companies in the geospatial
technology industry. The Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions (EIGS) is the program that coordinates the activities of
this cluster. EIGS works with private companies as well as university research programs, state agencies, and other related organizations to support geospatial technology research and business development. EIGS was established in 2003 to provide
similar, but enhanced support previously provided by its predecessor, the Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative.
Facilities/Equipment: Affiliated with geospatial/remote sensing research labs at Delta State University, Jackson State
University, Mississippi State University, The University of Mississippi and University of Southern Mississippi
Web site: http://www.eigs.olemiss.edu
14 Era Helicopters
Location: Diberville, MS
15 General Dynamics Armament Systems
Address: 488 E. McHenry Rd., McHenry, MS 39561-6203
Products/Services: for several years manufactured Hydra 70 rocket system components, now works with armor systems
16 High Tech Inc.
Address: 1390 29th Ave., Gulfport, MS 39501-1974
Products/Services: Search detection/navigation systems/instrumentation
17 ITT Industries Inc.
Address: 517 L St. Building 4002, Biloxi, MS 39534-2114
Products/Services: Control equipment, electric, fluidic devices, circuits and systems for process control, manufacturing
aluminum die casting, radar systems and equipment, fluid power pumps and motors,pumps and pumping equipment
18 Ionatron Inc.
Address: 9101 Mississippi Army Base, Bay St. Louis, MS 39529-0001
Products/Services: Search and navigation equipment manufacturing
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19 Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise
Expertise: Surveying using airborne lidar bathymetry and related technologies
Type: Consortium
Address: Stennis Technical Building, Stennis International Airport
Overview: JALBTCX, a joint project of the Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Oceanographic Office and National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, performs operations and R&D to support the U.S. coastal mapping and charting requirements
of the Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and the NOAA. Staff includes engineers,
scientists, hydrographers and tech- nicians from the USACE Mobile (Ala.) District and ERDC in Vicksburg, Miss, NAVOCEANO
and NOAA National Geoditeic Survey. Works with multiple federal agencies as well as the University of Southern Mississippi,
Ohio State University, University of Florida, University of New Hampshire and Duke University.
Facilities/Equipment: Compact Hydrographic Airborne Rapid Total Survey (CHARTS) system and industry-based coastal
mapping and charting systems.
Web site: http://shoals.sam.usace.army.mil
20 Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Support
Address: 517 L St., Biloxi, MS 39534-0000
Phone: 228.374.1086
Products/Services: Manufacturing, aircraft maintenance
21 Lockheed Martin Space Operations
Address: Building 5100, Room 114, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
22 Lockheed Martin Space & Technology Center
Address: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Products/Services: Propulsion systems used for satellites and other spacecraft
23 Mississippi Enterprise for Technology
Address: Building 1103, Room 143, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Function: Technology transfer office and business incubator
Focus: Remote sensing, software and hardware development, oceanography applications, general
information technology
Overview: MsET helps industry utilize the scientific and technical expertise, facilities and other resource of NASA, the Navy
and their prime contractors, the federal laboratories, the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development
and Mississippi colleges and universities. Additional partners include the Army Corps of Engineers, USDA Laboratory in
Stoneville, MS, Mississippi Contract Procurement, Mississippi Resource Center and the Small Business Development Centers. It
has 25,000 square feet of incubator space and focuses on technology.
24 Northrop Grumman Information Technology
Address: Building 1103, Suite 140, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Products/Services: Systems engineering, enterprise security, and information management across the
intelligence community
25 Planning Systems Incorporated, Electronics Engineering Center
Address: 21294 Johnson Road; Long Beach, MS 39560-8978
Products/Services: Engineering services, measure/control devices, nec, semiconductors and related devices, commercial
physical research
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26 Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Address: Building 4301, Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Products/Services: Development and flight acceptance testing of Space Shuttle Main Engines, manufacturer of expandable
rocket motors, assembles RS-68 rocket engine
27 Rolls-Royce
Location: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Products/Services: Outdoor jet engine facility used to test prototype/development Trent 1000 and Trent 900 engines being
developed for Boeing 787 and Airbus A380, respectively
28 SSC Engineering and Science Directorate – Propulsion Testing
Expertise: Rocket propulsion testing
Type: Federal
Address: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Overview: This organization has overall responsibility for technical oversight and conduct of propulsion test operations at
Stennis Space Center, America’s largest rocket test complex. State-of-the-art facilities include the A, B, and E test complexes,
designed for rocket propulsion testing that ranges from component to engine and stage levels. Primary initiatives include
Space Shuttle main engine acceptance testing as well as testing and evaluation of the next generation of propulsion systems.
