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Preserving Our Aerospace Valley

Due to cuts in federal spending on defense and space, there was a draconian downsizing in the aerospace industry in the late eighties to early nineties. In 1988, 392,700 people were employed in the five counties comprising the Greater Los Angeles Region (including Ventura County). This number had dropped to 212,100 workers by 1992. With the final selection of LockheedMartin as the Joint Strike Fighter Contract (F-35), things have not looked better for aerospace workers in the High Desert.

More must be done in Sacramento to ensure that the F-35 Program work done in California grows as much as possible and I am committed to ensuring that. The Aerospace Valley retains a huge advantage in global aerospace contracting because of the expertise of the people in the region. Our region has hundreds of thousands of experienced aerospace workers, an abundance of manufacturing and testing facilities, and unmatched research capabilities.

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