Posted Date: 02/17/2011
It is just the beginning. The state is home to a number of successful aerospace companies, including:
•Alliant Techsystems
•Aurora Flight Sciences of West Virginia
•Bombardier Aerospace (West Virginia Air Center)
•Emivest Aerospace Corporation
•FCX Systems
•FMW Composite Systems
•Goodrich Corporation
•Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
•Pratt & Whitney Engine Services
Aerospace is one of the fastest growing sectors of the West Virginia economy. Higher profitability, lower labor costs and utility savings contribute to the successful operations within the state. Companies also capitalize upon a large supply of experienced industry workers to help meet their labor needs. West Virginia provides strategic access to the top domestic purchasing sectors of aerospace products and to national defense contractors, corporations, the federal government and other industrial customers and suppliers. A West Virginia-based company will find a plentiful supply of primary and fabricated metal products, essential raw materials for the aerospace …
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