Why this project qualifies
With $100 billion in facility-specific investment and 3,000 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
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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
- SpaceX
- Industry
- Aerospace
- Location
- Pecan Island, Louisiana
- Investment
- $100.00B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 3,000
- Status
- Announced
- Announced
- Aug 25, 2026
- Expected opening
- 2029
- Added to tracker
- Aug 25, 2026
Sources
Official references
- Louisiana Economic Development SpaceX project fact sheet https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/spacex
- Reuters Starbase Louisiana launch-complex reporting https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-build-starship-spaceport-louisiana-2026-08-25/
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