VH-71 Job Losses
Unaffected by
Congress
Attempts to revive the VH-71 by
Congress will not change how many
jobs are being lost at Lockheed
Martin. “A week after the program
was terminated, we announced that
we would end up laying off up to 750
people,” said Troy Scully, a Lockheed
Martin spokesperson. Congressional
efforts to bring back the program won’t
change this fact: “Unless Congress
passes a bill and the President signs
it, we have to continue to follow the
direction of our client and terminate
the program,” he told Rotor and Wing.
While efforts to revive the VH-71
program in some shape or form continue,
Lockheed Martin has been trying to find
Lockheed Martin’s VH-71
Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin
new positions for those displaced by
the cancellation. Final information as to
actual job losses, and who will be affected
by them, is expected soon.
