Northwest Aerospace News October | November Issue No. 11

PACIFIC NORTHWEST AEROSPACE ALLIANCE SPOTLIGHT H owever, one key hurdle remains — a suitable land-based Civilian Su- personic Corridor (CSSC) — essential for flight testing. And we think that the Pacific Northwest is the perfect loca- tion to provide a solution. AeroTEC: Leading the Charge for the Pacific Northwest There couldn’t be a better company to be leading the charge on behalf of the Pacific Northwest. Launched in 2003, AeroTEC is a dynamic leader in the testing, engineering and certification space. AeroTEC has grown from ex- ecuting supplemental type certification programs for companies that provide airframe modifications such as winglets, including as aviation partners Boeing and Raisbeck Engineering, to support- ing large scale design-build-test-certify efforts for clean-sheet aircraft type cer- tification programs. Such capabilities are rare outside of an OEM, yet Aero- TEC has not only mastered it, but has a unique advantage as they are able to provide competitive bids. In some cas- es, large OEMs with internal test capa- bilities have chosen to outsource work directly to them. AeroTEC’s track record of success has resulted in significant investment in the region from international companies, such as Mitsubishi Aircraft Corpora- tion — they now manage their test and certification program for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet at Moses Lake in Eastern Washington. The associated opportuni- ties emerging from Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation’s AeroTEC’s investment brings in over 100 million dollars per year to the local community, both for aerospace companies and beyond. They have since invested in a regional headquarters in Renton, Washington, where engineering, sales and marketing efforts will be focused. Such is AeroTEC’s commitment to Washington State, through their vertically integrated capabilities and capacity to take on projects of all sizes, they now support — or are preparing to — new entrants in the market, including space, UAS, electric and special mission airplanes. Recently announced ventures in- clude flight testing for MagniX, another rising company in Washington State, and a further contract with Eviation, an Israeli electric aircraft start-up. And in addition to all this, AeroTEC continues to be committed to playing a huge role in the future of aerospace in Washington State. And that’s where the Supersonic Flight Alliance comes in. OCTOBER | NOVEMBER 2019 ISSUE NO. 11 61

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