Fort Worth-based Bell Textron Inc. announced the layoff of hundreds of employees — about 3% of the company’s workforce — at three of its facilities in Texas and Kansas.
The defense contractor — which is ramping up production of the U.S. Army’s MV-75 Cheyenne II aircraft — said a total of 285 employees are impacted by the reduction in force at Bell facilities in Fort Worth, Amarillo and Wichita, Kansas.
In Fort Worth, employees laid off included those in nonunion roles. About 30 employees were given notice at the Amarillo facility, KAMR reported…