EADS announced today that the company will expand its facility located at the Mobile Regional Airport. The expansion is planned to be completed by the end of 2009. Over the next five years, the employment at this facility is expected to be triple of what it is today.
EADS was partnering with Northrup Grumman to build the aerial refueling tanker at the Brookley Aerospace Center. The contract with the US Air Force has been put on hold. The rebidding process for the tankers is anticipated to begin in early 2009.
Here is link to the story of the expansion of the facility at the Mobile Regional Airport- EADS Expands Mobile Facility
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Showing posts with label EADS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EADS. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Keep Our Tanker
The Mobile County Commission has an excellant website that offers the latest news on the EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45 Refueling Airplane contract. The website has a place for you to register your support.
Visit by clicking here
The Mobile County Commission has an excellant website that offers the latest news on the EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45 Refueling Airplane contract. The website has a place for you to register your support.
Visit by clicking here
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
The Good News keeps coming for Mobile
Last spring it was announced that German steel manufacturer Thyssen Krupp was going to build a new plant in Mobile County. Well Friday we received even better news. Friday will go down as a great day in the history of Mobile, AL. It was announced that Northrop Grumman/EADS won a government contract to build US Air Force Tankers. The tankers will be manufactured at the Brookley Aerospace Complex here in Mobile. Northrop Grumman and EADS say the project will create 1,500 to 2,000 jobs and support 25,000 others and include 60% domestically produced parts. Mobile is setting itself up as a major aerospace manufacturing and support center.
The Air Force tanker award is considered the largest defense contract since the Joint Strike Fighter [JSF] program of a decade ago.
The Air Force contract calls for the supply of 179 new refueling tankers to be delivered at a rate of about 15 a year. With the lives of tankers stretching to half a century, maintenance and upgrades could make the value of the contract as much as $100 billion, says Paul Nesbit, a defense industry analyst with JSA Research.
Forbes recently had an article that Mobile would have the fastest growing economy of all US cities.
Last spring it was announced that German steel manufacturer Thyssen Krupp was going to build a new plant in Mobile County. Well Friday we received even better news. Friday will go down as a great day in the history of Mobile, AL. It was announced that Northrop Grumman/EADS won a government contract to build US Air Force Tankers. The tankers will be manufactured at the Brookley Aerospace Complex here in Mobile. Northrop Grumman and EADS say the project will create 1,500 to 2,000 jobs and support 25,000 others and include 60% domestically produced parts. Mobile is setting itself up as a major aerospace manufacturing and support center.
The Air Force tanker award is considered the largest defense contract since the Joint Strike Fighter [JSF] program of a decade ago.
The Air Force contract calls for the supply of 179 new refueling tankers to be delivered at a rate of about 15 a year. With the lives of tankers stretching to half a century, maintenance and upgrades could make the value of the contract as much as $100 billion, says Paul Nesbit, a defense industry analyst with JSA Research.
Forbes recently had an article that Mobile would have the fastest growing economy of all US cities.
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