Aerospace and Defense

Fifteen Missouri Counties Earn Work Ready Status

Fifteen Missouri counties recently earned Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) status. Knox, Osage, Gasconade, Holt, Atchison, Texas, Gentry, Taney, Worth, Bates, Ralls, St. Clair, Montgomery, Ozark and Cass counties each earned ... Read More

Site Selection: Show Me the Skills

To get a glimpse of the Show Me State’s resourceful nature, just look at its people. Missouri’s workforce boasts a work ethic and high level of skill that can only be ... Read More

Missouri Universities Named Among Best In U.S.

Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri, was recently named among the best U.S. colleges in an annual ranking by U.S. News and World Report. The Missouri university tied for the 19th ... Read More

Boeing Awarded $805 Million Drone Contract

Boeing, an aerospace and defense manufacturing company, has been awarded an $805 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to design, build and deliver four MQ-25A Stingray drones. The unmanned ... Read More

Two Missouri Cities Ranked Among Best In Midwest For Startups

St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, have been ranked among the best cities in the Midwest for startups in 2018 by MidwestStartups.com. St. Louis ranked fourth on the list of 54 ... Read More

Boeing Receives $217 Million Contract For F/A-18 Spare Parts

Boeing Co., a global aerospace and defense manufacturer, has received a $217 million order against a five-year base contract for F/A-18 aircraft spare parts for the U.S. Navy. The order includes ... Read More

Site Selection Magazine: Core Value at the Country’s Core

U.S. remanufacturing produces more than $45 billion of remanufactured goods per year, supporting 180,000 full-time jobs. Missouri’s southwestern corner is the nation’s reman capital, according to a new article from Site ... Read More

Site Selection Magazine: Taking Flight

With two major auto and truck assembly plants, plus another just over its western border, Missouri owns an enviable chunk of North America’s “automotive alley,” which stretches southward from the Great ... Read More

Site Selection Magazine: How to Build a Better Business Climate

Rob Dixon minces few words when outlining his goals for the Missouri Department of Economic Development, in a new article by Site Selection Magazine: “We want to make Missouri the easiest ... Read More

Site Selection Magazine: Show Me the Tax Cuts

When the Governor of Missouri issued his call for tax reform last year, he said it was no time to be timid. Challenging his new Department of Revenue Director Joel Walters ... Read More