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Savannah Economic Development Authority131 Hutchinson Island Road, 4th floorSavannah, Georgia 31421
912.447.8450 | [email protected]
Savannah: The Aerospace Corridor of the Southeast
Aerospace manufacturing has been a key industry in Savannah since Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation planted roots here in 1967. Today Gulfstream is the industry leader, producing the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. As the largest aerospace manufacturer in the Southeast, Gulfstream employs nearly 10,000 workers locally, but they aren’t the only ones calling Savannah home. More than 30 aerospace-related companies are located in Savannah, making the area a true aerospace supplier cluster.
AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING
Savannah Economic Development Authority131 Hutchinson Island Road, 4th floorSavannah, Georgia 31421
912.447.8450 | [email protected]
Savannah, a Location Advantage
Workforce
Industry-Specific Training
Not only is Savannah home to Gulfstream Aerospace, we are strategically located within 100 miles of Boeing in Charleston, S.C., 140 miles of Embraer in Jacksonville, Fla. and 500 miles of Airbus in Mobile, Ala., making it the ideal hub as an aerospace supplier. Savannah’s central location enables convenient just-in-time part deliveries and same-day, round-trip service.
Savannah’s workforce talent pipeline includes a wide variety of job seekers and skilled laborers. Savannah has 13 times the national average of aerospace engineers and Georgia was ranked 1st by PricewaterhouseCoopers for aerospace manufacturing attractiveness. With the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, as well other military bases in the area, 33,000 total active duty military personnel are located within 45 miles of Savannah, with more than 350 trained and disciplined “Heroes for Hire” leaving the military each month.
Aerospace-related companies that do business in the Savannah area enjoy many advantages, among them access to workers with industry-specific training. Georgia is among the highest producers of aerospace graduates in the nation, and the Savannah area offers a number of educational options for those interested in careers in the field:
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Pooler campus offers associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees, along with undergraduate certifications, in a number of industry-related fields.
• Savannah Technical College’s Aviation Technology
Department offers aircraft structures manufacture and
repair, luxury craft cabinetmaking and aircraft electrical
equipment repair and installation. In addition, Savannah
Tech offers powerplant and airframe curriculum to
prepare students for the field of aviation maintenance.
• Savannah Tech’s 30,000-square-foot Aviation Training
Center features a 5,000-square-foot hangar, four labs
designed and equipped for hands-on, instruction, and
classrooms.
• Savannah College of Art and Design’s top-ranked
industrial design program works with Gulfstream
Aerospace, JCB, The Coca-Cola Company, Dell, General
Electric and more to improve product design.
“From a global perspective, it’s rare to have a community team - that here includes SEDA, the City of Savannah, Chatham County and others - that works so well together and that cooperates, communicates and pulls together. It’s a very powerful tool and one that is getting noticed in the aerospace industry and well beyond.”
– Jay Neely, Vice President for Law and Public Affairs, Gulfstream Aerospace
