Space

Ohio’s renowned heritage in space exploration is the foundation for an exciting new world of opportunities for companies with the vision for living and working in space. We’re investing in an environment that emboldens the development of advanced space technologies.

Aerospace firms in Ohio and beyond benefit from the Buckeye State’s vital resources, like the NASA Glenn Research Center, Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and Ohio State University’s George Washington Carver Science Park Terrestrial Analog Ground Station, which are each leading the way on crucial space-related research, intelligence, and development projects.

Ohio is home to more than 580 aerospace and aviation companies, including Zin Technologies, an important partner in vertical integration and test capability to support space commercialization, and L3Harris, which provides critical deep space communication links from commercial space vehicles, the International Space Station, and Martian rover missions.

The commercial and government opportunities of space have grown at a pace that hasn’t been seen in decades, and Ohio’s space industry is light years ahead. Defense contractors can find a rich environment for success in Ohio, where the space industry is booming and growing at an accelerated pace.