How The Los Angeles Aerospace Corridor Is Evolving

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command

The Los Angeles region has been home to military aerospace development since the Western Development Division, now known as SSC, was established in 1954.

Credit: U.S. Space Force
Driving south on North Douglas Street after entering El Segundo, California, it is clear that aerospace runs this town. Above the city’s Green Line light rail station sits a 30-ft. metal sculpture of a hand ready to let a paper airplane loose. The art, created by Daniel Martinez in 1995, is meant to...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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