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Congress mulls resuming F-117 fighter production; boon seen for Lockheed if stealth program flies again. (United States Congress; stealth fighter aircraft)
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A congressional panel could decide this week whether to appropriate $560 million to restart production of the Lockheed Corp.-assembled F-117 stealth fighter aircraft.
If final funding is approved, the additional aircraft would be built in Palmdale and would require additional staffing, said Lockheed spokesman Richard Stadler. He was uncertain about the number of workers that could be hired or how much of the proposed appropriation would actually end up at Lockheed as new revenues.
The possible restart pushed Lockheed stock up to just $2 below its 52-week high of more than $47 ...
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