Florida’s Aviation and Aerospace Industry – An Overview

Globes: The Israel Business Conference

December 12 – 13, 2011

What is Space Florida?

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An Independent Special District of the State An Economic Development Agency:

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Financing Tools that Defray Up-Front Cost

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Conduit Lease Finance Authority

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We Partner Regularly with Enterprise Florida and Local Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) Developer of Aerospace and Related Infrastructure:

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Spaceports Master Plan

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Space Life Science Laboratory/Exploration Park

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Hangers

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Launch Complexes

Aviation in Florida

Major Companies

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include:

AAR Airbus Embraer FedEx Flight Safety International LAN Cargo LiveTV Signature Flight Support Corporation Spirit Airlines United Turbine UPS Source: Infogroup Inc., Employer Database 2012-1st Edition.

Prepared by: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Statistics Center, October 2011.

Aerospace in Florida

Major Companies

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include:

Astrotech BAE The Boeing Company General Dynamics Harris Corporation Honeywell L-3 Communications Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman Pratt & Whitney Raytheon Rockwell Collins Sikorsky SpaceX United Launch Alliance Source: Infogroup Inc., Employer Database 2012-1st Edition.

Prepared by: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Statistics Center, October 2011.

Top Rankings in Aerospace

STARTUPS

1. California 2.

FLORIDA

3. Texas 4. Arizona 5. Connecticut

NEW BRANCHES

1. California 2. Texas 3.

FLORIDA

4. New Jersey 5. Connecticut

EMPLOYMENT

1. California 2. Washington 3. Texas 4. Georgia 5. Kansas 6. Arizona 7. Connecticut 8.

FLORIDA

9. Ohio 10. New York Source: Business Expansion Journal, Nov/Dec 2011 Prepared by: Bizminer, www.bizminer.com

*All indicators are based on real-time data from the end of the 2 nd Qtr 2009 to the end of the 2 nd Qtr 2010.

Major Military and Civilian Aerospace Installations

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Florida hosts two of the nine Unified Combat Commands of the U.S. Dept. of Defense

• Central Command (CENTCOM) is based a • MacDill AFB in Tampa Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is based in Miami

Eglin AFB is a significant training center for UAV operations Kennedy Space Center is the world’s leading spaceport for human space flight Cape Canaveral Air Force Station provides national security and commercial space satellite launches

Thank you!

For more information, please contact:

Bernie McShea

VP Business Development

+001 (321) 730–5301 ext. 254 [email protected]

Please visit our website:

www.SpaceFlorida.gov