Ohio offers access to world-class expertise in the propulsion and power industry through a heavily concentrated supply chain of more than 450 aeropropulsion and power manufacturers and suppliers, two federal laboratories and seven existing university turbine propulsion related research programs.
Ohio has a comprehensive propulsion and power supply chain base that evolved, in part, to support General Electric Aviation in Cincinnati. Other companies include Lockheed Martin, Eaton, Goodrich, and Parker Hannifi n.
Ohio's Aerospace economy is leading the way for the advancement of new aerospace technologies in a wide variety of applications in aviation, space, near space, lighter-than-air, hypersonics, propulsion, sensors, instrumentation, communications, advanced materials, human effectiveness and others.
Only Ohio can boast of two federal laboratories, ten leading universities with dedicated doctoral level research and education programs in aerospace related disciplines and a large number of aerospace manufacturing companies.
Statewide, over 66,000 Ohioans are employed in the A&D economy including over 600 private companies. Ohio's aerospace jobs rank 1st among the 12 comparable states in private sector aerospace and defense manufacturing value-added, nearly double the national average. Ohio is leading the country in fields such as propulsion & power, and advanced materials and materials processing.