© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets leaders from U.S. colleges and universities in her ceremonial office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday announced a new coalition of companies involved in the space industry, aimed at increasing job opportunities in the sector, notably for people from traditionally under-represented backgrounds.
The coalition, to be launched next month with three pilot programs, will be anchored by Blue Origin, Boeing (NYSE:) Co, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:) and Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE:). Other partners will include Amazon (NASDAQ:), Space X and Virgin orbit, Harris’s office said in a statement.
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