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Scott PowersApril 19, 2016

A communications satellite factory with 250 high-paying manufacturing jobs is landing at Space Florida’s industrial park at Kennedy Space Center A company called OneWeb Satellites, founded by Greg Wyler, an entrepreneur who says his dream is to bring the internet to everyone on Earth, intends to build satellites on the Space Coast to populate a new […]

Ryan RayMarch 30, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered examinations into Visit Florida and Space Florida, two high-profile public-private partnerships with the state government, according to the Orlando Sentinel’s Gray Rohrer. The purpose of the reviews is to determine the level of return on investment Florida taxpayers get in exchange for funding projects through the entities, which don’t have the same broad […]

Scott PowersJanuary 28, 2016

Space Florida narrowed in on deals Thursday with four space companies wanting to build their businesses in Florida. But the state-chartered space development company’s penchant to keep names of companies confidential during negotiations had board expressing nervousness about whom they’re dealing with. One of the deals involves a company for whom the veil or confidentiality already […]

Melissa RossSeptember 8, 2015

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NASA’s shuttle program may have come in for a final landing in Florida, but dreams of commercial space flight around the state are refusing to stay grounded. The CEO of Space Florida says the demand is growing for a commercial spaceport without the constraints of government bureaucracy. This, even though Senator Bill Nelson seems to be nixing […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 4, 2015

At a ribbon cutting for a new Boeing facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Gov. Rick Scott announced the multi-billion dollar aviation company will add 550 jobs on the Space Coast. “Leaders in the aerospace and aviation industry like Boeing are choosing Florida over other states because of our world-class facilities, advanced infrastructure and commitment […]

Shannon NickinsonDecember 1, 2014

What happens when the residents of Pensacola won’t have the Main Street wastewater treatment plant site to kick around anymore? For at least the last decade — make that decades — everything that was wrong with Pensacola could be linked to Old Stinky, a sewer plant that sat on the downtown Pensacola waterfront for at […]

Shannon NickinsonMarch 24, 2014

The Pensacola Technology Campus’ long and winding road from overflow parking lot to hub for technology-based businesses finally may be cresting the hill. Since 2009, it has lain fallow. It has had some darn spiffy signage, though. Nearly five years after a $2 million infrastructure grant brought the basics to what was heretofore known as […]

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Dozens of vehicles were torched in a fire at a Jacksonville International Airport fire in a garage May 16. Image via Jacksonivlle Aviation Authority.

OneWeb bringing satellite manufacturing plant to Space Coast

Rick Scott orders probes into Visit Florida, Space Florida

Space Florida approves $26 million match to Blue Origin, other deals with secret companies

Will Florida spaceports take flight?

Rick Scott hypes new Boeing facility, jobs at Kennedy Space Center

Shannon Nickinson: What will Pensacola do without Old Stinky to kick around?

Shannon Nickinson: Economic development often requires patience