LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders met with aerospace and defense industry leaders during a trade mission stop at the Farnborough International Airshow in England last week.
The governor traveled to England’s Farnborough International Airshow where she met with aerospace executives from companies like Lockheed Martin, RTX, Boeing, General Dynamics, and Hanwha Aerospace.
She also participated in an Aerospace Industries Association roundtable with Governor of Virginia Abigail Spanberger and other aerospace and defense executives.
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Sanders also hosted a reception for Team Arkansas sponsors and dignitaries, including U.K. Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty, before a dinner with aerospace companies that have an Arkansas presence.
According to the governor’s office, previous trade missions to the Paris and Farnborough air shows helped secure major investments in Arkansas, including Dassault Falcon Jet’s $100 million expansion in Little Rock, RTX’s manufacturing investments in East Camden and Taber Extrusions’ expansion in Russellville…