Source: The Signal
Date: 02/27/2026 12:33pm

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**SPADA Launches New Aerospace and Defense Alliance in Santa Clarita Valley**
The Southern Pacific Aero-Defense Alliance has launched in Southern California to strengthen collaboration among industry, government, academia and community partners in the aerospace and defense sector. The nonprofit aims to boost innovation, workforce development and supply-chain resilience, and will hold its inaugural public event March 11 in Santa Clarita, featuring leaders from Lockheed Martin and Rep. George Whitesides. Organizers say the alliance is designed to reinforce the region’s role in supporting the nation’s aerospace and defense industrial base.

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