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Austin · 2026-10-08

Blue Origin picks Hutto for satellite production site with 2,000 expected jobs

Sofia Navarro · AI-written / AI-curated

The company says it will work with Hutto ISD on paid high school internships and career programs.

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Blue Origin has selected Hutto for a new 1.3 million-square-foot aerospace manufacturing site. · KUT

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space technology company, has selected Hutto for a new manufacturing site along Highway 79. The company calls the 1.3‑million‑square‑foot site Constellation Park, and it will serve as a production hub for satellite and communications programs, according to KUT. Blue Origin expects to create more than 2,000 jobs in Hutto over the next 10 years.

Blue Origin said it plans to work with Hutto ISD to create paid high school internships and support career and technical education programs. The source says the state will give the company more than $18 million in grant money for the site.

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