Long Beach Reemerges as an Aerospace Hub
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 23, 2021
From startups to established titans, aerospace companies are expanding their presence in Long Beach.
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Long Beach Airport Begins Work on $25M Taxiway Improvement Project
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 24, 2022
Construction began earlier this month on a $25 million project to reconstruct a major taxiway at Long Beach Airport, according to an announcement from city of Long Beach, which runs the airport.
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Long Beach Accelerator Launches First Class
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
A new startup accelerator in Long Beach, the Long Beach Accelerator, said this week that it has launched its very first class of startups. The accelerator said the startups include three companies based in Long Beach, which will participate in a 3.5 The names of the startups were not announced.
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Long Beach, BYD Motors Cancel Electric Bus Deal
socalTECH
MARCH 28, 2014
Chinese electric car and bus manufacturer BYD Motors said Thursday that it has agreed to mutually terminate a contract with the Long Beach Transportation Company , for ten electric buses for the city. The contract had been worth $12.1M; Long Beach is expected to reopen bidding on the contract.
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SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down Off Long Beach
socalTECH
APRIL 7, 2020
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down 300 miles southwest of Long Beach at 2:50pm on Tuesday, after the 20th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The spacecraft was loaded with more than 4,000 pounds of scientific experiments and cargo.
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Electrify America Plans $25M EV Charging Investment In Long Beach
socalTECH
MAY 5, 2021
Electrify America, an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure developer, says it plans to invest $25M in the Long Beach-Wilmington community, part of a larger $200M investment in California for zero emissions vehicles.
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Relativity Space Secures New HQ In Long Beach
socalTECH
MARCH 2, 2020
Los Angeles-based Relativity Space , which is venture backed by Bond, Tribe Capital, Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital, Phillip Spector formerly of Intelsat, and Mark Cuban, says it has secured new headquarters space in Long Beach, where it will set up its business operations and manufacturing.
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Long Beach Small Business Online Networking Event
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 23, 2021
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 -- Long Beach Small Business Online Networking Event. The Long Beach SBDC is hosting a virtual networking event on Tues. 29/6/2021 at 4:30pm PDT for business owners interested in exchanging ideas. See [link].
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100 Rocket Lab Expands In Long Beach, Ramps Hiring
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2020
Huntington Beach-based small satellite launch provider Rocket Lab said on Tuesday that it is expanding in Long Beach, with a new facility which will both be a corporate headquarters as well as a production complex.
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Long Beach To Gain New, 400MWh Energy Storage System
socalTECH
JUNE 27, 2019
The City of Long Beach will be the site of a new, 400 megawatt-hour battery-based energy storage system , as part of Southern California Edison's (SCE) support of California's clean energy efforts, according to power plant operator AES Alamitos.
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Virgin Galactic Sets Up New Location In Long Beach, Plans Hiring
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
Mojave-based Virgin Galactic has set up shop in a new location in Long Beach, saying Thursday that it has opened up a new, 150,000 square foot facility at Long Beach Airport, where it intends to fill a significant number of open positions at the company. READ MORE>>.
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100 SpaceX Cargo Craft Splashes Down Off Long Beach
socalTECH
AUGUST 28, 2019
According to SpaceX, the successful retrieval of the Dragon from the Pacific off of Long Beach marks the first time a Dragon has completed three missions to the ISS The SpaceX Dragon departed the International Space Station on Tuesday and splashed down in the Pacific about 300 miles southwest of Long Beach.
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SpaceX Dragon Returns From ISS, Heads To Long Beach
socalTECH
MAY 12, 2016
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, designed and launched by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , successfully returned to earth on Wednesday, splashing down 261 miles southwest of Long Beach with more than 3,700 pounds of cargo. NASA said that the craft splashed down at 2:51 p.m.
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100 CSULB VR Day - Long Beach, CA
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 3, 2018
The California State University Long Beach Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is proud to sponsor the first campus-wide Virtual Reality (VR) Day on March 9, 2018. Friday, March 9, 2018 -- CSULB VR Day.
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SpaceX Dragon Returns To Earth, Heads To Long Beach
socalTECH
MAY 5, 2018
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which has been docked at the International Space Station (ISS) for the last month, successfully returned to earth on Saturday morning, and headed back to Long Beach for further processing. The mission is the third to and from the ISS with a "flight-proven" spacecraft for SpaceX.
