Lockheed Martin will cut 800 workers from its space systems unit by the end of the year. The unit supplies advanced systems for national security and military, civil government and commercial customers. Its products include space flight systems, navigation, meteorological & communications satellites, and ballistic missiles. The layoffs target technical, managerial and administrative jobs at plants in [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 16, 2009
Fifty employees at Cessna’s Columbus, Ohio plant will be notified within two weeks of their impending layoffs, part of the elimination of 1,300 jobs across the firm. Up to 500 Cessna workers will get layoff notices this month. Those affected will get 60 days notice, and severance packages. The firm currently employs 475 in Columbus. The Cessna Aircraft [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Pratt & Whitney will shutter its aircraft engine plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, putting 100 workers on the street. The layoffs will occur over the next year and a half. Those targeted will get severance packages and outplacement assistance. East Hartford, Connecticut’s Pratt & Whitney manufactures aircraft engines used in both civil and military aircraft. It also manufactures [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
Wichita, Kansas’ Cox Machine will spend $4 million to expand its main facility, adding 50 new jobs to its current workforce of 76. The new jobs will be added over the next several years. Founded in 1954, Cox Machine manufactures precision parts for the aerospace industry. Clients include Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Detroit Metro Airport will cut as many as 59 positions by October. Layoffs are being considered. The airport employs 659 workers. The Wayne County Airport Authority, which operates the airport, is adjusting to a 20% drop in revenues from parking, car rentals, and concessions. Delta Air Lines, Detroit Metro’s largest airline, plans to cut its capacity there [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Hawker Beechcraft will outsource its logistics center jobs, affecting 300 employees over the next 18 months. The cuts target stockroom, trucking and material-handling personnel. The firings are part of 2,300 jobs to be eliminated, as announced in February. Hawker Beechcraft Corporation is a aerospace manufacturing company that builds the Beechcraft and Hawker business jet lines of aircraft. The [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 24, 2009
Pratt & Whitney will relocate jobs its Cheshire, Connecticut repair plant to other company plants, in Columbus, Georgia and in Singapore. And an East Hartford airfoil repair plant would be closed, and its jobs sent overseas. One thousand jobs are in danger. Pratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer of products widely used in both [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Orbital Sciences Corporation is breaking ground on a new facility at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Atlantic, Virginia, which will develop, assemble and test the Taurus II rocket. Two-hundred and fifty people will be hired for construction, and the completed facility will employ 400 high-tech workers. Orbital Sciences expects its liquid fuel Taurus II rocket to launch [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 24, 2009
East Hartford, Connecticut-based jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is cutting 200 salaried jobs, less than 1% of its 37,000-strong workforce. One hundred and seventy cuts affect the Connecticut HQ. Pratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer of products widely used in both civil and military aircraft. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Stratford, Connecticut’s Sikorsky Aircraft cut its global work force by 2% this week, eliminating an estimated 350 jobs. The helicopter maker employs 17,500 globally. All divisions were targeted with reductions. The firm is also implementing three-day unpaid furloughs. The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in 1925 by Russian-American aircraft engineer Igor Sikorsky. Share This Story:
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Monday, August 17, 2009
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