Boeing opens its research and technology center in Alabama. Image source: wikiBoeing has opened an 80,000-square-foot research and technology center in Alabama, devoted to developing analytics and simulation technology.

The facility will be Boeing’s base for collaborative technology development with academic institutions and research partners in analytics and simulation in the southeastern United States.

The 220 engineers, technicians and staff at the location will be responsible for developing future technologies, as well as improving current products.

According to Boeing, the team will develop technologies that involve simulation and analytics, systems analysis, applied mathematics, chemicals, composite materials, metals and ceramics, propulsion, avionics systems and sensors, communication and sensing, cybersecurity, materials and processes and product standards.

The location has lab space equipped with autoclaves that heat-treat composite materials, an accelerated rate calorimeter to test heat reactions, machines to test the properties of metals and computers to simulate and test vehicle management systems.

Boeing operates 11 research centers in Australia, Brazil, China, India, Russia, Spain, as well as locations in Alabama, California, Missouri, South Carolina and Washington State in the U.S.