Lockheed starts labor loan program

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Lockheed Martin Space Systems' New Orleans facility will begin a loaned labor program to keep workers as NASA shuts down its space shuttle program. Lockheed, which has about 2,000 workers in its eastern New Orleans facility, has built external fuel tanks for the space shuttle for decades. By loaning out its employees, the company hopes to hang on to them until they are needed when new space projects ramp up. (Source: New Orleans Times Picayune, 06/14/09)