A Lockheed Martin training program that has helped build the workforce at its missile assembly campus at Courtland has earned state recognition.
The company’s Manufacturing Basic Skills pre-apprenticeship program was recently named a Regional Work-Based Learning Best Practice by the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, recognizing its success in connecting students with high-tech careers in aerospace manufacturing.
Lockheed-Martin Next Generation Interceptor and Space Vice President Sarah Reeves told AL.com in an earlier interview that about 200 north Alabama residents have been hired through the program to work at the Courtland facility on a former World War II U.S. Army Air Corps site. Workers there help produce systems supporting critical space and defense missions…