The north wing of the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building is undergoing a remodeling that will eventually remake the facility from the inside. The building, one of the first built at Kennedy, is tapped to host Lockheed Martin's Orion final assembly in the high bay.
Kennedy's Headquarters Building and the Central Instrumentation Facility, which are approaching their 50th birthday and showing signs of their age, are to be taken down during the next several years and replaced by a headquarters building that will consolidate all shared services and most administrative functions across the Industrial Area.
The new headquarters building is the cornerstone for the Central Campus consolidation. It will be built in two phases to accommodate all shared services and administrative office functions south and west of the current HQ building except for the Occupational Health Facility (which is scheduled for Phase 4).
A third follow-on phase will build a modern engineering and science laboratory building. The new building will enable a complete gut and renovate project for the south wing of the Operations and Checkout building similar to the current one on the north wing of the O&C.