• Brevard county officials voted in favor of an $8 million incentive package for aerospace manufacturing. It’s called “Project Panther”, and promises to add 330 jobs with the average salary of $89,000.
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• Scientists at the Kennedy Space Center have started testing a critical part of NASA’s new spacecraft, Orion. The heat shield from the Orion was just removed last week.
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• Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin, which has a large local presence, will give a $2 million multi-year grant to support the expansion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, programs for Orange County Public Schools. It’s a move Lockheed Martin hopes will build interest in technology careers. The firm wants to hire 100,000 engineers in the next 15 years, and according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, STEM jobs are expected to grow 17 percent by 2018. Based on that, 1.2 million STEM job won’t be filled due to a lack of skilled workers.
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• Lockheed Martin is giving Orange County Public Schools $2 million to foster the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math or STEM. The aerospace and military technology company hopes to develop a pool of skilled workers, to meet a growing need for engineers.
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