Groundbreaking Held For $210 Million ST Engineering Aircraft Maintenance Hangar At Pensacola Airport

July 2, 2021

The City of Pensacola and ST Engineering North America celebrated the groundbreaking for a new aircraft maintenance hangar at the Pensacola International Airport on Thursday.

The construction of the new hangar is the first phase in the development of a 655,000 square foot airframe Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul, or MRO, complex that was originally announced in October 2018. The project expands on an existing two-bay widebody hangar operated by ST Engineering. When fully completed, the expansion will add three large state-of-the-art hangars and associated support shops, and around 1.5 million labor hours to ST Engineering’s annual capacity in Pensacola.

The total development cost for the airframe MRO complex is budgeted at $210 million, funding for which comes from ST Engineering, Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., the City of Pensacola, Escambia County, the State of Florida and other state and federal organizations. The complex is expected to bring about 1,300 jobs to Pensacola. When combined with the first hangar, the total number of jobs at the facility will reach about 1,700. To meet the future demand for talent expected at the facility, ST Engineering is exploring the creation of an Aviation Training Academy that would add an additional 150 graduates a year to the local aviation maintenance programs.

“We are excited to see construction begin on Project Titan, and we look forward to the opportunities it will bring to the City of Pensacola and our entire region,” Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said. “This project will allow Pensacola to become a regional center for excellence for the MRO industry, bringing 1,700 high-paying jobs and expanding educational programming, which will continue to build a brighter future for Pensacola. This project will also indirectly create significant economic spinoffs in the Pensacola and the region’s economy in terms of demand for goods and services that will be generated as a result of this development.”

“We are thrilled at the opportunity to strengthen our existing partnership with the City of Pensacola and play a major role in its post-pandemic recovery and growth,” shared Tom Vecchiolla, ST Engineering North America president and CEO. “We are driven by our commitment to help customers be better prepared, better protected and better connected for a more sustainable future. Through Project Titan, we pledge to do just that.”

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