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The Antelope Valley is also home to many large and growing aerospace and tech- nology industries including: Northrop Grumman; Lock- heed Martin; NASA; Virgin Atlantic; Sempra Energy; Delta Scientific; Boeing Aircraft; BYD (Build Your Dreams) Electric Vehicles; Kinkisharyo International; as well as home to the huge Edwards Air Force Base and China Lake Naval Weapons research facilities. The Pentagon recently announced that a new fleet of Long Range Strike aircraft (dubbed the “B-21 Raider”) manufacturing industries, which are literally changing the face of the entire Los Angeles basin. One of these growing industries in the Antelope Valley is renew- able, sustainable, alternative energy (solar thermal, solar voltaic, and wind) which makes this region the “Alternative Energy Capital” of both California and the entire USA. As a result of a recent legislative mandate signed by Governor Jerry Brown, at least half of all the electricity gener- ated in California must come from alternative, renewable, and sustain- able sources by the year 2030. This literally thousands of new jobs, this massive defense contract will continue to provide the Antelope Valley with a global focus toward cutting-edge aerospace technologies that will pave the way for new high-tech research, development, and manufacturing fa- cilities for many decades to come. The Antelope Valley has long been a central hub for aerospace design and innovation, and with renewed at- tention on its ca- Billionaire Warren Buffett and his BHE Renewables (a wholly pacity, resources, and highly-skilled owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) has invested over personnel for $2.5 billion in 3,230+ acres of Antelope Valley land near the state-of-the-art research and cities of Rosamond and Lancaster where he has built his development, the future of massive 579 megawatt Solar Star Project, which constitutes high-tech in the Antelope Valley the world’s largest solar voltaic plant to date. looks very bright indeed. Needless to say, the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster (as well will be designed, engineered, and mandate brings the Antelope Valley as the entire Antelope Valley) are manufactured by Northrop Grumman into clear focus as the primary certain to benefit significantly from source for alternative electric power in Palmdale, which translates into a the infusion of $80+ billion dollars long-term $80 plus billion defense in California and beyond! over the next decade, adding not only Billionaire Warren Buffett and his contract for the Antelope Valley. The thousands of new jobs, but substantial U.S. Air Force has stated that produc- BHE Renewables (a wholly-owned value to land and housing throughout tion of at least 100 of the new LRS-B subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) stealth aircraft will begin immediately, the region as well. has invested over $2.5 billion in In addition to the huge defense con- with each of the planes carrying an 3,230+ acres of Antelope Valley tract awarded to Northrop Grumman approximate $564 million price tag. land near the cities of Rosamond in Palmdale, Kinkisharyo Interna- The “B-21 Raider” project consti- and Lancaster where he has built tional (a Japanese transit rail vehicle tutes the design, development, and his massive 579 megawatt Solar design and manufacturing company production of an entirely new gen- Star Project, which constitutes the with production facilities in Palmdale eration of highly-advanced stealth world’s largest solar voltaic plant since 2013), was recently awarded a aircraft, creating at least 6,500 new to date. Warren Buffett’s Solar Star $910 million contract with the Los Project currently provides clean, re- aerospace and technology jobs within Angeles County Metropolitan Trans- the Antelope Valley and attracting a newable energy to over one million portation Authority. This contract will California residents in over 250,000 highly-skilled workforce with equal- add hundreds of new workers includ- ly high compensation. In addition to homes. Realty411Guide.com PAGE 78 • 2017 reWEALTHmag.com