# Flying Whales Quebec to build airship assembly plant in Cookshire-Eaton

FLYING WHALES QUÉBEC signed a memorandum of understanding with the cities of Sherbrooke and Cookshire-Eaton and the Sherbrooke Airport Development Corporation to establish an assembly and testing site for LCA60T rigid airships at Sherbrooke Airport in Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec. The 50-hectare site will serve as the assembly center for North and South American markets.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-05-01
- Where: Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec, Canada
- Status: announced
- Products: LCA60T rigid airships
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Flying Whales Quebec](https://endata.com/companies/84496.md)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/flying-whales-officialise-une-entente-de-principe-avec-sherbrooke-cookshire-eaton-et-la-corporation-de-developpement-de-l-aeroport-de-sherbrooke-pour-l-implantation-de-son-usine-nord-americaine-de-dirigeables-851425255.html), 2025-05-01: "En cette année de 60 ème anniversaire de la première entente entre la France et le Québec, je suis heureux d'annoncer le choix du site de l'usine de FLYING WHALES."

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