Boeing HorizonX will join the John Mica Engineering and Aerospace Innovation Complex (MicaPlex), located adjacent to the Daytona Beach Campus, to help influence and contribute to burgeoning businesses that will bring new enterprises to market. With access to onsite startup companies with transformative technology and industry-disrupting products, the organization will also be able to foster, facilitate and impact innovative business creation within the Research Park’s Technology Business Incubator.
“Embry-Riddle is shaping the next generation of aviation and aerospace leaders. This specialized focus and its new innovation complex is the perfect combination to help startups strengthen and scale their ideas as part of the aerospace ecosystem,” said Steve Nordlund, vice president of Boeing HorizonX. “We are proud to partner with Embry-Riddle to support Research Park entrepreneurs and foster their technological innovations that will help transform how we approach the future of transportation, aviation and aerospace.”
Embry-Riddle’s 90-acre Research Park is well positioned to take advantage of its location and its resources to meet industry needs for research and skilled employees in the state and beyond. Florida ranks No. 2 in the nation for aviation, aerospace and space establishments. More than 2,000 aviation and aerospace companies call Florida home and employ a talent pool of nearly 80,000.
