Northrop Grumman's KC-30 Tanker Will Generate 5,000 New Jobs in Alabama and Increase Economic Impact to $1 Billion Annually
According to a story on PrimeNewsWire, the state of Alabama stands to pick up 5,000 new jobs if the US Air Force selects Northrop Grumman's KC-30 Tanker. The article quotes governor Bob Riley as saying that he is confident that the USAF will choose the KC-30 if they base their decision on the merits of the craft. Beneficiaries of the contract are suppliers in Mobile, Foley, Tallassee, and Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville suppliers include Engelhard (BASF), supplier of ozone converters, and PPG Industries, supplier of windshields and glass. (Complete story at PrimeNewsWire.)
These jobs are in addition to 10,000 jobs transferring to the Huntsville area from Washington DC as a part of Base Re-Alignment and Closure (BRAC). (See Parties Agree 8/9/07) and those jobs will all be transferred by 2011. That brings the total to 15,000 jobs, new to the state over the next three years. That's over seven times what Chattanooga hoped to pick up in direct jobs when pursuing the Toyota assembly plant. Granted, some of the 5,000 KC-30 jobs are not specifically in Huntsville, but if it is reasonable to assume that since 2 out of the 5 key suppliers are in Huntsville, then 2 out of 5 new jobs will be there, too, then that still means 12,000 jobs in the Huntsville area alone -- still 6x Toyota assembly plant jobs.
Go Huntsville.
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