An oasis in the defense manufacturing desert

Annual aerospace and defense market

• 62,454 direct jobs
• 1,250 companies
• $29.5 billion economic impact
• $5.9 billion exports
• $17.0 billion DOD spending
• $14.5 billion in DOD contracts

Top contractors

• L3Harris
• Lockheed Martin at Luke Air Force Base & Yuma
• General Dynamics Mission Systems
• BAE Systems
• Northrop Grumman – five facilities
• Raytheon
• Textron

Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista

• A leader in cyber defense, home to U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) 9th Signal Command and Intelligence Center of Excellence
• The largest UAS training facility in the world, the 25,000ft² facility holds 10 simulators and manages 964 square miles of restricted air space
• The DOD Major Range and Test Facility Base

Military presence

$15.50 billion total economic impact includes:

• $2.86 billion Fort Huachuca
• $2.60 billion Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
• $2.40 billion Luke Air Force Base
• $1.12 billion U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
• $877.60 million Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma
• $147.4 million Silver Bell Army Heliport

Optics Valley

• $3 billion optics industry
• The University of Arizona serves as a hub for optics and photonics innovations

*Stats courtesy of Arizona Commerce Authority (https://www.azcommerce.com/industries/aerospace-defense)