So Hudson left Harris Corporation and found a new job at Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation in Newport Beach.

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Nonetheless, she stayed at Ford Aerospace for nearly ten years.

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Geoff Ford, chairman of two South Shields engineering companies, Ford Aerospace and Ford Component, praised the council for the plans, which he said needed to be "imaginative and bold".

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