Why it matters
The aerospace context.
US aerospace demand is being driven simultaneously by record commercial-aircraft backlogs and a Department of Defense modernization cycle covering bombers, ICBMs, submarines, and hypersonics. Most projects in this category are constrained by skilled-labor availability — welders, composite technicians, machinists — rather than by capital.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- Pratt & Whitney (RTX)
- Industry
- Aerospace
- Location
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Investment
- $650.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 800
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Apr 21, 2022
- Operations began
- Sep 1, 2024
- Added to tracker
- Apr 15, 2025
Sources
Official references
- Primary source https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/01/28/governor-stein-announces-pratt-whitney-will-expand-manufacturing-operations-asheville
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