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...Hotline Continued From Page 8 tenance support services. Most of the work will be in San Diego. Work will be done through Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, which maintains and over- hauls the Navy’s aircraft. Some 80 percent of the work will be done in San Diego. An additional 3 percent will be done at Camp Pendleton while 2 percent will be done at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Can Giant Ball Corp. to Build a New Plant in Goodyear, Arizona Ball Corp. said it will build a new beverage packaging plant in Goodyear while shuttering three beverage packaging plants elsewhere in the U.S. The Broomfield, Colorado-based can giant will open a new facility in Goodyear sometime in the second quarter of 2018 and close plants in Birmingham, Alabama, Chatsworth, Califor- nia, and Longview, Texas, in 2018. Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Fastest Pace in 13 Years American manufacturing expanded in Septem- ber at the fastest pace in 13 years, powered by robust order growth and healthy produc- tion, figures from the Institute for Supply Management showed. Highlights of ISM Manufacturing Factory index climbed to 60.8 (est. 58.1), the highest since May 2004, from 58.8; read- ings above 50 indicate expansion Measure of new orders increased to 64.6, the strongest since February, from 60.3 Employment gauge rose to 60.3, the best reading in more than six years, from 59.9 Index of prices paid advanced to 71.5, the highest since May 2011, from 62. Vigor in Oregon Wins Big Army Contract The Army has awarded a nearly $1 billion contract to the Oregon-based shipbuilder Vigor Works to replace its aging Mike Boats with a larger, faster Maneuver Support Ves- sel (Light). The contract announced in late September is a firm fix-price contract for $979,794,011 Continued on page 90.... Ducommun Buys Huntington Beach, CA. Company Santa Ana-based aerospace manufacturer Du- commun Inc. closed its $60 million cash buy of LS Holdings Company LLC, the company said. LS is the parent of Lightning Diversion Systems, a Huntington Beach manufacturer of lightning protection systems for the aero- space and defense sectors. The company recently relocated its head- quarters from Los Angeles to Santa Ana. Ducommun, established in 1849, is Cali- fornia’s oldest continuously running company and the oldest manufacturer in L.A. It has worked on Boeing 737s since their inception in the 1960s. Northrop Acquisition Expands Southern California Footprint Northrop Grumman Corp. will acquire Or- bital ATK Inc. in a deal valued at $9.2 bil- lion. With the transaction the Falls Church, Va. aerospace and defense contractor will add an additional San Fernando Valley region location to its portfolio. Orbital ATK, in Dulles, Va., has a facil- ity in Northridge, CA. for developing ad- vanced anti-radiation guided missiles used on the U.S. Navy’s Hornet, Super Hornet and Growler aircraft and the Italian Air Force’s Tornado aircraft. The Valley location also has production lines to produce the AAR-47 Missile Warn- ing System, designed to protect helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft from surface-to-air threats; and Common Munitions BIT Reprogram- ming Equipment used with weapon systems to upload and download flight software. Northrop has its Navigation Systems divi- sion headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA. to develop and manufacture navigation and po- sitioning systems for aircraft, satellites, missiles and ships. The company also has a facility in Palmdale, CA. for manufactur- ing the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft and maintenance and upgrades on the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Navy Maintenance Support Ser- vices $18.8M Contract Work to Be Mostly Done in San Diego The U.S. Navy awarded the Aircraft Readi- ness Alliance LLC of Anchorage, Alaska an $18.8 million contract for depot level main-