Greater Seattle is home to one of the world’s most advanced aerospace ecosystems. The region hosts the nation’s largest aerospace supply chain, supports more than 900 aerospace companies, and has become one of North America’s fastest-growing centers for commercial space innovation. Anchored by global industry leaders including Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Blue Origin, SpaceX, ATS, Crane…
The Greater Seattle region, spanning Snohomish, King, and Pierce counties, demonstrated its global aerospace leadership and spirit of collaboration at the 55th International Paris Air Show on June 16-22 at Le Bourget Airport. Together with the Washington State Department of Commerce, the regional team supported more than 20 Washington-based aerospace companies. Greater Seattle Partners met…
As the global aviation sector accelerates efforts to decarbonize, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) have emerged as a critical tool in achieving net-zero emissions targets. With deep roots in aerospace innovation and a thriving clean tech ecosystem, Washington state is one of the leaders in the nation in advancing SAF technologies, infrastructure, and investment. What is…
Greater Seattle Partners joined over 60 delegates from Washington State (the largest delegation ever!) at the Farnborough International Air Show July 22-26, 2024. Our team engaged in one-on-one meetings with 15 international aerospace companies, where we actively promoted the Greater Seattle region as a leading hub for aerospace, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing, with a…
MagniX’s chief technology officer, Riona Armesmith, works on electric propulsion systems like the one in the background at the company’s headquarters in Everett, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) This article originally appeared in GeekWire. Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming…
Our partners at the Washington State Department of Commerce did an excellent job of capturing our state’s presence at the Paris Air Show. It was an honor to join Governor Jay Inslee in announcing Twelve and its plans to scale production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from CO2 and renewable energy with a commercial-scale…
The Paris Air Show is a renowned event that brings together aviation and aerospace professionals from across the globe at the Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France. Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) will join Governor Inslee and the Washington State Department of Commerce at this prestigious event from June 19-25. With the region’s strong aerospace industry and…
Public and private leaders are working together to achieve a more sustainable aerospace future and have announced the following new developments in the past year. The new Research and Development Center for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) at Seattle Paine Field International Airport is the world’s first facility of its kind to collect, sample, and distribute…
Partnership with Washington State University Will Create the First Sustainable Aviation Fuel Repository in the World Snohomish County, Wash., March 28, 2023 – Executive Dave Somers announced that Snohomish County is establishing a world-leading Research and Development (R&D) Center focused on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) at Paine Field Airport. The project, which is a partnership with…
Robert Payne, vice president of Greater Seattle Partners explains the value in attending the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance Advance annual aerospace conference February 6-9, 2023 at the Lynnwood Convention Center. The PNAA Advance features speakers from top aerospace companies and industry analysts from around the world, and brings together hundreds of aerospace professionals representing over…
Robert Payne, vice president of Greater Seattle Partners explains the value in attending the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance Advance annual aerospace conference February 6-9, 2023 at the Lynnwood Convention Center. The PNAA Advance features speakers from top aerospace companies and industry analysts from around the world, and brings together hundreds of aerospace professionals representing over…
More than half a century after its first flight, the last Boeing 747 will be delivered to Atlas Air on January 31, 2023. The people and place that produced such longstanding innovations not only changed the face of aviation but the world as a whole. This incredible legacy of superior safety, design and efficiency continues…