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Alabama aerospace, Paris Air Show
  • Alabama cities at the Paris Air Show: Huntsville, Mobile, Baldwin County, Montgomery and more

    Alabama cities at the Paris Air Show: Huntsville, Mobile, Baldwin County, Montgomery and more

    PARIS, France — In addition to Governor Robert Bentley representing the state in meetings this week at the Paris Air Show, a number of Alabama cities and counties sent representation to meet with companies at the show, particularly municipalities with existing aerospace industry businesses that see opportunity to expand. Of course both Huntsville and Mobile…

    June 19, 2013
  • Futuristic Raytheon Alabama factory makes missiles with robots

    Futuristic Raytheon Alabama factory makes missiles with robots

    HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – In the futuristic Raytheon Alabama factory, robotic vehicles glide silently across gleaming plant floors, transporting nose cones and other missile parts to the precise spots where they are needed for assembly. The $75 million Raytheon Redstone Missile Integration Facility in Huntsville, however, is not simply a marvel of technological design. The 70,000-square-foot…

    June 18, 2013
  • PPG Aerospace displays its Alabama aircraft window expertise at Paris Air Show

    PPG Aerospace displays its Alabama aircraft window expertise at Paris Air Show

    PARIS, France — If you see one of the new jetliners cutting through the sky over the Paris Air Show, you may wonder how it got its sophisticated, high-technology windshields and windows. There is a good possibility they came from the PPG Aerospace facility in Huntsville. With a number of hallmark transparency technologies to tout,…

    June 18, 2013
  • Photo Gallery: Day 1 for Alabama team at Paris Air Show

    Photo Gallery: Day 1 for Alabama team at Paris Air Show

    PARIS, France — The opening day of the 50th Paris Air Show brought lots of meetings for members of the Alabama delegation. State officials talked with a dozen companies, including GKN Aerospace, which operates a facility in Elmore County, and Airbus, which is constructing a $600 million final assembly line at Mobile’s Brookley Aeroplex. Alabama…

    June 17, 2013
  • Team Alabama has productive first-day Paris Air Show meetings, Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield says

    Team Alabama has productive first-day Paris Air Show meetings, Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield says

    PARIS, France — Governor Robert Bentley and members of the Alabama delegation had a busy and productive day at the Paris Air Show, meeting today with a dozen companies in the aviation and aerospace sector about the possibility of establishing or expanding an Alabama presence. In a question-and-answer session with Made in Alabama, Secretary of…

    June 17, 2013
  • Montgomery officials aim to lay path for GKN Aerospace expansion

    Montgomery officials aim to lay path for GKN Aerospace expansion

    PARIS, France -– Alabama’s capital city cradles one of the nation’s busiest auto assembly plants, along with a growing network of parts suppliers to the massive Hyundai operation. But this week, it’s aerospace manufacturing, not auto, that is driving the hopes of Montgomery officials. Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange is attending his first Paris Air Show…

    June 17, 2013
  • Hoar plans smooth lift-off for Airbus construction project in Alabama

    Hoar plans smooth lift-off for Airbus construction project in Alabama

    MOBILE, Alabama – Mike Lanier is sitting in the pilot’s seat for the most critical Alabama construction project since Mercedes-Benz built its assembly plant in Tuscaloosa County two decades ago – the Airbus Alabama passenger jet production center at Brookley Aeroplex. For Lanier, whose team is overseeing the project, it’s a massive and complex undertaking,…

    June 17, 2013
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne eyes new U.S. rocket engine with work in Huntsville

    Aerojet Rocketdyne eyes new U.S. rocket engine with work in Huntsville

    PARIS, France —  On Friday, GenCorp announced the completion of the acquisition of Rocketdyne, which has now combined with Aerojet to create Aerojet Rocketdyne. On Monday, just two days later, Aerojet Rocketdyne will kick off the Paris Air Show with a press conference to talk about the new company’s plans for a new U.S. rocket…

    June 16, 2013
  • Commercial Jet Inc. to invest $12 million in Dale County aircraft maintenance operation

    Commercial Jet Inc. to invest $12 million in Dale County aircraft maintenance operation

    DOTHAN, Alabama – Governor Robert Bentley, House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield joined company and community leaders here today in announcing that Commercial Jet Inc. will invest $12 million to open a new 400,000-square-foot facility at Dothan Regional Airport in Dale County. The facility will employ hundreds of people.…

    April 5, 2013
  • Alabama Aviation Center trains students for careers in growing aerospace industry

    Alabama Aviation Center trains students for careers in growing aerospace industry

    MOBILE, Alabama — It’s two years before Airbus begins producing airplanes in Mobile, but Alabama students have already taken flight through training at the Alabama Aviation Center. They are getting prepared for the jobs of the future in an industry that will alter the landscape of Alabama much like Mercedes-Benz did with its auto plant…

    March 12, 2013
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