The aerospace and defense company upgraded the World War II-era buildings reducing the footprint more than 50 percent, but still expanding production capabilities.

Four Midwestern universities have formed a space-oriented academic and research alliance aimed at luring the U.S. Space Command headquarters to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.

Two northeastern Indiana factories are slated to close in the coming months, eliminating more than 130 jobs.

Indiana University is working to clean up debris in space. Things like old satellites and booster rockets have put hundreds of millions of pieces of litter in Earth's orbital space.

The tax incentives approved Monday by the West Lafayette City Council came ahead of the expected start of construction this month of that plant near the Purdue Airport.

Indiana has about $900 million invested in the aerospace industry and experts believe that number can grow.

Company officials announced Wednesday plans to spend $37 million on the facility at Purdue University's Discovery Park District Aerospace in West Lafayette.

The facility in Purdue Universitys Discovery Park District Aerospace will produce Saabs portion of the T-X military trainer jet for the U.S. Air Force.

The tiny satellite's main mission will begin next January as it takes weather measurements, monitors its own temperature, and tracks orbital decay.

The research agreement announced Monday at the International Paris Air Show involves Rolls-Royce, Purdue University and the state of Indiana.