Blue Origin Expands Current Operations in Right to Work Florida
Blue Origin is planning to expand its rocket building operations in Right to Work Merritt Island, Florida. The $600 million project will create 500 new jobs in the area. Exciting!
“Project Horizon is the latest and most ambitious chapter in Blue Origin’s decade-long commitment to Florida. […] Since 2015, we’ve scaled to nearly 4,000 employees, invested more than $2.3 billion across 500 Florida suppliers, and expanded to 11 sites across Brevard and Orange Counties. And we’re just getting started.” […]
“Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, Florida is a national leader in aerospace innovation and advanced manufacturing, and Blue Origin’s expansion at Cape Canaveral further strengthens the state’s position as the premier hub for the future of space commerce. […] Blue Origin’s latest investment into Florida’s Space Coast not only supports high-wage job creation and strengthens Florida’s aerospace workforce, but it reinforces the long-term economic impact of strategic infrastructure investments across our spaceport system.” […]
“This latest Blue Origin project is the latest validation of The Florida Model and strengthens what makes Florida truly unique: our ability to support the full lifecycle of launch. […] When a company can design, build, and launch from the same state, it creates efficiencies that are hard to replicate anywhere else. Blue Origin continues to choose the state that has spent more than a decade systematically building the conditions for them to scale here.”
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