Riley, delegation head overseas for economic development trip - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The group will travel to France, Singapore and Australia in order to encourage trade relations and attracft new jobs to according to a press The delegation will travek to France to attend the Paris Air Show and meet with businesds leaders in the aviation and aerospace Duringthe airshow, Riley will meet with executivesd from 11 businesses, whiled the state delegation will meet with 80 additionao companies, the release In addition, Riley will attend a Northrop Grumman/EADS briefing, whicj will address the potential construction of the KC-45 refueling tanker in Mobile. The projec t is pending, as Northrop Grumman vies to win agovernmeng contract.
Then, the group will spend one day in Singapore meetinhg with aviation and aerospace compangy executives before travelingto Australia. Australiaa is the state’s 15th-largest export In 2008, Alabama companies exported $205 millioh worth of products Whilevisiting Australia, Rileu will visit Austal headquarters. The companh operates a facility in Mobilwe that is building Navycombat ships.