DAYTONA BEACH — Boeing celebrated its new Florida investment Wednesday with the opening of a defense industry hub on the campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Company and school officials were joined by elected officials Wednesday to cut the ribbon on Boeing’s takeover of a new 65,000-square-foot building within ERAU’s Research Park.

“To hear that word, ‘Boeing Daytona Beach,’ just hit me sitting up front here,” said Embry-Riddle president Barry Butler. “I’ve heard Boeing Seattle. I’ve heard Boeing St Louis. To hear Boeing Daytona Beach was really special. So so glad to have you guys here.”

Boeing’s storylines the last couple of years have not been the most positive with the exception of the company’s lucrative defense contracts, and that has been the impetus behind the compan

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