Louisiana Courts Industry with Workforce Development

Aerospace companies looking to invest in the state will receive a warm welcome and help finding quality talent.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

July 7, 2016

Representatives from the U.S. State of Louisiana are on hand here at the Farnborough International Airshow (Hall 3, Stand F50) to highlight its growing involvement in the aerospace industry. From the birth of Delta Air Services, today’s Delta Airlines (named after the Mississippi River Delta) in 1929, the state has attracted companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrup Grumman and due to its incentives and workforce development programs continues to draw new investment.

Last year, Bell Helicopter completed its newest manufacturing location, an 82,000 sq ft aircraft assembly facility at Lafayette Regional Airport. The $38 million plant will start commercial production this year on two projects; the new 525 Relentless helicopter cabin subassembly, and modifications to the Northrup Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (based on the Bell 407) for the U.S. Navy.

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