This
section provides point-of-contact information for aerospace
and defense business resources in the Dayton region of
Ohio.
Aerospace and defense business has thrived in the Dayton
region since the Wright brothers built the world's first
airplane factory here in 1910.
Today, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base drives aerospace and
defense business across the region with its technology
development, acquisition and intelligence missions.
Hundreds of defense contractors support the missions on
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Local universities do
groundbreaking research, feed the region's high-tech talent
pool, and increasingly partner in technology
commercialization efforts.
Besides creating jobs within the aviation and defense
industries, aerospace technology supports other important
sectors of the economy such as information technology,
alternative energy and medicine.
BUSINESS RESOURCES
City-county agencies
Commercialization
Regional agencies
Venture capital
Sprngfield Guard
Wright-Patterson AFB
Wright-Patterson Force Base is home to the Air Force Materiel Command and more than 60 tenant organizations. With more than 25,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is Ohio's biggest single-site employer. It's also the hub of contracting activity that includes more than 600 aerospace and defense companies across the region.
Four key industries targeted for focused economic development efforts are aerospace research and development; information technology; advanced materials and manufacturing, and human sciences and health care.
Numerous public agencies and not-for-profit corporations exist to help entrepreneurs and established companies grow in — or relocate to — the Dayton region. Help with technology commercialization is also available.
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