Florida / Northrop: 920 new jobs

Northrop Grumman Corp. said Monday it plans to add 920 jobs to its operations in Melbourne as part of a companywide realignment, nearly doubling the Brevard County plant’s current work force and making Florida a winner — at least for now — in the defense industry’s latest consolidation.

Falls Church, Va.-based Northrop selected the Melbourne unit to serve as its “manned-aircraft center of excellence” — one of five new centers it intends to establish to make itself more cost-efficient and competitive, company officials said.

The company’s St. Augustine plant will gain 80 jobs as Northrop’s new aircraft-integration center of excellence.

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