# Leonardo plans T-100 aircraft assembly center in Tuskegee, Alabama

Leonardo has selected Tuskegee, Alabama as the potential site for an advanced assembly center to build the T-100 jet trainer, pending a U.S. Air Force contract award. The project could create up to 750 jobs with a 10-year ramp-up beginning in 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-03-29
- Where: Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
- Jobs: 750
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: rumored
- Products: T-100 jet trainer aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Leonardo](https://endata.com/companies/18893.md)
- [DRS Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/23294.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [alreporter.com](https://www.alreporter.com/2017/04/03/potential-site-selection-macon-county-high-tech-manufacturing-facility), 2017-04-03: "Leonardo's project will have a massive economic impact in Macon County and across the region through the creation of high-paying jobs."

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