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Written Communication 7. C.

BCC Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	09/06/2018
Issue: Project Titan
From:	Jack Brown
Department:	County Administrator's Office
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

August 27, 2018, Communication from Keith Wilkins regarding the proposed MRO Aviation Campus at Pensacola International Airport, and the proposed funding that will be needed from Escambia County to support the project.

BACKGROUND:

On November 14, 2017, the City of Pensacola (City) and VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc. (VT MAE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand VT MAE's aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business operations at the Pensacola International Airport. (VT MAE recently rebranded its MRO business in Pensacola to be known as ST Engineering (ST), and hereinafter this name will be used.) This comes as ST has begun its initial operations at the airport's newly constructed 173,000 sq. ft. MRO hangar in June, 2018. That facility, developed at a cost of $46 million, will result in the creation of 400 new high-wage jobs. Building on the current ST relationship and the growing demand for MRO services worldwide, the proposed expansion of the MRO Aviation campus creates an opportunity to add an additional 1,325 high-income jobs for Northwest Florida in the aerospace industry. When combined with the new jobs associated with the fist hangar, total Aerospace sector jobs would be 1,725.

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Attachments
K. Wilkins email
Pensacola International Airport MRO and VT Expansion