Amentum to lay off 70 workers at Kennedy Space Center
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGFlorida Department of Commerce· filed September 25, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
Department affected: Base Operations and Spaceport Services (BOSS) — engineering technicians, electrical engineering, other engineers, test conductors.
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on September 25, 2026.
Industry: Public Administration.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the FL state workforce agency.
Summary
Amentum is cutting 70 jobs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The contractor announced the workforce reduction affecting employees at the Florida launch-site operations (Kennedy Space Center), a move tied to NASA taking back certain jobs and functions. The article reports the cut of 70 employees as a current layoff affecting the contractor's presence at the center and describes the shift of work back to NASA as the proximate cause. Amentum's statement and local impact were noted, including effects on workers at the Kennedy site, though no specific severance or exact layoff date was provided.
Amentum Holdings, Inc. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the FL state workforce agency on September 25, 2026. The notice covers 70 employees in FL, with the layoff effective November 30, 2026.
That is roughly 0.2% of the 33,000 people Amentum Holdings, Inc. employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 18 layoff events at Amentum Holdings, Inc. since October 2022, including 884 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 5 additional events known from news reporting.
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