[CPEO-IRF] Former Pease AFB (NH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pease chasing Airbus deal that could soften BRAC cuts

By ROBERT M. COOK
Foster's Daily Democrat (NH)
May 1, 2005

If the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is closed, there may be similar jobs 
waiting for the laid-off workers just down the road at Pease 
International Tradeport.

The Kittery, Maine, shipyard's future hinges on whether it is on the 
latest Base Realignment and Closure list, to be made public no later 
than May 16. That’s about the same time the final candidates for a new 
aircraft plant are to be announced, and Pease hopes to be included on 
the short list.

European Aeronautics Defense Systems North America is shopping around 
the country for a site for an assembly plant for KC-330 military tankers.

What economists and Pease officials find so intriguing about the 
proposal is that EADS, an arm of the company that builds Airbus 
commercial jets, could use many of the same specialized skills as does 
the shipyard.

Russ Thibeault, president of Applied Economic Research in Laconia, said 
it could be serendipitous if the EADS contract was landed at the same 
time the shipyard closed.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050501/NEWS06/50501047

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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