Defense contractor General Dynamics said Thursday that it will lay off 132 employees in Westminster this fall if funding for an Army robotics program is not renewed. It would be the third mass layoff at the Carroll County site this year.
The affected workers are contractors for an Army program that develops vehicles capable of navigating themselves, but funding has dried up for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, said company spokesman Peter Keating. Employees were notified that their jobs will be cut Oct. 29 if funding isn't approved for the upcoming fiscal year, he said.
