Issue No. 2 July 2026
Issue No. 2. The first fully verified SoCal count: 2,349 open on-site roles across 16 tracked employers — 1,333 in the LA/OC Aerospace Corridor and 1,016 in the San Diego Defense Cluster — with Northrop Grumman overtaking SpaceX as the Index's largest employer and zero active A&D WARN notices.
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Issue No. 1 June 2026
Issue No. 1. The first directly sourced, aggregator-free count of on-site aerospace and defense hiring across Southern California — 2,268 open roles spanning the LA/OC Aerospace Corridor and the San Diego Defense Cluster, what the market pays, the federal spending driving demand, and the WARN watch.
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