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Virgin Orbit to Make Ventilators for Covid-19 Patients
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 2, 2020
Virgin Orbit will start making a "bridge ventilator" for partially recovered Covid-19 patients at its Long Beach manufacturing facility.
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Gulfstream to Relocate Employees to Van Nuys Airport
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2020
will move jobs to Van Nuys Airport from Long Beach as part of a streamlining and modernizing of its customer service. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
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Local Aerospace Companies Play Major Roles in NASA’s Moon Missions
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 19, 2021
Later this year, Long Beach-based rocket manufacturer Rocket Lab USA Inc. will attempt its first mission to the moon.
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LA Leads In Entrepreneurs, Says Report
socalTECH
MARCH 8, 2011
A new study released by the Kauffman Foundation this week shows that the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has the highest number of entrepreneurs per 100,000 people, of the top fifteen largest MSAs.
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Russian Firm’s Bid For Rocket Launcher Comes Under Fire.
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
Russian private aviation holding company CJSC S7 Group’s purchase of Sea Launch, a rocket launch company that operates out of the Port of Long Beach, is making waves in the Southern California aerospace industry, with a legal challenge by the Boeing Co. and concerns about the Russian company’s involvement.
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Relativity Space Signs Rocket Contract With Lockheed
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 26, 2020
a Long Beach-based startup, signed a contract to build a 3D-printed rocket for aerospace and defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. Rocket builder Relativity Space Inc., as part of an upcoming experimental NASA mission.
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SpinLaunch Finds $35M For Orbital Launch Systems, Expansion In Long Beach
socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2020
Long Beach-based SpinLaumch , a space startup working on oribal launch systems which use a kinetic launch system to deliver payloads into space from the ground using a mass acceleration system, has raised $35M more, the company said on Thursday afternoon. The new funding brings the startup's total funding to $80M.
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Twitter Users Get Scoop On JetBlue $4 Carmageddon Deal
socalTECH
JULY 14, 2011
Users of the Twitter micro-blogging service snapped up a special, JetBlue promotional offer yesterday offering up $4 flights between Long Beach Airport and Burbank's Bob Hope Airport Saturday, selling out the special flight offer in less than 4 hours. The drive from Burbank to Long Beach is usually a short, 40 minute drive.
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Relativity Raises $650 Million for Large Reusable Rocket
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 14, 2021
Long Beach-based Relativity Space Inc. has raised $650 million in Series E funding to support development of the large, 3D-printed Terran R rocket.
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195 Sixty-four Southern California Firms On Technology Fast 500
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
1193% Santa Monica Scott Painter 116 Network Solutions Provider 1001% Long Beach Phillip Walker 119 BlackLine Systems Software 973% Los Angeles Therese Tucker 131 Kotura, Inc. 247% San Diego Lale White 319 IGNIFY 239% Long Beach Sandeep Walia 321 Identive Group Inc. Lewis 91 Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. Frost, Ph.D.
Momentum IoT Lands $3.1 Million
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Long Beach-based mixed fleet management software developer Momentum IoT announced Sept. 10 it raised $3.1
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Curative received FDA emergency use authorization for its novel COVID-19 tests
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 18, 2020
Our work with the Cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach has helped thousands of people access testing at drive-through facilities and we are fully equipped to expand that access to help thousands more across the country. With the new authorization, the company is going to begin working with additional distributors around the country.
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Virgin Orbit Partners With Japan's ANA Holdings
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 6, 2019
Long Beach-based small satellite launch company Virgin Orbit announced June 6 that it will partner with Japanese firm ANA Holdings to bring Virgin’s LauncherOne rocket launch system to Japan.
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The 8th Annual Long Beach Soundwalk! | Art Mediums From Random Materials to High Tech
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 6, 2011
This past weekend, the annual Long Beach Soundwalk took place across the blocks of downtown Long Beach’s art district. Really neat stuff.
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Long Beach Economic Partnership Quarterly Forum
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 11, 2021
Thursday, June 17, 2021 --.
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100 Hulu Ties Into TED
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Los angeles-based video site Hulu said this morning that it has inked a deal with the TED conference--which, not coincidentally, kicks off today in Long Beach--and will be featuring the 50 most popular TEDTalks from the last few years.
