...already under way.Cuts at the Marietta plant were needed because production of the latest version of the plane, the C-130J, has plunged by one-third from 2011 to 2013, Lockheed spokesman Peter Simmons said.The company will use retirements...

...plane orders to keep the company from shutting down its Marietta plant. The plan would stabilize the production of the C-130J cargo plane until 2002, when the Air Force is expected to buy at least 150 of the $50 million planes, members of the...

...Marietta, which employs about 8,600 in the production of C-130J military-transport planes and fighter aircraft such as...said. Mr. Barr said he sees no basis for transferring C-130J or F-22 production to another plant. "The plant is...

...Some, like the F/A-22 jet and the C-130J transport plane, are already slated...for 750 planes, to about 180. The C-130J would be canceled. Stevens said he...stonewalling him on details of the C-130J contract. Stevens denies that, but...

...blamed the poor results on a drop in commercial space activities, delayed space launches and delayed deliveries of its C-130J aircraft. Despite the fourth-quarter decline, Lockheed said it expects earnings for 1998 will be 2 to 4 percent higher...

...build more aircraft MARIETTA, Ga. -- Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems added to its order book this week 10 more C-130J aircraft for the U.S. government, increasing to 42 the number of new aircraft sold this year, the company announced...

...plant. The Pentagon has signaled it wants to dramatically reduce the plant's two major products - the F/A-22 and C-130J - but closing it down completely could be another story. From Augusta to Athens to Valdosta, communities also are wondering...

...of Machinists Local 709, in Marietta, said the 2,800 blue-collar workers who build F/A-22 Raptor fighters and C-130J transports at the sprawling Cobb County plant are ready to strike as early as Tuesday. On Feb. 27, the union rejected...

...Thursday with Georgia's two senators to call for the Pentagon to drop its plans to eliminate the Air Force version of the C-130J in the 2006 budget, canceling more than 50 planes. The proposal would be a blow to Lockheed Martin's Marietta plant...

...not be liable. Air Force sets sights on Lockheed contract MARIETTA -The U.S. Air Force seeks approval to order 40 C-130J-30 aircraft from Lockheed Martin over the next five years. Congress must approve the proposal next month for it to...