List: Alabama’s Aerospace & Aviation Companies 2026
Ranked by number of Alabama employees.
UAH’s Rotorcraft Center provides real-world engineering research benefiting students and industry
UAH's Rotorcraft Systems Eningeering and Simulation Center connects research with the aerospace and defense workforce.
Applied Aerospace & Defense could have set up shop anywhere. It chose Huntsville.
Applied’s manufacturing expertise supports contractors in three primary areas — space and launch, defense aviation and radar systems.
Cash named director of Marshall Space Flight Center
Cash has worked in engineering and administration for an array of NASA’s human spaceflight programs.
PPG to invest $70 million in Huntsville expansion
The project will support growth of the company’s aerospace transparencies business.
Workforce training efforts receive $1 million boost from GE Aerospace Foundation
Through workforce program Lifting Futures, the company hopes to train 10,000 workers.
Op-Ed: Why Alabama students deserve the life-changing opportunity that I had
Nathan England's career path with Airbus got its start with an apprenticeship. Flight Works Alabama provides similar services for students in Alabama.
Arrow’s Edge wins $317 million NASA contract
The company is a joint venture of Seabrook Solutions and Amentum.
Auburn University opens Applied Research Institute in Huntsville
The 50,000-square-foot laboratory will tackle space exploration challenges.
Survey underway for Alabama’s aerospace and aviation companies
All aerospace- and aviation-related companies with offices in Alabama are encouraged to participate in our annual ranking of the industry.