📋 The deal:
🔹 160+ new jobs at Skyeton’s first North American facility
🔹 Located in Fayetteville, home to Fort Bragg
🔹 $500,000 performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund
🔹 Average salary: $70,759 — well above Cumberland County’s $49,382 average
🎯 Why it’s landing in NC:
🔹 State has prioritized defense industry recruitment in recent years
🔹 Large military workforce and transitioning personnel seen as a key draw
🔹 Skyeton’s flagship Raybird drone is built for long-range ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance)
🔹 Fort Bragg’s 82nd Airborne has been ramping up its own drone testing
🏢 Why it matters for building owners and business owners: Defense and advanced manufacturing continue to anchor North Carolina’s industrial growth story. Fayetteville’s proximity to Fort Bragg, central East Coast location, and transportation infrastructure make it a market worth watching for industrial, flex, and manufacturing space demand tied to the defense supply chain.
📍 Another signal that Central/Eastern NC’s defense-adjacent industrial corridor is gaining momentum.
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https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2026/07/28/ukrainian-drone-maker-will-open-a-manufacturing-plant-in-north-carolina
