Aerospace & Defense
A burgeoning region within the aerospace corridor, Southeast Mississippi offers a highly skilled workforce and strategic location benefits for aerospace and defense companies. Take a look at the reasons why the region is positioned to bring your company to the next level.
Our network of community colleges offers cutting-edge training opportunities for the aerospace and defense sectors through the following skill set areas:
- Electronics
- Welding and Cutting
- Precision Manufacturing
- Machining
- Aviation Structures Mechanic
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Instrumentation and Controls Technology
- Unmanned Aerial Systems
Other industry advantages include:
- Through successful public-private partnerships, aerospace companies find the desired skillsets needed to keep them competitive.
- The Gulf Coast region in Mississippi has one of the greatest concentrations of avionics and aircraft maintenance personnel in the United States when compared to all mid-size metropolitan markets.
- Unmanned aerial systems can take advantage of strategic partnerships in flight research and development along with training programs to support this growing industry.
- Southeast Mississippi is home to Keesler Air Force Base, the Naval Construction Battalion Center, the Army's Camp Shelby and Meridian Naval Air Station.
- Stennis Space Center is America's largest engine test complex where NASA tests next generation rockets for space exploration.
- Mississippi is represented by an experienced and supportive congressional delegation that understands the unique needs of the aerospace industry.
- Special incentives are available for companies that manufacture or assemble components for the aerospace industry.
Learn more about Mississippi's aerospace and defense industries