Los Angeles is the aerospace capital of the world.
11,000 new aerospace jobs added in LA County in the last two years.
$141k average salary.
Venture capital funding in LA-area defense tech surpassed $4 billion last year — more than double the prior year.
Greater LA is home to nearly one-third of the nation’s space technology companies and employs — contributing $35B annually to CA GDP.
SpaceX added nearly 4,000 new millionaires to the region last week.
Anduril just announced a $1 billion new campus in Long Beach, adding 5,500 jobs.
NASA JPL, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, Relativity, Boeing, Raytheon are all within 30 miles of each other.