Va. asks Northrop to keep jobs

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on January 21, 2008 4:23 AM | | Comments (0) |

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Virginia lawmakers are urging Northrop Grumman to preserve local jobs and make Newport News the headquarters of its newly realigned shipbuilding division, the Associated Press reported Saturday.

In a letter to Northrop Chairman Ronald Sugar, the delegation said moving the jobs to the company's Gulf Coast operations "would have a detrimental impact on the local economy."

The letter comes after Northrop announced plans to combine two shipbuilding sectors.The company said it did not anticipate any closures or significant job cuts.

The Newport News sector, which builds aircraft carriers and submarines, would merge with the Mississippi-based Ship Systems sector, which builds several types of surface warships.

Northrop officials have declined to discuss the letter.

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