Mystery firm's ‘Project Beep' eyes $247M investment, 1,000 jobs for Florida's Space Coast
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An unidentified company is interested in making a major investment — in both dollars and jobs — on Florida's Space Coast.
The company's investment, codenamed 'Project Beep,' is in the works with Space Florida, the state agency tasked with growing Florida's space industry. All told, the project entails an investment of about $247 million and should create 1,000 local jobs.
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'[The] project intends to establish aerospace manufacturing, R&D, warehousing and administrative facilities at Cape Canaveral Spaceport,' said Space Florida documents.
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