MOBILE, AL—Airbus will begin construction of its assembly plant here April 8. Aircraft production is set to begin in 2015 with the first aircraft delivery in 2016.

CHEROKEE, AL—FreightCar America Inc. has subleased approximately 25 percent of Navistar’s assembly plant here to build various types of railcars. FreightCar expects to invest $23 million to equip the facility, which will have the capacity to build more than 7,000 railcars per year.

MONTGOMERY, AL—Hyundai temporarily stopped its assembly line here to allow workers to watch the Alabama Crimson Tide battle for college football’s national championship.

MOBILE, AL—Aerospace engineering firm Safran Engineering Services will open a $2 million facility here.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Raytheon has opened a new, 70,000-square-foot missile assembly plant here, where it plans to employ 300 people by 2014.