High tech manufacturing and scientific companies made the city their home, a trend which continued in the decades following the war, notably with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Tetra Tech and Ameron International.
Empresas de alta tecnoloxía e científicas instaláronse na cidade, unha tendencia que continuou nas décadas seguintes á guerra, destacando o Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro da NASA, Tetra Tech e Ameron International.