Central Ohio Aerospace and Technology Center: Boeing Navy Project

Boeing Navy Project
Boeing began preparations for new Navy workload at the Central Ohio Aerospace and Technology Center coming in 2009.

November 2008

Boeing's C3 Network VP Nan Bouchard, during remarks at the September 2008 opening of the new VCIL, made public news that some Navy workloads would be relocated to Heath starting in 2009.

The news signaled the return of the ESGN workload which was a legacy workload at the Newark Air Force Base. Though Navy work, the NAFB conducted system maintenance and repair at Heath until 1994.

The effort to attract this work to Heath was aided by the new VCIL in that engineering needs of the workload can now be conducted in a virtual engineering world. Also, training for transition of the work can be underway in a virtual environment prior to the actual movement of workload-unique equipment.

The project was also incentivized through a public-private partnership with the State of Ohio, AEP-Ohio Power, and the Port Authority. AEP presented a $100,000 check from its rate stabilization program to Boeing in a recent ceremony. The Port Authority approved incentives in early 2007 to offset some soft costs of the project.

Work began in early October to prep the existing Boeing-leased building to accept the unique equipment associated with the Navy workloads. Preparations include major earthwork and concrete work designed to comply with precision measurement requirements of the workload and take advantage of the unique capabilities of the Port Authority-owned facility.