MOBILE, AL-Northrop Grumman Corp. is moving ahead with plans to build a new facility for assembling the Air Force’s next-generation aerial tanker, despite that fact that Boeing is contesting the contract. MORE
ORLANDO, FL-Brazilian airplane-maker Embraer is building a $51 million, 150,000-square-foot facility in Florida to assembly its Phenom line of business jets. MORE
DETROIT-General Motors Corp. has resumed production at five plants previously shut down by the ongoing UAW strike at supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. MORE
DETROIT-Citing high operating costs and shifting consumer demand, General Motors Corp. is closing its last remaining assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario. MORE
CHICAGO-Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have begun negotiating a new labor contract for more than 26,000 employees. MORE