Mission-scale assets
High bays, heavy-lift capability, advanced tooling, certified industrial sites, and expansion-ready space.
Greater New Orleans, Louisiana
Built for
what’s next.
Where America builds rockets—and aerospace companies build their future.
Artemis core stage rollout · NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility
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829acres at Michoud
2M+sq. ft. of manufacturing
3,500+people at Michoud
6Class I railroads statewide
01 The Greater New Orleans advantage
FROM DEEP WATER
TO DEEP SPACE
A launchpad for complex manufacturing.
Greater New Orleans brings together one of the world’s largest rocket factories, a generational skilled workforce, multimodal logistics, applied research, and a business climate designed to move major investments forward.
For primes, suppliers, defense innovators, and commercial-space companies, the region offers room to build, partners who understand the mission, and direct access to global markets.
Unmatched connectivity
Deepwater, rail, interstate, and air connections move oversized hardware, people, and products efficiently.
Talent that builds
Engineers, welders, machinists, technicians, and tailored training partners ready for high-consequence work.
One coordinated team
GNO, Inc. aligns sites, incentives, workforce, utilities, permitting, and partners around your timeline.
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02 America’s Rocket Factory
Michoud is built for the biggest missions.
For more than six decades, NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility has manufactured the large-scale structures that carry America farther—from Saturn and Space Shuttle to today’s Space Launch System and Orion programs.
- 43 acresof manufacturing under one roof
- 45,000 sq. ft.Vertical Assembly Center
- Deepwater accessto the Mississippi River and Gulf
- Multi-tenant campusNASA, industry, academia, and government
03 An ecosystem engineered to deliver
One region.
Every capability.
From applied research and advanced materials to assembly and maritime transport, Greater New Orleans connects companies to the expertise needed to take hardware from concept to mission.
GNOAEROSPACE
Advanced
manufacturing01
manufacturing01
Space systems
& structures02
& structures02
Defense &
dual-use tech03
dual-use tech03
Research &
testing04
testing04
Maritime
logistics05
logistics05
Engineering &
digital systems06
digital systems06
ANCHORED BY INDUSTRY & INSTITUTIONAL LEADERS
04 Connected by design
Move people, products,
and oversized hardware.
Mississippi River
Direct access to one of the world’s great industrial waterways.
Deepwater ports
Specialized cargo handling and Gulf access across the region.
Rail & interstate
National freight connections and proximity to I-10, I-12, and I-59.
Global air access
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport connects talent and customers.
Gulf Coast Space Corridor
In the middle of everything.
NASA Michoud places Greater New Orleans within reach of every major Gulf Coast space asset, connected by protected waterway, interstate and Class I rail.
Selected assetGreater New Orleans + NASA Michoud
Distance
Regional anchor
Connections
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway · Interstate · Class I rail
Strategic relevance
America’s rocket factory and the manufacturing center of the Gulf Coast space corridor.
05 Workforce built around your operation
Ready on day one.
Built for the long run.
Louisiana’s workforce partners work directly with employers to recruit, screen, train, and upskill talent. Regional colleges and universities support a pipeline spanning precision manufacturing, mechatronics, engineering, computer science, and skilled trades.
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Customized recruitment
Talent attraction and candidate screening aligned to your hiring plan.
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Technical training
Employer-driven curricula, apprenticeships, and rapid-response training.
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Higher education R&D
University and community-college partners supporting innovation and scale.
LOUISIANA TALENT PIPELINE
Workforce at aerospace scale.
22,000+manufacturing-relevant graduates each year
230,000+jobs supported by manufacturing statewide
12LCTCS campuses equipped with 5-axis CNC machining centers
4Louisiana aviation maintenance and A&P training programs
HIGHER EDUCATION & TRAINING ASSETS
From the classroom to the factory floor.
Employers can connect with research universities, technical colleges, and employer-driven training partners to build programs around specific roles, equipment, and production schedules.
01 / RESEARCH & PRODUCTION
LSU National Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Located at Michoud, NCAM connects NASA, Louisiana, and LSU capabilities in friction-stir welding, automated fiber placement, composites, high-speed machining, nondestructive evaluation, and additive manufacturing.
Explore NCAM ↗ 02 / AEROSPACE TECHNICIANSNunez Community College
Industry-designed aerospace manufacturing training with certificate, technical diploma, and associate degree pathways covering mechanical and electrical assembly, fabrication, spacecraft systems, and precision inspection.
Explore the program ↗ 03 / ENGINEERING TALENTLSU New Orleans
The Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering develops mechanical, electrical, computer, civil, and naval architecture talent, supported by applied research and close connections to regional industry.
Explore LSU New Orleans Engineering ↗ 04 / SKILLED PRODUCTIONDelgado Community College
Hands-on precision machining, instrumentation and control, industrial maintenance, and welding programs prepare technicians for advanced manufacturing and mission-critical production environments.
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STATEWIDE DELIVERY PARTNERS
LED FastStart® provides eligible expanding companies customized recruiting, screening, and training at no cost, working with Louisiana’s colleges to turn hiring plans into job-ready pipelines.
Louisiana aerospace workforce data ↗06 A clear path from interest to investment
Your expansion team,
from first call to launch.
GNO, Inc. provides confidential, no-cost project support to help aerospace companies evaluate and execute an investment in Greater New Orleans.
Site & building identificationIncentive coordinationWorkforce solutionsUtility & infrastructure analysisPermitting navigationPartner introductions
Your next mission starts here
Let’s build what’s next
in Greater New Orleans.
Tell us what your operation needs. We’ll assemble the right sites, data, incentives, and partners around your project.