COURTLAND, Ala. (AP) — Lockheed Martin says it will base its hypersonics weapons program in north Alabama, where about 275 new jobs will be added over the next three years.
The company held a ceremony Monday in Courtland, where two new buildings will be constructed to serve as a manufacturing and management home for work focusing on super high-speed weapons.
A statement from the Maryland-based Lockheed Martin says 72 new jobs will be located in Courtland, and 200 positions will be added in Huntsville. Additional growth is expected.
Lockheed Martin already employs about 2,000 people in Alabama, many of them in the high-tech industries near Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
Hypersonic weapons are generally defined as those that travel more than five times the speed of sound.