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207 Car Town Links With NASCAR
socalTECH
JUNE 13, 2011
Car Town , the automotive-themed, Facebook social game developed by Long Beach-based Cie Games , has inked a deal with NASCAR , where NASCAR will launch the NASCAR Pro Championship presented by Sprint, a social gaming event within Car Town.
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Tesla Motors Bypasses Downey In Deal With Toyota
socalTECH
MAY 21, 2010
In a loss for Southern California's burgeoning electric car industry, Tesla Motors said Thursday evening that it has selected not Downey or Long Beach, but instead, Silicon Valley city Fremont as the location of its manufacturing facility for its Model S sedans.
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Santa Barbara, San Diego Tops On Per-Capita Venture Capital
socalTECH
JULY 15, 2013
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ranked further down on the list, at number 16, at $13.1M The report, from The Atlantic , found that Santa Barbara-Santa-Maria-Goleta was number five in the nation in terms of venture capital activity per 100,000 people, with $59.1M in deals in 2012 and 3.3 venture capital deals per 100,000 people.
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263 Razor, Lime Deploy E-Scooters in LA
L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Four months after announcing its arrival in Long Beach, Cerritos-based Razor USA will bring shared electric scooters to LA, as well.
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166 OpenAirplane Targets Los Angeles With Airplane Rental Service
socalTECH
JUNE 17, 2013
OpenAirplane said Monday that it has launched in Los Angeles, letting pilots join and rent aircraft, and aircraft operators to list their aircraft, starting with Long Beach Airport (LGB). The addition of Los Angeles as a market came as OpenAirplane also added service in new York, Chicago, San Jose, Kissimmee, and Detroit.
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Virgin Orbit Develops Ventilator For Pandemic Response
socalTECH
MARCH 31, 2020
Long Beach-based space launch company Virgin Orbit has temporarily shifted its attention from developing rockets and its satellite launch systems, and applied its engineering skills to developing a new ventilator, designed to help in the battle against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Flywheel Expands Into Los Angeles, Ramps Up Taxi vs. Rideshare Battle
socalTECH
AUGUST 15, 2013
Flywheel develops a mobile app which lets users hail local taxi companies, track locations, and pay with their smartphone, and says it has launched its service across Los Angeles, starting with Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, San Fernando Valley, and Pasadena.
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244 Off to TEDActive 2010 in Palm Springs
Eric Greenspan
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
While I wish I was going to Long Beach where the actual event is held, I am only able to attend TEDActive in Palm Springs this year. TEDActive is where TEDWannabees like me pay 2/3 the price of the actual TED Conference in Long Beach and hang out with 399 others and watch the event on TV, live. Sound ridiculous?
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FreeConferenceCall.com Expands Into Mexico
socalTECH
MARCH 2, 2012
Long Beach-based FreeConferenceCall.com , a provider of free, conference calling services, reported Thursday that it has rolled out its services in Mexico. The support will come out of Long Beach, where the company says its workforce is 38 percent Latino.
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Relativity Space gains new customer in Iridium and new launch site at Vandenberg
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 24, 2020
Relativity Space expands its rocket-printing operations into an enormous new Long Beach HQ. Relativity also recently moved to a new, enormous headquarters in Long Beach, where its unique 3D printing process for rocket parts will take in raw materials and output nearly complete launch vehicles at industry-leading rates.
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Off to TEDActive 2010 in Palm Springs
Eric Greenspan
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
While I wish I was going to Long Beach where the actual event is held, I am only able to attend TEDActive in Palm Springs this year. TEDActive is where TEDWannabees like me pay 2/3 the price of the actual TED Conference in Long Beach and hang out with 399 others and watch the event on TV, live. Sound ridiculous?
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Relativity Plans Larger, Reusable Rocket
L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Long Beach-based rocket manufacturer Relativity Space Inc. will begin development on a fully reusable launch vehicle.
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147 See Jane Go Snags $2.47M To Expand In SoCal
socalTECH
JUNE 13, 2017
See Jane Go currently offers it service in Orange County and Long Beach, with plans to expand to the rest of Southern California using the funding. Laguna Hills-based See Jane Go , a startup which operates a ridesharing service driven by, and which serves just women, has raised $2.47M in an angel funding, the company said Tuesday.
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