AIL Systems Closing a Westlake Village Division

The AIL Systems Inc. division in Westlake Village is closing its doors Aug. 15 and laying off about 230 of its 260 employees, the company said Monday. AIL, a defense contractor based in Deerpark, N.Y., is a subsidiary of industrial concern Eaton Corp. in Cleveland, Ohio.

AIL said the layoffs at its Westlake Village engineering division mark the final round of cutbacks since the company lost part of its contract with the federal government for work on the B-1 Bomber in March. AIL has already idled about 1,000 workers in New York due to losing the B-1 work.

About 20 to 40 employees at AIL in Westlake Village will be transferred to another AIL division, ANC, also based in Westlake Village, the company said.