General Electric Aviation of Rutland has been awarded an $8 million U.S. Navy contract for
the development and production of fighter engines for warfare aircraft.
General Electric’s decision to scrap a fighter jet engine project is
raising some concern about potential job losses at a Rutland facility
that makes engine parts.
VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with the executive director of the Rutland Exonomic Development Corporation about General Electric’s place in the Rutland County’s economy.