PRECISION INTEGRITY
FOR A CENTURY OF FLIGHT
ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE
The Austin Company has served the Florida Space Coast for nearly four decades, beginning the design and construction of the first automated warehouse at Kennedy Space Center for flight hardware and ground-support equipment used in the NASA Space Shuttle Program. Recent projects include multiple major Florida facilities for Northrop Grumman – an Austin client nationwide for more than 70 years – in Melbourne and, St. Augustine, and Embraer in Melbourne. Currently, Austin has major Florida Space Coast facilities programs underway for Blue Origin and L3Harris Technologies.
Our local Melbourne office underscores Austin’s dedication and commitment to serving the Florida Space Coast.
We are committed to local investment in the region and will continue that investment by utilizing local resources and developing both trade and client partnerships.
- BRIAN LESLIE, VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
As a national design-build firm, Austin has served the aviation and aerospace industry since 1916, beginning with designing and constructing the Curtiss-Wright aircraft plant. This plant was the first of many “world’s largest” industrial facilities designed and constructed by Austin. Boeing (and its heritage companies) has been an Austin client for more than 100 years, with notable projects nationwide, including the vast 747, 757, 767, 777, and 787 aircraft assembly complex in Everett, Washington, the C-17 Airlifter complex in Long Beach, California, and the Delta IV Rocket Factory in Decatur, Alabama (now supporting ULA – United Launch Alliance), among many others. Austin has served Lockheed Martin for more than 55 years, for facilities nationwide, including the Skunkworks complex in Palmdale, California. Additional aviation and aerospace clients include Aerospace Corporation, Airbus, General Atomics, and Aerojet Rocketdyne (an L3Harris Technologies Company). Austin’s Melbourne office is a hub for aerospace and defense subject matter experts, designers, engineers, and construction management professionals. This team continues Austin’s ongoing architectural design, engineering, construction, and design-build work on Florida’s Space Coast and throughout the region to support the USSF Space Systems Command Assured Access to Space mission.
AIRBUS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING
CENTER
MOBILE, ALABAMA
Final Assembly Line
260,000 SF, Logistics Building
70,500 SF, and Service Building
95,500 SF. Special design considerations were necessary due to location.
TOTAL 426,000 SF
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
E-2D ADVANCED HAWKEYE
MANUFACTURING CENTER
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
Manufacturing High Bay 220,000 SF, Mezzanine & First Levels 60,000 SF, Cafeteria and Auditorium 13,000 SF and Support Shops 73,000 SF.
Supports U.S. Navy.
TOTAL 366,000 SF
EMBRAER
MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
Aircraft Production, Two-bay Paint Facility, Flight Preparation, and Delivery Center at Melbourne Airport Authority.
TOTAL 168,000 SF
LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS
B648 ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING CENTER
PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
Advanced Development Programs (ADP) Controlled Conditions Facility for Skunk Works classified programs. ICD-705 SCIF compliant.
TOTAL 220,000 SF
CONFIDENTIAL
AEROSPACE CLIENT SPACECRAFT
ASSEMBLY FACILITY
SPACE COAST, FLORIDA
Production Assembly, pressure test and payload processing facility.
Mid-2025 competion date.
TOTAL 205,000 SF
Austin applies the most effective methodologies to any situation and delivers facilities designed for long-term service. Our expertise includes wide-span, high-bay structures with environmentally controlled conditions, advanced additive manufacturing and material handling systems, flexible aircraft-rated utility infrastructure, fire life safety systems with supporting program offices, research centers, and final assembly and delivery centers. Austin understands Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705 – the physical security standard for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and Special Access Program Facility (SAPF). Austin actively designs and constructs aircraft hangars and manufacturing, assembly, and support facilities. We are the trusted partner for developing facilities that respond to the specific requirements and characteristics unique to commercial aviation and defense industries.
BRIAN LESLIE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
4450 W Eau Gallie Blvd | Suite 120 Melbourne, FL 32934
brian.leslie@theaustin.com
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