Sikorsky Aircraft to cut 150 jobs

Sikorsky Aircraft is cutting 150 jobs, the bulk of which are in Connecticut, a company spokesman said Tuesday.The layoffs include 109 employees from Sikorsky’s Connecticut workforce, company spokesman Paul Jackson said. Connecticut is home to Sikorsky’s largest group of employees, with about 8,000 workers between the company’s headquarters in Stratford as well as locations in Trumbull and Shelton, according to Jackson.Tuesday was the last day on the job for all of the workers Sikorsky laid off, he said. All of the workers received severance benefits, including employment transition assistance, according to Jackson.