By The Star Staff
The Aerospace and Aeronautics Industry Council of Puerto Rico (CIAA by its Spanish initials) has launched its website as a strategy to promote CIAA initiatives, lay out Puerto Rico’s potential to the world and attract new investors, CIAA President and Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director Joel A. Pizá Batiz announced Thursday.
“With great satisfaction, we launch this website of the Aerospace and Aeronautical Industry Council of Puerto Rico, which elevates our management to another level to promote the initiatives of the Council, provide opportunities for the development of and investment in such industries in Puerto Rico. and lays out the potential of the island to the world, both in its commercial fields and its educational institutions,” the CIAA president said.
Pizá Batiz noted that the page (https://www.aerospacecouncil. pr.gov) is useful, dynamic, easily accessible and allows direct connection with those interested in developing aerospace and aeronautics projects in Puerto Rico. Its main menu includes several sections such as Our Team, Press Room, Business Opportunities, the application process for an Operator License for a Launch Spaceport at Ceiba Airport, and environmental studies and reports.
“I thank the Office of Innovation and Technology Services (PRITS) and its executive director, Nannette Martínez Ortiz, for their collaboration in the creation of the digital page, which is available in English and Spanish, and has the cybersecurity guarantees to safeguard the information of its users,” Pizá Batiz added.
The PRITS director noted that “from our office, we are redesigning the portals of government agencies with the focus on improving the user experience, so that citizen services are provided efficiently, through the implementation of new technologies and world-class innovations.”
The CIAA was created by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on April 25, 2022, with the purpose of studying and recommending an integrated plan for research, development and investment in the aerospace and aeronautical industry in Puerto Rico.