Poised for takeoff: BAe news is good medicine for state's aviation industry. (location of BAe Corporate Jets Inc.'s headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas) From: Arkansas Business | Date: February 15, 1993| Author: Walters, Dixie | COPYRIGHT 1993 Journal Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE RECENT ANnouncement by British Aerospace Inc. that it will headquarter BAe Corporate Jets Inc. at the Arkansas Aerospace Inc. facility in Little Rock should bolster the state's growing reputation as an aerospace center.

It also comes as good news during troubled times for the aerospace industry.

According to the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, 60 aerospace-related companies now call the state home. Those companies employ about 8,000 people at salari...

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