Defense and aerospace manufacturer BAE Systems will lease a plant in Cordova to fabricate and deliver ammunition magazines.
The ammunition will be used for BAE Systems' Advanced Gun System and missile launcher assemblies for their Mk57 Vertical Launching System. Both of these systems will be used as weaponry on the U.S. Navy's new DDG 1000 Zumwalt class of surface ships.
BAE Systems, based in Rockville, Md., will lease the Warrior River Steel LLC site in current operation as a metal manufacturing and welding facility. BAE Systems expects to hire 30 to 40 employees and occupy the full facility in the fall of 2007.
"BAE Systems welcomes the great manufacturing capabilities and people of Alabama to our DDG 1000 family," Jim Schoppenhorst, vice president of the DDG 1000 program at BAE Systems, said.
Birmingham Business Journal - 1:39 PM CST Monday, February 26, 2007
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