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   Viavi Solutions Expands Foot-
print in AZ.
Viavi Solutions, a tech company that shifted its head office from California to Arizona in 2021, is expanding its footprint in Chandler after realizing it needs more space than it originally anticipated.
Viavi Solutions Inc. bought a 104,000-square- foot space with the original intent of housing both its global headquarters and manufacturing operations in the facility.
The company has since decided it needed more space, so the HQ staff will now work out of a newly leased 15,000-square-foot office just a few miles away from the manufacturing site.
All told, these new operations are expected to support 230 jobs.
Viavi makes network testing and optical technologies, with more than 3,600 employees spread over 22 countries.
Japan Coast Guard to Fly GA-ASI
Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will provide unmanned aircraft to Japan’s coast guard, the Poway, CA. business announced in April.
Japan will begin monitoring its exclusive economic zone with MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft as soon as October. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Gen- eral Atomics affiliate had been in discussions with Japan for several years.
Lucid Group Inc. has Deal with Saudi Arabia for the Purchase of up to 100,000 Vehicles Over 10
Years.
Under the deal, the Saudi government com- mitted to buy 50,000 vehicles with an option to buy 50,000 more during the same period from the Newark, California-based company. The first deliveries are required to begin no later than the second quarter of 2023.
The vehicles include the Lucid Air which is currently under production at Lucid’s manufac- turing plant in Casa Grande in Pinal County south of Phoenix, Arizona. The Saudi govern- ment will also buy other future models that
 will be assembled in Arizona and at a future
 manufacturing facility that will be built in
 Saudi Arabia.
The deal will begin with the annual pur- chase of between 1,000 and 2,000 vehicles. That will increase in 2025 to between 4,000 and 7,000 vehicles.
Northrop Grumman Gets Link 16
Deal. Work to be Done in San Di-
ego and Woodland Hills
The Department of the Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $10.5 million modification to a previously awarded contract for hardware associated with Link 16 communication elec- tronics. Link 16 refers to a type of tactical data link.
This contract modification adds scope to procure 55 Link 16 A-kits, to include 26 each for AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters. The kits will go on production aircraft. In addition, the Navy is buying two spares for AH-1Z aircraft and one spare for UH-1Y aircraft, as well as one A-kit test stand for the Navy. Some 38% of the work will be performed in San Diego, with the balance in Woodland Hills. Work is expected to be completed by March 2024.
Edwards Invests in New Arizona
Facility to Support North Ameri-
ca Semiconductor Growth
Edwards, has announced its investment in a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chandler, AZ.
The new 200,000-square-foot facility will leverage the latest manufacturing and digital technologies to support the fast-growing North American semiconductor market with services and solutions for the efficient and environmen- tally sustainable production of chips.
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