January 22, 2014
Contact: Terrence Bride, Ogden City Business Development Manager
Phone: 801-629-8984
Email: terrencebride@ogdencity.com
Ogden City recruits top aerospace engineering jobs, to Ogden Gateway Center:
Northrop Grumman first of many anticipated to grow aerospace industry cluster in Ogden
OGDEN, UTAH – Mayor Mike Caldwell announced today the decision of Northrop Grumman to establish a facility at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport Kemp Center bringing new high-paying engineering jobs to Ogden in the aerospace industry.
“We are thrilled with Northrop Grumman’s decision to set up shop here in our city at the Kemp Center. We can’t thank the Kemp family enough for their vision,” said Mayor Caldwell. “Our hope is this is the first of many announcements we will be able to make about the technology and aerospace business cluster we are building here in Ogden.”
Ogden City has been working diligently in recent years to expand and recruit of aerospace business. Northrop Grumman’s Director of Engineering, Mark Parson, initially became aware of the Kemp Center opportunity through a tour provided to him by Ogden City’s Business Development staff during a Non-destructive Testing (NDI) industry meeting hosted in December of 2012 at the Kemp Center.
Northrop Grumman is excited to be the anchor tenant for the Ogden Gateway Center aerospace development project,” said Lori Belnap, Director, Northrop Grumman Engineering & Systems Integration (ESI). Northrop Grumman plans on relocating approximately 250 people presently located in Clearfield and Hill Air Force Base into the building beginning in March. John Parker, Director, Northrop Grumman’s Weapon System Sustainment and Modernization Business Unit added, “Our Engineering & Systems Integration team looks forward to relocating these folks to the Gateway Center. This synergistic facility will provide a dynamic mixture of our traditional engineering system support functions with a new engineering lab.” ESI provides specialty engineering to Department of Defense agencies
