Port San Antonio President and CEO Jim Perschbach highlighted expansions by several of the Port’s 80 tenants, including aircraft manufacturer Boeing and Standard Aero, during the annual “State of the Port” event.
Virginia-based Leidos, a $14 billion global software and cybersecurity firm, will be Port San Antonio’s newest tenant, officials said Wednesday.Port San Antonio leaders announced Wednesday that a $14 billion global software and cybersecurity firm will soon set up shop at the tech, logistics and aviation campus.
In 2018, the state comptroller estimated that the Port contributed $5.6 billion to the Texas economy that year and supported 32,000 jobs. “They are doing everything from aviation to aerospace to robotics, and just doing some absolutely amazing work,” Perschbach said. “There are two companies in the world that have received a license to maintain that engine and one of them is Standard Aero,” Perschbach said. “And Standard Aero announced a couple of weeks ago they’re going to put all of that work here in San Antonio.”
He attributed that to construction of the $70 million Boeing Center, a high-tech concert venue and e-sports center. To create more space for the demand and attract more business, Port leaders are also planning at least two new facilities aimed at the future of aviation and technology.for electric planes that take off and land vertically.
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