Aircraft tech company to move headquarters at Alliance [Video]

The aircraft company, AVX, has moved into an expanded headquarters at AllianceTexas in Fort Worth. The company launched in South Fort Worth in 2006.

“I like to describe it as sort of the size of a broom closet,” says Founder David Brody.

AVX is now moving into 14,000 square feet of office space at Alliance and 7,000 square feet of space for design and testing. The company says the expanded space will allow additional research into vertical lift technology, unmanned aircraft and design of aircraft.

“We’re developing next generation airframe structures that really eliminate fasteners and joints,” says AVX President Kendall Goodman. “These structures are highly fatigue-tolerant. That’s so important for the next generation of aircraft.”

Goodman says AVX is also developing software to make fleets run more efficiently, increase readiness and lower operating costs.

“That is so important for operating fleets of aircrafts in the Army and other fleets,” …