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Lockheed Martin’s Syracuse–area plant wins more than $14 million Navy contract modification
SALINA — Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems in Salina has been awarded a $14.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy to exercise options for AN/SLQ-32(V)6 design-agent engineering support and travel. Work will be performed in Salina, and is expected to be completed by November 2022, according to a […]

Work wraps up on Fairmont Park Apartments in Johnson City
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Crew have completed work on the $11.7 million, 34-apartment, 17-building Fairmont Park Apartments, a project the state describes as a new

CenterState CEO recognizes area Economic Champions, JMA Wireless
CenterState CEO also presented its Community Visionary Award to JMA Wireless for “embodying a vision of economic opportunity, and for its work to create a

U.S. Air Force awards PAR subsidiary largest contract in company history
ROME, N.Y. — The U.S. Air Force has awarded PAR Government Systems Corp. a nearly $500 million contract for counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) software,
Lockheed Martin Owego wins $22M Army contract for foreign-military sales
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Owego recently won a more than $22 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide military equipment to three foreign armed services. The firm-fixed-price contract is for the production and delivery of modernized-radar frequency interferometer hardware components in support of foreign-military sales partners India Army,

Auburn’s new public-safety building project was a long-term effort
AUBURN, N.Y. — Auburn Mayor Michael Quill said the city’s new $10 million shared public-safety building has been “many, many years in the making.” Auburn, a 2018 winner of the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), used a portion of its $10 million prize to “make it happen” Quill said. “With this project, we have moved

Golden Artist Colors becomes 100-percent employee-owned
COLUMBUS, N.Y. — Golden Artist Colors, Inc., a global manufacturer of professional artist paints, recently announced that it has become a 100-percent employee-owned company. This transaction, which went into effect on Oct. 1, concludes a plan put in place in 2002, when the company implemented an employee stock-ownership plan (ESOP) for staff. By May 2010,

Griffiss Institute adds AIS CEO to board of directors
ROME, N.Y. — The Griffiss Institute (GI) recently announced the appointment of Charles Green to its board of directors. Green is the co-founder, president, and CEO of Assured Information Security (AIS), a cyber and information security company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Rome. Green has more than 20 years of experience in offensive and

Syracuse foundry to pay $276K for workplace-safety violations
Frazer & Jones Co. Inc. agrees to correct serious hazards, implement enhanced safeguards SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse iron foundry cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for dozens of health and safety violations has agreed to correct 60 cited hazards, implement enhanced corrective measures, and pay $276,189 in

Quantum-science laboratory opens at Innovare Advancement Center
ROME, N.Y. — Innovare Advancement Center (IAC) at the Griffiss Institute has formally opened a new quantum-science laboratory. The Colonel Timothy J. Lawrence Quantum Laboratory
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