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Aerospace firm to put headquarters in Mississippi, hiring 70
The Vicksburg Post ^ | August 5, 2018 | The Associated Press

Posted on 08/05/2018 3:27:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

MADISON, Miss. (AP) — An aerospace company spun off from a larger conglomerate will make its headquarters in central Mississippi.

Vertex Aerospace announced Friday that it will invest $1.4 million and hire 70 front-office workers over the next two years at its Madison office. The company currently employs 340 there, and 856 more statewide.

Private equity firm American Industrial Partners of New York bought Vertex in July from L3 Technologies for $540 million....

(Excerpt) Read more at vicksburgpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: aerospace; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; helpwanted; hiring; jobs; mississippi; spacex; vertexaerospace

1 posted on 08/05/2018 3:27:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks for posting these.


2 posted on 08/05/2018 3:35:12 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Most of my family live in or around Madison. Forty years ago nothing but farmland but then white flight from Jackson....


3 posted on 08/05/2018 3:52:22 PM PDT by Ammo Republic 15
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

L3...
Communication ,navigation equipment?


4 posted on 08/05/2018 4:05:36 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY)
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To: Big Red Badger

Looking at their website, it looks like thermal shielding and controls for satellites. Looks like they are going to need a couple of large offices to hold the egos of the two guys they feature on a lot of their web pages. Doesn’t look like anyone else among the 1200 or so employees makes much contribution to the efforts.

Other sites indicate logistics, support, and repair. (Hail damaged planes, repairs on C-130s in Kuwait, etc.) Although maybe that kind of work got left with the parent when this subsidiary was spun off.


5 posted on 08/05/2018 4:26:19 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

I’m thinking a nice little
Drone factory near Tucson AZ.


6 posted on 08/05/2018 7:09:56 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY)
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