The center also manages the Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office, reporting to the Space Operations Mission Directorate at
NASA headquarters.
Web site: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis
29 SSC Engineering and Science Directorate – Science and Technology Division
Expertise: Technology research and development
Type: Federal
Address: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Overview: The Science and Technology Division is charged with the responsibility for providing research and technology
support to the Engineering and Science Directorate as well as other Stennis technical organizations. Major focus areas
include (1) development of advanced test technologies to support rocket engine testing, (2) development of a prototyping
capability for the modeling and verification of propulsion and earth science data, and (3) providing research and technology
development capabilities in acoustics, thermal radiation, environmental monitor- ing and modeling, and integrated system
health management.
Web site: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis
Louisiana
1 Boeing, Michoud Assembly Facility
Location: New Orleans, LA
2 Lockheed Martin Manned Space Systems Michoud Assembly Facility
Address: 13800 Old Gentilly Rd., New Orleans, LA 70129
Products/Services: Products for the Constellation Program
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ALABAMA
1 Advantage Aerospace Accessories
Address: 20105 William Street, Gulf Shores, AL , 36542
Products/Services: Aircraft equipment
2 Airbus Engineering Center
Address: 1801 S. Broad Street, Mobile, AL 36615
Products/Services: Production development, production engineering and post-production modification phases for all
aircraft in Airbus’ production line
3 Coastal Aerospace Technologies
Location: Loxley, AL
4 Crestview Aerospace
Location: Fairhope, AL
5 EADS CASA North America
Address: 8100 EADS CASA Drive, Mobile, Ala. 36608,
Products/Services: Maintenance and training for EADS CASA aircraft
6
EADS North America, Brookley Industrial Complex
Location: Mobile, AL
7 Fokker Airinc
Location: Fairhope, AL
8 GAT Airline Ground Support
Location: Mobile, AL
9 Goodrich Alabama Service Center
Address: 111 Airport Dr., Foley, AL 36535
10 Jamco America
Location: Daphne, AL
11 M-Squared Inc.
Location: St. Elmo, AL
12 Muskogee Metalworks
Location: Mobile, AL
13 Southern Avionics & Communications,
Location: Mobile, AL
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14 Star Aviation Inc.
Locaton: Mobile, AL
15 ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering
Address: 2100 9th St., Brookely Industrial Complex, Mobile, AL 36615
Products/Services: Repair, maintenance and modification of narrow and wide body commercial jet aircraft
16 Teledyne Continental Motors
Address: 2039 Broad Street, Mobile, AL 36615
Products/Services: Power plants for manned and unmanned aircraft, and parts for general aviation aircraft
