HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Special Aerospace Services
(SAS), a leading space and defense engineering, hardware, and
communications technology solutions platform, is excited to
announce the groundbreaking of its new flexible, multi-use
manufacturing facility, the 'SAS Campus', in Huntsville, Alabama. This state-of-the-art
facility, located at Cummings Research Park, will span over 40,000
square feet, including 30,000 square feet of flexible manufacturing
space.
Heather Bulk, CEO of Special Aerospace Services, expressed her
enthusiasm for SAS Campus: "This new facility has been a long time
coming, and we are really excited to begin building it to help our
clients solve some of the toughest problems in the space and
defense industries. Our presence in Huntsville, particularly in Cummings Research
Park, positions us perfectly to leverage the proximity to key
talent and industry partners."
The facility is designed to be highly responsive to customer
needs, capable of supporting everything from kitting and staging of
individual parts for client manufacturing and assembly, to building
dedicated systems and subsystems for major programs. With modular
manufacturing space and the capability to handle Top Secret level
work in the four high bays, the new facility will be a versatile
asset for SAS and its clients.
The groundbreaking of SAS Campus follows the recent acquisitions
of Willbrook Solutions and Quintron Systems by SAS, further
enhancing SAS' capabilities to better serve its clients in the
space and missile defense industries.
Construction is expected to be completed in approximately 14
months, with the facility set to create up to 60 new high-paying
jobs in the Huntsville area. Fuqua
& Partners Architects are responsible for designing the
building. Brasfield & Gorrie is the construction company
building the facility, with Freedom Real Estate & Capital, LLC
managing the overall project.
About Cummings Research Park Cummings Research Park
is the second-largest research park in the country and the
fourth-largest in the world. It is one of the world's leading
science and technology business parks, housing a mixture of Fortune
500 companies, local and international high-tech enterprises, U.S.
space and defense agencies, thriving business incubators, and
competitive higher-education institutions.
About Special Aerospace Services (SAS) Special
Aerospace Services is an industry leader in spaceflight engineering
and hardware with facilities in California, Colorado and Alabama. Special Aerospace Services offers a
full-cycle solution portfolio that includes tactical engineering
support in Spaceflight Safety™, propulsion, avionics,
systems, safety, and launch site integration, as well as rapid
prototyping, manufacturing, and procurement of mission-critical
aerospace hardware systems for clients such as NASA, the U.S.
Department of Defense, and the commercial spaceflight sector.
Special Aerospace Services' team is committed to furthering
humankind's dreams and endeavors in space and keep the dream of
space exploration alive for future generations. To learn more about
SAS, please visit: www.specialaerospaceservices.com.
Media Inquiries: For media inquiries, please contact
Michelle Nielson at
mnielson@specialaerospaceservices.com.
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