JetZero has broken ground on its first manufacturing and final assembly campus in Greensboro, North Carolina, moving the Z4 programme from site selection into construction. The 8 million-square-foot complex spans more than 600 acres near Piedmont Triad International Airport and is set to build the 250-seat blended-wing-body aircraft with up to 5,000 nautical miles of range and as much as 50% better fuel efficiency.
The company is also converting a 1988 three-storey building into a 108,000-square-foot headquarters, with corporate functions slated to shift from Long Beach as the campus comes online. North Carolina is framing the project as more than 14,500 aerospace manufacturing jobs.
For JetZero, the hard part now moves from announcements to execution.