Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority: Our Customers

Our Customers
The Port Authority is property manager for the Central Ohio Aerospace & Technology Center. Our tenant customers include operations for Fortune 100 companies to small businesses.

Our Employers
The Central Ohio Aerospace & Technology Center houses 17 different companies.

The Base Campus
Guidance Systems
The Boeing Company
Goodrich
DCMA - Dayton
Draper
Honeywell
Kearfott
Northrop Grumman
L3 Communications

Metrology
AFMETCAL
Bionetics
Goldbelt Falcon

Service Providers
Heath Rec Center
Port Authority
Windstream

South Campus
Samuel Manu-Tech
Kaiser Aluminum
Mistras Group

The Central Ohio Aerospace & Technology Center is among Ohio's top five largest concentrations of the aerospace and defense industry. Combined, the employers at the Aerospace Center employ 800 people with an annual payroll over $45 million.

The Port Authority enjoys a strong working relationship with its existing tenants, testimony for others to locate at the Aerospace Center campus.

The Boeing Company
Boeing-Heath is the largest employer on the Aerospace Center campus. The Heath plant is recognized within The Boeing Company as a Strategic Fabrication Center for electronics, guidance, and navigation repair.

Boeing's strategic partners include Goodrich, Draper, Honeywell, Kearfott, Northrop Grumman, and L3 Communications.

AFMETCAL
The Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program (AFMETCAL) mission is to develop and sustain precision measurement capabilities ensuring accurate, reliable, and safe air and space weapon systems performance.

Bionetics
Bionetics and its contract partner, Goldbelt Falcon, hold the government contract for metrology and calibration to manage the AFPSL, a model for outsourcing of a government laboratory.

Goodrich
Goodrich's Sensors and Integrated Systems provides maintenance, overhaul and repair of the inertial guidance systems for missiles. Goodrich, a company with an over 140-year history in Ohio, has offices in the Horton Building on the campus.

DCMA Dayton
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is on-site at the Aerospace & Technology Center ensuring the Department of Defense contracts are delivered on time and to specifications.

Windstream
Windstream Communications maintains a switch and POP for its digital telecommunications and fiber optic network at The Base with a full-time employee located on site.

Heath Rec Center
The City of Heath operates an on-site recreation center which is convenient for on-site personnel. See the amenities section for more background.