Defense / AerospaceTampa Bay

MacDill Air Force Base

Defense / Aerospace · Tampa, FL

U.S. Air Force installation on a peninsula in Tampa Bay; host base for two unified combatant commands (USCENTCOM, USSOCOM). Tampa Bay's real defense anchor.

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About Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay sits on the Gulf Coast and hosts MacDill Air Force Base, headquarters for U.S. Central Command — a defense anchor most people don't associate with a beach-adjacent metro. The University of South Florida anchors the research side of a region where defense and a growing med-tech sector sit side by side with tourism.

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Tampa Is Home to the U.S. Military Command That Runs Operations Across the Middle East. It's Also the Third-Largest Financial Hub in the Country.

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Total firms 18

VC / investors 2

Companies 14

Schools 2

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Defense

MedTech

Gulf Coast