Alabama team plans 10 meetings on first day of Paris Air Show
PARIS – Alabama’s economic development team this morning held the first appointments in an aggressive Paris Air Show meeting schedule that will see Governor Kay Ivey talk with representatives of 21 aerospace companies over two days. Governor Ivey and Greg Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, joined economic development specialists from Huntsville in…
Gov. Ivey talks Alabama aerospace growth at Paris Air Show
PARIS – Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama team in France for the Paris Air Show connected with aerospace industry leaders at an exclusive gathering sponsored by a partnership that promotes the Gulf Coast aerospace cluster for long-term growth. The Aerospace Alliance’s event today in Paris brought together delegations from Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana…
Gov. Ivey kicks off Paris Air Show: ‘It’s a new day in Alabama’
PARIS — Governor Kay Ivey urged an Alabama economic development team in France for the Paris Air Show this morning to work hard to position the state for more growth in an industry critical to Alabama’s future. Governor Ivey spoke to economic developers, elected leaders, university representatives and others at a breakfast meeting that marked…
Northrop Grumman teams with UAH on student drone project
From military ops to package delivery, drones are popping up everywhere, and Alabama college students are at the forefront of developing even more ways to control, use and defend against them. At the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a senior design class tackled a project for defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp., which asked the students…
CHECKLIST: Game-changing aerospace technology takes off in Alabama
Innovation abounds in Alabama’s aerospace and aviation sector. While big jets and space rockets get a lot of attention, there’s plenty more head-turning technology happening in manufacturing plants, design centers and testing labs across the state. This work is worth showcasing as the aerospace world gathers in France for the Paris Air Show, the industry’s most…
Video highlights Alabama aerospace growth for Paris Air Show
Alabama is a state on the move in the dynamic aerospace industry. Investment in the sector over the past five years has topped $1.5 billion. Exports of Alabama-made aerospace products and parts are surging. Employment is projected to spike. To make sure that growth continues, Alabama is sending a team of business recruiters, government leaders…
Gov. Ivey to lead Alabama economic development team at Paris Air Show
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Governor Kay Ivey will lead an Alabama delegation to next week’s Paris Air Show, where the state’s leading economic development specialists will seek to build on momentum in Alabama’s growing aerospace sector. At the industry’s premier 2017 trade event, Governor Ivey and a small working team from the Alabama Department of Commerce…
Alabama wins Silver Shovel award for economic development
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Area Development, an economic development-focused publication, awarded Alabama a Silver Shovel for solid business recruitment and support in 2016, keeping alive a winning streak stretching back a decade. In announcing the award, Area Development noted that Alabama’s economic development team continues to build on a proven track record of success. “It’s almost…
UAB students’ research work takes flight with drone technology
Drones are quickly becoming a prolific part of modern society, and students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are doing cutting-edge research involving the flying machines. Elizabeth Bevan, a doctoral student in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is using drones in her thesis project that studies the effects…
Scorecard: Alabama recruited more than 14,700 jobs in 2016
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Companies announced plans for more than 14,700 new jobs and nearly $4.2 billion in capital investment in Alabama during 2016, according to an analysis prepared by the Alabama Department of Commerce that chronicles wide-ranging economic development activity across the state last year. The 2016 New & Expanding Industry Report released today by Governor…
