Laid-off L3 workers headed to MS

The L3 Technologies’ military aviation maintenance contractor at Fort Drum, N.Y., plans to lay off 44 workers by August, according to a company letter dated Jan. 24, which could lead to about $3 million in lost local wages. Three workers were laid off Feb. 24; another 20 are scheduled to be laid off on March 24. The Fort Drum contract staff totaled 120 workers. The letter indicated the company faced a “recent workload decrease and upcoming potential for further workload decrease" at Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. A small group of the 44 workers are headed to L-3 Vertex Aerospace’s Madison, Miss., business sector for temporary positions. (Source: Military.com 02/22/17) Gulf Coast Note: L-3 Vertex Aerospace is an aerospace and defense logistics support services contractor specializing in the delivery of integrated contractor logistics support for aircraft, ground vehicles and other defense systems. The firm has aviation maintenance contracts with multiple Gulf Coast military bases, including Columbus AFB, Miss.; Naval Air Stations Pensacola and Whiting Field, Fla.; and the Army’s Fort Rucker, Ala.