FLORIDA
1 Advanced Aviation Services International
Address: 8241 Sharkhead Circle, Pensacola, FL, 32514
Products/Services: Aircraft rebuilding; aircraft fuels
2 Advanced Concepts Enterprises
Address: 51 Third St., Building 3, Shalimar, FL, 32579
3 AeroSource
Address: 8403 E Bay Boulevard, Navarre, FL 32566
Products/Services: Aircraft parts and supplies
4 Aerospace Integration Corporation
Address: 2181 U.S. 98 W, Mary Esther, FL 32569
Products/Services: Engineering services, electronics R&D
5 AeroVironment
Address: 7552 Navarre Parkway, Navarre, FL 32566
Products/Services: Unmanned aerial systems training and support operations
6 Aerospace Integration Corp.
Address: 2181 U.S. 98 W, Mary Esther, FL 32569
Products/Services: Engineering services, electronics R&D
7 Aircraft Management Services Inc. (AMS Aviation)
Address: 5600 N Airport Road, Milton, FL 32583
Products/Services: Flight training
8 Airlift Technologies International Inc.
Location: Milton, FL
Products/Services: Aerial cargo delivery systems design, development, manufacture and training
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9 ALCO Supplies
Location: Pensacola, FL
Products/Services: Aircraft modifications and overhauls, parts and equipment
10 Anron Aviation
Location: Pensacola, FL
11 ATK (Alliant Techsystems)
Address: 2803 Sam Snead Court, Shalimar, FL 32579
Products/Services: Munitions development
12 Avalex Technologies Corp.
Address: 115A Gregory Square, Pensacola, FL 32502
Products/Services: Aircraft display systems
13 Aviation Systems of Northwest Florida
Location: Pensacola, FL
14 BAE Systems Aviation Programs
Address: 5555 John Givens Road, Crestview, FL; 70 Ready Ave., Fort Walton Beach, FL
Products/Services: Provides aircraft modification, aircraft electronics and logistics support as well as flight test and
operations services for U.S. and foreign customers
15 BAE Systems
Address: 557 Mary Esther Cut-Off, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Products/Services: Defense-related engineering
16 Blue Angel Aviation
Location: Pensacola, FL
17 Boeing SOF Support Systems Center
Location: Two miles from Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at Hurlburt Field
18 David Aviation
Location: Pensacola, FL
19 DMJM Aviation
Location: Pensacola, FL
20 EJ Mlynarczyk & Co. (EJM Aerospace Services)
Location: Crestview, Fl
21 Fossco
Location: Pensacola, FL
22 Fw MEA Joint Venture
23 General Dynamics
Location: Mary Esther, FL
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24 General Dynamics
Location: Pensacola, FL
25 General Dynamics OTS Niceville Operations
Address: 4565 Commercial Dr., Niceville, FL 32578
Products/Services: GD’s OTS unit makes large-, medium- and small-caliber direct and indirect-fire munitions, mortar weapons
and systems, artillery projectiles, bomb bodies and propellant. It also manufactures precision metal components, provides
explosive load, assemble and pack services for a variety of munitions, tactical missile and rocket programs, and designs and
produces shaped charge warheads and control actuator systems.
26 General Precision Manufacturing
Location: Pensacola, FL
27 L-3 Crestview Aerospace
Location: Crestview, FL
28 Lockheed Martin
Location: Shalimar, FL
29 Mac Enterprises
Location: Pensacola, FL
30 Mapoles Aviation
Address: 7900 Skyhawk Road, Pace, FL 32571
Products/Services: Inspection, maintenance, repair
31 Northrop Grumman
Location: Pensacola, FL
32 Northrop Grumman
Location: Shalimar, FL
33 Northrop Grumman Corp. California Microwave Systems
Location: Mary Esther, FL
34 Northrop Grumman PRB Systems
Location: Niceville, FL
35 Raytheon
Location: Mary Esther, FL
36 Raytheon Aerospace
Location: Pensacola, FL
37 Raytheon Aerospace T 1 A
Location: Pensacola, FL
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431
Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor
38 Raytheon Technical Services
Address: 600 University Office Blvd., #6, Pensacola, FL
Products/Services: RTSC provides technical, scientific and professional services for defense, federal and commercial
customers worldwide. It specializes in mission support, integrated training, counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism, base
and range operations and customized engineering services.
39 Sikorsky,
Location: Milton, FL
39 Sikorsky Support Services
Location: Pensacola, FL
Products/Services: Provides contractor logistics support services for the T-34, T-44 and T-6 aircraft
40 Ver-Val Enterprises (VVE Inc.)
Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL
3033 Pascagoula Street • P.O. Drawer 1558 • Pascagoula, MS 39568-1558 • Phone: 228-769-6263 • Toll-Free: 1-800-362-0103 • Fax: 228-762-8431