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Madison aerospace company announces layoffs

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MADISON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

A Madison-based company is trimming its workforce. L-3 Vertex announced Tuesday it is reducing the staff by 28 employees at their headquarters in Madison. 

The company says declining defense budgets are to blame. L-3 Vertex provides aviation and aerospace technical services, primarily for U.S. government customers. 

L-3 Vertex is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, which has 11,000 employees at 300 locations worldwide. 

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