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Air Force

Draper Laboratory to Expand Florida Presence

Frank Wolfe

Monday, July 31st, 2023

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Draper Laboratory to Expand Florida Presence

Draper Laboratory has bought more than 5,000 acres of land in Titusville, Fla. for a new lab location (Draper Photo)

The Cambridge, Mass.-based non-profit Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., said on July 28 that it is expanding its operations in Florida in tandem with the lab's increasing footprint nationwide. Draper "has acquired 5.295 acres of land from North American Properties in Titusville, Fla., within Riverfront Center development near the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex," the lab said, adding that the location "will enable Draper to provide engineering and research and development services for its customers principally in national security, space…

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