VT MAE Expansion Announced

The Mobile Chamber recently announced that VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering (MAE) is expanding and will equip its existing facility to convert and modify Airbus 320 passenger jets into freight aircraft. The company, located at 2100 Aerospace Drive on the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, currently has 579 full-time employees. The expansion will add 200 new full-time jobs by the end of 2025. “This forthcoming expansion is the latest example of Mobile’s growing role in the global aerospace industry. Decision makers across the aerospace world know Mobile, Alabama, and they know what our workforce continues to do here every day,” Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson said. Operations for the expansion are expected to begin by the end of June 2023.