Aerospace Thrives in Titusville

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July 6 — Lockheed Martin has a significant presence in north Brevard and it’s growing. The 58,000 sq ft. building which once housed the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will be renovated and will be used in the assembly of the Orion spacecraft, the capsule Lockheed is building for NASA’s upcoming moon missions.

Located at 6225 Vectorspace Blvd., this new Lockheed Martin facility will add to the footprint locally. Lockheed Martin brought its Fleet Ballistic Missile Headquarters to Titusville in 2019, part of a movement of 300 jobs to the area.

Florida’s Space Coast is also home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Boeing Company (its space and launch division headquartered in Titusville), while Northrop Grumman Corp. employs more than 4,000 workers in Melbourne, L3Harris Technologies Inc. employs 6,800 people locally, within a robust supply chain in the aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors.

Lockheed Martin currently has more than 400 Space Coast job openings listed on its website.

The Titusville presence, is in addition to Lockheed Martin’s two Orlando campuses, regionally employs approximately 8,000 people.

Historical note: When the building was the Astronaut Hall of Fame, it housed memorabilia belonging to many of the nation’s famous astronauts. The attraction was moved to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 2015.

Source: Orlando Business Journal