With the shared mission to launch and ensure
success of emerging enterprises seeking to innovate the future of engineering,
aviation, aerospace and beyond, Boeing HorizonX has signed on as a Nexus Partner
at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Research Park.
Boeing HorizonX will join the John Mica
Engineering and Aerospace Innovation Complex (MicaPlex), located adjacent to the
Daytona Beach Campus, to help influence and contribute to burgeoning businesses
that will bring new enterprises to market. With access to onsite startup
companies with transformative technology and industry-disrupting products, the
organization will also be able to foster, facilitate and impact innovative
business creation within the Research Park’s Technology Business Incubator.
“Embry-Riddle is shaping the next generation
of aviation and aerospace leaders. This specialized focus and its new innovation
complex is the perfect combination to help startups strengthen and scale their
ideas as part of the aerospace ecosystem,” said
Steve Nordlund,
vice president of Boeing HorizonX. “We are proud to partner with Embry-Riddle to
support Research Park entrepreneurs and foster their technological innovations
that will help transform how we approach the future of transportation, aviation
and aerospace.”
Embry-Riddle’s 90-acre Research Park is well
positioned to take advantage of its location and its resources to meet industry
needs for research and skilled employees in the state and beyond. Florida ranks
No. 2 in the nation for aviation, aerospace and space establishments. More than
2,000 aviation and aerospace companies call Florida home and employ a talent
pool of nearly 80,000.
“This level of global partnership is exactly
what we envisioned when we created our Research Park as a business incubator. As
our Nexus Partner, Boeing HorizonX will enable Embry-Riddle to support exciting
opportunities for next-generation innovators launching start-ups and enrich the
technology and business environment we provide for our faculty and students,”
said Embry-Riddle President P. Barry
Butler.
Boeing HorizonX joins three existing Nexus
Partners at the MicaPlex - global software solutions leader Wellspring,
motorsports entertainment promotor International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and
healthcare industry provider DuvaSawko EM Billing & Management Solutions.
Launched in April 2017, Boeing HorizonX
uncovers and accelerates potentially transformative aerospace technologies,
manufacturing innovations and emerging business models. The pathfinder
organization invests in new ventures and startups, seeks unique business
opportunities for Boeing’s aerospace technology, and assesses aerospace industry
disruption. Its investment portfolio is made up of companies specializing in
autonomous systems, energy storage, advanced materials, augmented reality
systems and software, machine learning, hybrid-electric propulsion and IoT
connectivity.
For more information on the MicaPlex:
erau.edu/micaplex | Boeing HorizonX: boeing.com/horizonx.
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