# Aurora Flight Sciences expands advanced manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, celebrated the grand opening of an expansion of its advanced manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The expansion adds almost 50,000 square feet, increasing the facility's footprint to approximately 227,000 square feet.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-04-24
- Where: Bridgeport, West Virginia, United States
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: 24 Apr 2024
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 227,000 square feet
- Products: components and systems for advanced aircraft, composite materials, airframe assemblies
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Aurora Flight Sciences](https://endata.com/companies/27386.md)
- [Boeing](https://endata.com/companies/685.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [aurora.aero](https://www.aurora.aero/2024/04/24/aurora-expands-advanced-manufacturing-in-west-virginia/), 2024-04-24: "We are adding capacity to support today's cutting-edge defense aircraft programs and to build experimental aircraft that will advance the technologies of tomorrow."
- [capito.senate.gov](https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/facility-expansion-boosts-advanced-manufacturing-for-aerospace-company), 2024-04-25: "This is an important facility for Aurora, Boeing and the aerospace industry."

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