Defense & Aerospace

Next door to the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast.

DoD contracting, MRO, and aerospace components. Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River put your operation inside the customer's footprint — with a cleared, mission-trained talent pool already living here.

40,000+

Military and civilian personnel at Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River

5,000+

Service members transitioning to civilian careers each year

FTZ #214

Foreign-Trade Zone access for duty deferral and inverted tariff relief

Why this cluster works here

Proximity to the mission

Sustainment, repair, and supplier work happens faster when you are minutes from the installation rather than states away.

Security-cleared talent pipeline

Transitioning Marines and Sailors bring active or recent clearances plus avionics, electronics, and vehicle maintenance experience.

SkillBridge partnerships

DoD SkillBridge lets you train and evaluate transitioning service members during their final months of service at no salary cost.

Talent and training

DoD SkillBridge internships for transitioning service members
Veteran and military-spouse hiring support through NCWorks
Technical programs at Coastal Carolina Community College aligned to maintenance and electronics roles

Sites that fit this cluster

Camp Davis III
Lots 14 & 17 at Camp Davis II

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Regional Strength

Onslow County sits inside one of the strongest defense & aerospace regions in the Southeast.

55.7% of all military contracting in North Carolina occurs in the Southeast region
$10.3 billion in annual Department of Defense spending
Second-largest military presence on the East Coast — 7 installations
280+ aerospace companies and 450+ aerospace suppliers statewide

Source: North Carolina's Southeast (20-county region including Onslow County).

Considering Onslow County for a defense & aerospace project?

We will pull the site, utility, wage, and incentive detail your team needs — confidentially, and at no cost.

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