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Florida’s Aviation and Aerospace Industry – An Overview Globes: The Israel Business Conference December 12 – 13, 2011.

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1 Florida’s Aviation and Aerospace Industry – An Overview Globes: The Israel Business Conference December 12 – 13, 2011

2  An Independent Special District of the State  An Economic Development Agency: Financing Tools that Defray Up-Front Cost Conduit Lease Finance Authority We Partner Regularly with Enterprise Florida and Local Economic Development Organizations (EDOs)  Developer of Aerospace and Related Infrastructure: Spaceports Master Plan Space Life Science Laboratory/Exploration Park Hangers Launch Complexes What is Space Florida?

3 Aviation in Florida Source: Infogroup Inc., Employer Database 2012-1st Edition. Prepared by: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Statistics Center, October 2011. Major Companies include: AAR Airbus Embraer FedEx Flight Safety International LAN Cargo LiveTV Signature Flight Support Corporation Spirit Airlines United Turbine UPS

4 Source: Infogroup Inc., Employer Database 2012-1st Edition. Prepared by: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Statistics Center, October 2011. Aerospace in Florida Major Companies include: Astrotech BAE The Boeing Company General Dynamics Harris Corporation Honeywell L-3 Communications Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman Pratt & Whitney Raytheon Rockwell Collins Sikorsky SpaceX United Launch Alliance

5 Top Rankings in Aerospace STARTUPSNEW BRANCHESEMPLOYMENT 1. California 2. FLORIDA 2. Texas2. Washington 3. Texas 3. FLORIDA 3. Texas 4. Arizona4. New Jersey4. Georgia 5. Connecticut 5. Kansas 6. Arizona 7. Connecticut 8. FLORIDA 9. Ohio 10. New York Source: Business Expansion Journal, Nov/Dec 2011 Prepared by: Bizminer, www.bizminer.comwww.bizminer.com *All indicators are based on real-time data from the end of the 2 nd Qtr 2009 to the end of the 2 nd Qtr 2010.

6 Major Military and Civilian Aerospace Installations Florida hosts two of the nine Unified Combat Commands of the U.S. Dept. of Defense Central Command (CENTCOM) is based a MacDill AFB in Tampa Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) is based in Miami Eglin AFB is a significant training center for UAV operations Kennedy Space Center is the world’s leading spaceport for human space flight Cape Canaveral Air Force Station provides national security and commercial space satellite launches

7 Thank you! For more information, please contact: Bernie McShea VP Business Development +001 (321) 730–5301 ext. 254 bmcshea@SpaceFlorida.gov Please visit our website: www.SpaceFlorida.gov


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