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Forbes adds Huntsville to list of top cities for defense jobs

Posted by maccardi April 06, 2009 13:45PM

HUNTSVILLE, Al. - Forbes magazine includes Huntsville among the country's top cities for defense jobs in a new ranking.
Huntsville appears on the list with Washington, D.C.; Orlando; Tampa/St. Petersburg; Dallas/Forth Worth; Colorado Springs; Tucson and Phoenix, Ariz.; San Diego and Los Angeles.

The Huntsville profile mentions major defense employers such as Redstone Arsenal, Marshall Space Flight Center and the Space and Missile Defense Command, and adds that the Army Materiel Command and Missile Defense Agency are coming soon.

"Alongside them are numerous aerospace-related businesses like Boeing and Booz Allen Hamilton, which each announced more than 400 openings in 2007," according to the article.