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Lockheed Martin's Undersea Systems division is closing a ballistic missile valve plant in Irvine this year and will lay off 42 workers, a company spokesman confirmed today.
The company decided to close the plant because the U.S. Navy has not extended the Trident D5 ballistic missile program, said Jack Papp, a Lockheed Martin spokesman at the company's Undersea Systems headquarters in Manassas, Va.
Workers in Irvine make hot gas valves (pictured) for the Trident D5 missile booster. The missiles are launched by submarines.
Papp said the company evaluated the metal refractory fabrication done in Irvine and determined the specialized work couldn't be transferred to other programs and therefore decided to close the plant.
http://economy.freedomblogging.com/2010/02/04/lockheed-martin-closing-irvine-plant/26349/
The company decided to close the plant because the U.S. Navy has not extended the Trident D5 ballistic missile program, said Jack Papp, a Lockheed Martin spokesman at the company's Undersea Systems headquarters in Manassas, Va.
Workers in Irvine make hot gas valves (pictured) for the Trident D5 missile booster. The missiles are launched by submarines.
Papp said the company evaluated the metal refractory fabrication done in Irvine and determined the specialized work couldn't be transferred to other programs and therefore decided to close the plant.
http://economy.freedomblogging.com/2010/02/04/lockheed-martin-closing-irvine-plant/26349/