Associated Press – May 15, 2009 12:45 PM ET
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Cascade Aerospace USA Inc. has dedicated its new maintenance facility at Spokane International Airport.
The Canadian company will initially employ about 60 people, and is using an old National Guard hanger for its work.
The company is already talking about expanding to up to 500 workers, and adding an airplane painting contractor from Everett.
NSCC opens new aviation institute in Dartmouth
By TOM PETERS Business Reporter
Thu. Apr 30 – 5:57 AM
The aerospace and defense industry is resilient and will bounce back from the global economic challenges it faces, says a vice-president with Bombardier Aerospace.
“A lot of companies are spending a lot of time right-sizing and taking a look internally and basically planning for the future in the face of known and unknown risks,” said David Jurkowski.
Defense Supporters Say 100,000 Jobs Are in Jeopardy
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Some of the nation’s largest defense contractors, labor unions and trade groups are banding together to argue that the Obama administration is putting 100,000 or more jobs at risk by proposing deep cuts in weapons programs.
The defense industry and its supporters argue that the proposals by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will increase unemployment during a historic economic crisis. Why, they ask, would President Obama push hundreds of billions in stimulus spending to create jobs only to propose weapons cuts that would eliminate tens of thousands of them?
Miss. defense, aerospace expanding
The Clarion-Ledger • April 16, 2009
The Mississippi Economic Council’s 60th annual meeting kicked off Thursday morning with talk of some of the state’s most vital — but sometimes overlooked — economic cogs: defense and aerospace.
Officials with Rolls-Royce North America’s naval marine program and the Columbus-Lowndes Development Link spoke of past accomplishments and future plans for facilities in Pascagoula and the Golden Triangle region, respectively.
Hooray for our aerospace industry!!! Finally a sector that wants government spending in the right direction. Research and Discovery aid. Imagine that, a government helping an industry the old fashioned way, by not bailing out, but helping out. By spending more in military, aerospace projects, and space research aid, it be the best bailout for main street and unemployed. Lets give that a shot Washington, create real jobs in a sector that is not asking for a handout.
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