This was strongly rumored during the last round of job cuts at the Hawker Beechcraft aircraft completion facility at Little Rock National Airport.

Roby Brock at Talk Business says a statement is coming this evening from Dassault Falcon, another major aircraft facility at the airport, and he expects it to be further layoffs.

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Gov. Beebe met with Dassault officials on his recent trade visit to Europe. But no amount of gubernatorial globetrotting is a guarantee against business fundamentals. This is not a good time to sell expensive private jets.

UPDATE: Fox 16 says 200 jobs.

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