DEFENSE WORK SOUGHT; ANTELOPE VALLEY OFFICIALS TO PITCH TO CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer Trying to secure work for the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley on the joint strike fighter A strike fighter is a fighter aircraft which is also capable of attacking surface targets, including ships. It differs from an attack aircraft in that the aircraft remains a capable fighter. - the only major aircraft production program on the horizon - Palmdale and state officials will try to rally California's congressional delegation to their cause during meetings this week in Washington, D.C. A team representing the Antelope Valley will brief California's Democratic and Republican caucuses Wednesday and Thursday on a study showing that assembling the fighters in Palmdale, rather than Texas or Missouri, would save taxpayers $2.2 billion. ``We've got to market the study,'' said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford, who is making the trip. ``We have to take it to every level we can.'' Joining Ledford will be Lon Hatamiya, secretary of the state Trade and Commerce Agency, and Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. , R-Lancaster. Antelope Valley and state officials want the California congressional delegation to support efforts by Rep. Howard ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, to force the Pentagon to do a cost comparison of assembly sites in California, Texas and Missouri. ``We are going to inform all of the California delegation of the value of the joint strike fighter being assembled in Palmdale and the importance for them to make the joint strike fighter a priority,'' said McKeon spokesman David Foy. ``We need to impress upon them that this is not just a Palmdale thing.'' About 26,000 California companies supply the aerospace industry, and there are suppliers in every congressional district Noun 1. congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ledford and Hatamiya. At stake is the last great military aircraft production program on the horizon. The nation is expected to spend $750 billion to $1 trillion on the program that could generate as many as 10,000 production jobs and 40,000 related jobs for suppliers and subcontractors. Boeing and Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. are building rival joint strike fighter prototypes in Palmdale, but each company plans to go elsewhere for the actual production if it wins the competition. Boeing would manufacture the joint strike fighter in St. Louis, where the company manufactures the F-15 fighter. Lockheed would produce the aircraft in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , where it builds the F-16 fighter. Antelope Valley officials say Site 4 at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, where B-2 stealth stealth Any military technology intended to make vehicles or missiles nearly invisible to enemy radar or other electronic detection. Research in antidetection technology began soon after radar was invented. bombers were built, would be a better choice as the production site for the joint strike fighter. A consultant's report, financed by the city of Palmdale and the state Trade and Commerce Agency, says contractors could save $2.2 billion by assembling the aircraft in Palmdale, including $932 million from a state program for research and development and $575.6 million from using the stealth manufacturing plant. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color--Ran in AV Edition only) Boeing's version of the joint strike fighter might be built in St. Louis. (2--Ran in AV Edition only) Lockheed proposes building the fighter in Fort Worth, Texas, but Antelope Valley officials hope Palmdale will be the site. |
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