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Tuskegee University Hosts Lockheed Martin Day

Tuskegee University hosted Lockheed Martin for a day to focus on careers in aerospace and defense while connecting students in the STEM fields to careers and internships. The festivities kicked off on Thursday with the Alabama Army National Guard landing a UH-60 Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter in the middle of campus at Logan Hall. “It’s been very welcoming. It’s one…

Partnership Helps High School Students Land Work Force Jobs

Several high school seniors received job offers at a major Pike County industry Thursday. 11 Charles Henderson seniors signed letters of intent to begin work at U.S. missile manufacturer Lockheed Martin post-graduation. “They’ll actually be working as production technicians at entry level,” Lockheed Martin’s Pike County site director of operations Jason Crager says. “We’ll train them the various assembly techniques…

160 Helicopter Factory Workers Being Laid Off in Troy

Alabama News Network has learned that 160 workers at the Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin plant in Troy have been told they will lose their jobs at the end of August. In a statement provided to Alabama News Network, company spokesman Paul Jackson said: “Production of the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter – the primary source of work for the facility – is declining after…