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About Us
The Washington Aerospace Partnership exists to allow leaders from business, labor and local government to work together to support and grow the aerospace cluster in Washington state.
To do that, we will:
- Support the companies already in Washington’s aerospace cluster to ensure they can design, develop and manufacture next generation technologies and products – such as Boeing’s proposed new 150- to 220-seat jet – here. We will help identify the public policies and public-private partnerships needed to help achieve this objective.
- Find new opportunities for our hometown aerospace companies to participate in emerging new aircraft programs worldwide, and foster the growth of the cluster as a whole by recruiting companies with complementary skills and processes to come to Washington, while vigorously protecting our key existing intellectual property in the aerospace sector here in Washington.
- Continue the growth and development of the world-leading highly skilled and innovative workforce that has been the foundation of our region’s aerospace success since 1916, to ensure that Washington aerospace continues to provide the highest productivity and lowest risk of any industry cluster worldwide. Targeted investments in higher education, science, technology and engineering in our state will help achieve this objective.
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Washington state has been a center of excellence in aerospace manufacturing and innovation for nearly 100 years; our goal is ensure our region remains the world leader for aerospace design, development and manufacturing for the next 100 years.
Three co-chairs lead the Partnership:
- Bob Drewel, Executive Director, Puget Sound Regional Council
- Jeff Johnson, President, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- Tayloe Washburn, Board Member, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce
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