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Workers at Lockheed Martin, a major arms and defense company, will conduct layoffs after the United States Army announced its decision to shut down the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Program. The cancellation of the program means that the United States Army will not build a new attack reconnaissance aircraft, and this has resulted in Lockheed Martin cutting workers in the Sikorsky division, located in Stratford, Connecticut. Plans to create a new attack reconnaissance aircraft began in 2018, and Lockeeed Martin and Bell-Textron were competing to be the manufacturer of the aircraft. Various political leaders in Connecticut have expressed opposition to the cancellation of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Program, claiming that the decision will hurt the country’s long-term military defense, as well as hurt many communities in the state. Lockheed Martin states that the layoffs will reduce its workforce by less than one percent, and the company is retaining as many workers in the division as possible.