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Rome Lab to benefit as AFRL is designated as a quantum information science research center
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Lab will secure funding as the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is now designated as the quantum information science (QIS) research

Saab wins Navy contract worth more than $32 million
DeWITT, N.Y. — Saab Inc. in DeWitt was recently awarded a $32.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the MK 9 Tracker Illuminator System Replacement Continuous Wave Tracking Illuminator development and production effort. This firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed fee, and cost-only contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the pact to

SRC adds to its footprint with new Virginia office
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. says it has opened an office in Herndon, Virginia and tasked it with providing services to the U.S. Department of Defense and the intelligence community. The services will include information operations, special-program support, information assurance, cybersecurity, communications engineering, and systems engineering. SRC is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Cicero that

People news: Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt hires Twyman as senior engineer
DeWITT, N.Y. — Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt recently announced it has hired Paul Twyman as a senior engineer. He has more than 20

CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. announced it has opened an office in Herndon, Virginia to provide services to the U.S. Department of Defense and the
New York milk production rises more than 3 percent in June
New York dairy farms produced nearly 1.32 billion pounds of milk in June, up 3.1 percent from just under 1.28 billion pounds in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Milk production per cow in the state averaged 2,090 pounds in June, up almost 2.5 percent from 2,040 pounds a

Lockheed Owego wins nearly $118M contract modification from Navy
OWEGO , N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Owego unit was recently awarded a nearly $118 million modification to a previous contract from the United States Navy. This order provides non-recurring engineering and field-services representative efforts to bring 12 MH-60R aircraft from standard foreign military sales (FMS) configuration to a Republic of Korea Navy

Lockheed Martin CFO retires, firm appoints acting CFO
BETHESDA, Maryland — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) says CFO Kenneth Possenriede has decided to retire immediately due to personal reasons. “Over the past 14 months,

Orgill’s $70 million distribution center in Rome has opened, creating 225 new jobs
ROME, N.Y. — A $70 million distribution center for Orgill Inc., the world’s largest independent hardlines distributor, has opened in Rome. The facility was built

SRC awarded contract to support Air Force range-threat systems
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. has been awarded a contract — with a $950,000,000 ceiling — for support of the Air Force’s advanced-radar-threat systems, joint-threat
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