B-2 Plant reprieve

Northrop Grumman has pushed back closure of its B-2 plant at Pico Rivera, California, by two years, to 1999, preserving some 4,000 jobs, in part because the latest US defence budget includes $493 million added by Congress to begin procurement for a second batch of 20 B-2 bombers.

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