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Military deals spur contractor job gains / The list: Aerospace & defense contractors

By Cziborr, Chris
Publication: Orange County Business Journal
Date: Monday, June 30 2003

A steady diet of military work offset a decline in commercial deals for Orange County's biggest aerospace and defense contractors in the past year.

The top 20 aerospace and defense businesses on this week's Business Journal list grew OC employment 4% to 21,874 workers for a gain of 761 workers.

The list ranks companies by their current worker count.

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OC's crop of aerospace and defense companies build products ranging from gear for fighter jets to antiterrorist cockpit doors for commercial airplanes.

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No. 2 C&D Aerospace-built cabin for Embraer 170: 1,670 company workers in OC

This year's list reflects a general uptick in defense work, as it did last year.

Globally, the companies on this year's list didn't chalk up enough military gains to offset losses on the commercial side.

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