Other schools in the state, such as the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University, have their own solar projects already underway.

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.

This development is a part of the university's $1 billion plan to create a multi-use area where people work and live.

The Innovation Hub for Connected and Autonomous Transportation Technologies will be part of the university's Discovery Park.

Keating Supercars says about 100 Vipera Berus sports cars will be built a year at Purdue's Discovery Park in West Lafayette

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories announced Thursday that it will build a 100,000-square-foot research center in West Lafayette.