Stark Aerospace Building $30 Million Aerial Vehicle Manufacturing Plant in Mississippi

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stark Aerospace (Columbus, Mississippi), a global aerospace defense contractor, is building a $30 million unmanned-aerial-vehicle manufacturing plant and corporate headquarters in Columbus, Mississippi.

Construction started in October 2008 for a 100,000-square-foot building to be built on a 17-are site just north of the Golden Triangle Regional Airport that will produce and modify unmanned aerial vehicles. Overall completion is anticipated by the end of the year. Approximately 100 jobs will be created. The plant will replace the company's two operations in Columbus and Mississippi State University.

JBHM Architects and West Brothers Construction Incorporated, both based in Columbus, were selected to provide design and construction services for the plant.

Stark Aerospace, founded in 2006, is a subsidiary of IAI International, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries Limited. Stark Aerospace operates two divisions: Unmanned Aerial Systems and Electro-Optics, a manufacturer of Hunter UAV.

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