Great news, Oklahoma!
After successfully conquering education, healthcare and all the other categories where Kevin Stitt promised to make us a Top 10 state, the governor is now turning his attention to the final frontier.
Earlier this week, Stitt unveiled “Oklahoma’s Space Advantage” – a new statewide strategy designed to grow Oklahoma’s share of the booming global space economy and, I assume, provide state leaders with exciting new chances to launch taxpayer incentives toward their buddies in the private sector.
The announcement came during the Oklahoma Breakfast ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow, because apparently the best place to announce a “simple, low-cost” Oklahoma economic-development plan is at an international aerospace convention in England.
Via the state:
The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA), alongside the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA), today released a statewide strategy to grow Oklahoma’s role in the fast-expanding space industry and position the state to compete for jobs, investment, and federal contracts as the global space economy nearly triples over the next decade. The strategy was announced by Governor Kevin Stitt during the Oklahoma Breakfast ahead of the 2026 Farnborough International Airshow.
“We’re going to be top 10 in everything we do,” said Governor Kevin Stitt. “We’ve been building the backbone of the aerospace industry and we do it better than anyone else. By seizing this moment, we are creating generations of quality, good paying jobs for our kids and grandkids. This is a critical moment, and we are prepared to take it.”