CEO, TERRAN ORBITAL
WHY: Satellite maker sees a boom with tens of thousands of the spacecraft to be launched in the coming years.
IN THE NEWS: Terran Orbital on May 17 broke ground on a nearly 95,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing facility in Irvine to help meet that demand.
NOTABLE: Terran Orbital has its corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., but has the bulk of its operations at four sites in Irvine. Named Business Journal tech exec of the year in January.
QUOTABLE: “Everything we build is made in the USA. We’re required to certify that every chip was made in the USA. There’s no better place to build in the USA than Orange County.”
