Boeing is set to lay off 71 employees at its Huntsville, Alabama facility, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice posted on February 18. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that the layoffs, effective April 18, mark the third round of job cuts at the site in the past year.
The Alabama Department of Commerce confirmed the layoffs in the WARN notice, which federal law requires for mass job reductions. The latest cuts have brought the total number of Boeing layoffs in Huntsville over the past year to more than 350 employees. Previous WARN notices recorded 158 layoffs in November 2024 and 128 in April 2024. Before these recent rounds, the last recorded Boeing layoff in Huntsville was in 2011.
Boeing’s Huntsville facility specializes in U.S. space and defense programs, including NASA’s Artemis space launch system, Manufacturing Dive stated. Boeing serves as the lead contractor for NASA’s moon rocket. Still, the company has warned of up to 400 potential job cuts related to budget reductions by the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA’s Office of the Chief Engineer (DOGE).
A Boeing spokesperson told Manufacturing Dive that workforce adjustments are necessary as portions of the Space Launch System (SLS) work transition from development to production. While Boeing intends to redeploy some employees, the company expects to proceed with fewer than 200 involuntary layoffs in its space division.
Beyond Huntsville, Boeing is also cutting jobs at other locations. Reportedly, the company will lay off 69 employees at its North Charleston, South Carolina site starting April 5, with an additional eight workers impacted. These reductions follow 287 job cuts at the South Carolina site in January and February.
The layoffs are part of Boeing’s broader cost-cutting measures amid significant financial struggles. Boeing posted an $11.83 billion loss for 2024, its largest annual loss since 2020. The financial downturn is attributed to the ongoing fallout from the 737 Max crashes, a 53-day labor strike in 2024, and workforce reductions.
Sherri Blevins is a writer for Mountain Valley News and a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You may contact her at [email protected].
