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STILLWATER, OK—Aerospace supplier ASCO Industries will locate a new assembly plant here, creating 500 to 600 new jobs.

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI—Bell Helicopters has picked KUKA Systems to develop the assembly line for a new commercial helicopter.

WICHITA, KS—Spirit Aerosystems is preparing to produce up to 60 fuselages a month to keep up with demand from Boeing’s 737 assembly plant in Renton, WA.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Raytheon has nearly completed construction of a new missile assembly plant here.

MOBILE, AL—Airbus will invest $600 million over the next five years to build an assembly plant here for its popular A320 single-aisle jet.

MOBILE, AL—Airbus is poised to announce plans for a commercial-jet assembly plant here, its first in the United States, to meet demand as North American airlines renew their fleets.

STUART, FL—Triumph Aerostructures’ Vought Aircraft Div. hopes to begin a 16,000-square-foot expansion to its assembly plant here by the end of July. The plant makes flaps for the Boeing 777.

FORT WORTH, TX—Lockheed has reached a tentative deal with a union that has been on strike for eight weeks at the defense contractor’s assembly plant here.

WASHINGTON—A 14-month Congressional investigation uncovered 1,800 cases of counterfeit electronic components for American military equipment, including missiles, targeting systems and instrument panels. All totaled, the cases involved more than 1 million bogus parts.