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AEROSPACEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTAerospace Industry Lifts Offin Central ArkansasManufactured products totaling$1,026,574,400 make aerospace the state’stop export and land Arkansas 11th amongall states in aerospace annual exports.The region is home to Dassault Falcon Jetand Hawker Beechcraft, which anchor anaerospace cluster and help attract the manysuppliers located in the region. In 2006 and2007, Dassault Falcon Jet, the region’s topmanufacturing employer, continued to setemployment records by announcing threeexpansions totaling 650 new jobs and $47million in new capital investment on itscompletion and service centers, which arenow completed and operational.These announcements, coupled with HawkerBeechcraft’s recently completed expansion of150 new jobs and $16.3 million in new capitalinvestment, lead a thriving aerospace industryin the region.Metro Little Rock has more than 20 aviationand aerospace-related companies employing5,000 to 6,000 people."With the Falcon 7X now certified for deliveriesand with the recent announcementregarding the introduction of the new Falcon2000LX, Little Rock will be busier than evercompleting the best business jets in the sky,"said John Rosanvallon, Dassault Falcon Presidentand CEO.As a result of this rapid growth, the LittleRock region’s Aerospace Workforce DevelopmentTask Force, a public/private partnership,has created the Metro Little RockAerospace Alliance to meet growing workforce needs, promote aerospace as a career,and recruit more aerospace industry to Arkansas.That initiative has resulted in boththe University of Arkansas at Little Rock(UALR) and Pulaski Technical Collegeimplementing CATIA software design engineeringclasses and other aviation and aerospace-relatedcourses to meet the demandsof the aviation and aerospace industry. lHawker BeechcraftENJOYINGTHE VIEWFROM LITTLE ROCK.Little Rock is a fantastic city. And much like us, it has big cityamenities delivered with small town charm. That’s why we feelso comfortable here. And why we support the effortsof our local Chamber. Because when businesseswork together, everyone succeeds.What’s your personal summit?Let us take you there.In Little Rock:11121 N. Rodney ParhamSte 14-A501-227-080312915 Cantrell Rd.501-716-20001800 North Taylor501-614-733364 2009 Business Guide Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce