By: Moncrief S.C.R. No. 61 2001S1428/1 1-1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Texas is pleased to 1-3 recognize Lockheed Martin for the many valuable contributions it 1-4 has made to the people of this state and to express its unqualified 1-5 support for future plans to assemble the Joint Strike Fighter at 1-6 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Lockheed Martin's Texas companies set the standard 1-8 for excellence in aircraft, missiles, space operations and launch 1-9 vehicles, information systems, environmental remediation, logistics 1-10 management, training and technical services, and state and local 1-11 government services; and 1-12 WHEREAS, Lockheed Martin makes vital contributions to the 1-13 economic well-being of the State of Texas, operating 13 facilities 1-14 with $1.2 billion in payroll being distributed to its 19,000 Texas 1-15 employees; additionally, its business operations generate billions 1-16 of dollars of revenue for nearly 2,700 Texas suppliers, including 1-17 91 small, historically underutilized, and women-owned businesses; 1-18 and 1-19 WHEREAS, An outstanding corporate citizen of Texas, Lockheed 1-20 Martin has contributed more than $3 million in charitable 1-21 donations, plus countless hours of employee volunteer time to state 1-22 and local educational, cultural, and service organizations; and 1-23 WHEREAS, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, located in Fort 1-24 Worth, Texas, is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2001 as the 2-1 premiere military aircraft manufacturer in the world; over the 2-2 course of its history in Fort Worth, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics 2-3 has produced 3,120 F-16s, 562 F-111s, 116 B-58s, 385 B-36s, 124 2-4 B-32s, and 3,034 B-24s, a total of 7,341 military aircraft; and 2-5 WHEREAS, A fifth generation fighter aircraft for all three 2-6 military services known as the Joint Strike Fighter will replace 2-7 the F-15s, F-16s, A-10s, AV-8s, and F-18s in service; the 2-8 Department of Defense is scheduled to purchase 3,000 of the 2-9 aircraft, while the international market could be an additional 2-10 3,000; and 2-11 WHEREAS, Production of the Joint Strike Fighter is expected 2-12 to further the United States' dominance of the world export fighter 2-13 market for the next 30 years, continuing the legacy of the F-16 2-14 Fighting Falcon, the greatest export defense success of this 2-15 generation; and 2-16 WHEREAS, The production of the Joint Strike Fighter, which 2-17 will generate $200 billion in sales, will be the last major fighter 2-18 contract awarded until the year 2040; and 2-19 WHEREAS, The assembly of the Joint Strike Fighter will begin 2-20 in 2008 under the existing timetable, and the project would extend 2-21 the life of the 60-year-old Fort Worth plant, as the production of 2-22 the F-16 Fighting Falcon will conclude with the close of this 2-23 decade; and 2-24 WHEREAS, The Joint Strike Fighter project could potentially 2-25 create as many as 2,000 engineering, manufacturing, and development 2-26 jobs, 8,000 full production jobs, and 40,000 jobs for 3-1 subcontractors; and 3-2 WHEREAS, Among those hoping to assemble the Joint Strike 3-3 Fighter are companies with sites in Missouri and California; the 3-4 Secretary of Defense has been requested by Congress to submit a 3-5 report on production alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter 3-6 Program and the effects on the tactical fighter aircraft industrial 3-7 base of each alternative considered; and 3-8 WHEREAS, California's power shortages will not be rectified 3-9 for some time to come, rendering it unable to guarantee adequate 3-10 supplies of affordable electricity for production, while the State 3-11 of Texas should have over 20 percent excess electricity capacity in 3-12 the future due to power plant construction and local availability 3-13 of natural gas combined with a streamlined application process for 3-14 additional power plants; and 3-15 WHEREAS, Since 1941, the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company 3-16 in Fort Worth has provided hundreds of thousands of Texans with 3-17 quality, well-paying employment; a company that has earned an 3-18 unequalled reputation for military aircraft construction, Lockheed 3-19 Martin Aeronautics Company will continue to be the premiere fighter 3-20 aircraft manufacturer in the world, guaranteeing our nation's 3-21 defense and continuing the proud heritage of military aviation in 3-22 Texas; now, therefore, be it 3-23 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas 3-24 hereby fully support the selection of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics 3-25 in Fort Worth as the site for the Joint Strike Fighter construction 3-26 program; and, be it further 4-1 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared to 4-2 express the admiration and high regard the Texas Legislature holds 4-3 for Lockheed Martin.