State’s aerospace contract teams tight-lipped

Mississippi’s Defense Department contract-rich industry has gone tight-lipped following the revelation that a former government contractor blew the whistle on the National Security Agency for collecting telephone and Internet data on hundreds of millions of Americans. Many worry about privacy, while others are anxious about the ramifications on nation security and the state’s aerospace industry. The Magnolia State has 115 aerospace service contractors and 69 in manufacturing and engineering. The state’s largest include Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, Eaton Aerospace DuPoint DeLisle and L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace. Source: Jackson Clarion-Ledger, June 11, 2013.