Lockheed / Another 150 workers at Fort Worth

An additional 150 workers at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in west Fort Worth received pink slips today, more than doubling the number of layoffs since the first of the year.

Employees at the plant have been told that their last day of work is expected to be Jan. 25, Lockheed spokesman Ken Ross confirmed in an email to the Star-Telegram.

“This is part of our normal process to continually adjust our workforce based on program and business requirements,” he wrote in the email.

Ross said the latest layoffs are not related to sequestration, the looming budget cuts that are possible if Congress cannot work out a budget deal in the next month-and-a-half.

On Jan. 4, 110 workers, mostly aircraft assemblers, were laid off. At the time, Ross said the defense industry was “going through a changing environment.” He then told the Star-Telegram that the company was responding to “what is happening in the industry … we want to make sure we remain competitive.”

Those affected by the first round of layoffs worked on different production lines at the factory, Ross said.

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