Aviation

The County - Mon November 25, 2024

DG Fuels Plans to Build $4.1B Aviation Fuel Plant at Maine's Former Loring AFB

Plans are still under way to construct a $4.13 billion sustainable aviation fuel facility at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, according to its developers. In 2022, Washington, D.C.-based DG Fuels announced its intentions to build on 1,240 acres of property at the Loring Commerce Center, creating 2,300 jobs during construction and 650 jobs once production begins, reported The County, an online news hub of Maine's Aroostook County....

Naval Air Systems Command - Tue July 09, 2024

New U.S. Military Fleet Readiness Center East Being Built at N.C.'s Global TransPark

Leaders and stakeholders from U.S. Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) and the North Carolina Global TransPark gathered at the latter's Kinston facility in late June to mark the groundbreaking for a new aviation maintenance complex set to house the depot's incoming military aircraft workload....

Made in Alabama - Tue December 26, 2023

Plans Take Shape for Expansion of Mobile, Ala.'s Successful Aerospace Cluster

New investments by key players in the Mobile aerospace cluster are setting the stage for future growth in what has become a major production hub for the global aviation industry, according to Made in Alabama, the news site for the state's Department of Commerce....

Joby Aviation - Tue October 10, 2023

Joby Selects Dayton, Birthplace of Aviation, for First Facility

Joby Aviation Inc., a company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, announced Sept. 18 it plans to locate its first scaled aircraft production facility in Dayton, Ohio, the birthplace of aviation....

Mainebiz - Thu August 31, 2023

Old Loring Air Force Base in Maine Could Be Remade Into Aviation, Aerospace Hub

A former Air Force base near the Canadian border with two 12,100-ft. runways that used to launch Boeing B-52 bombers during the Cold War could fuel new growth in Maine's aviation and aerospace industry....

Pierpont Community & Technical College - Thu August 17, 2023

West Virginia College to Utilize Proposed Aviation Maintenance Training Facility

The West Virginia State Legislature recently passed a $25 million budget allocation to build a new aviation maintenance training building at the North Central West Virginia Airport in Bridgeport, where Pierpont Community & Technical College's Aviation Maintenance Technology program will soon call home....

Conde Nast Traveler - Tue August 25, 2020

Port Authority Needs $3B to Move Forward on New York's JFK Overhaul

With passenger numbers and revenues mere fractions of what they were in 2019, airlines and airports are rethinking some of their largest expenditures amid the ongoing pandemic. Specifically, the wide-sweeping billion-dollar renovation projects under way at hubs across the country....

Space Coast Daily - Tue August 25, 2020

Space Florida Assisting Aerion Supersonic to Build Melbourne HQ

Space Florida announced a multimillion-dollar investment in Aerion Supersonic to provide financing, structure and development assistance to build Aerion's new global headquarters in Melbourne, Fla....