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SALINA, N.Y. —Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in Salina has been awarded a $25.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for a ground-based radar system going to Malaysia. This contract provides a standalone radar system, ancillary equipment, spares, training, and an interim contract-support option, according to a Sept. 24 contract announcement from the U.S. Department of Defense. […]
New York’s 2021 corn production is forecast to rise to 83.5 million bushels
New York farms are forecast to have produced 83.5 million bushels of corn for grain this year, up 4 percent from 2020. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York Field Office forecast issued on Sept. 10, based on field conditions as of Sept. 1. The total yield per acre in
New York soybean production is forecast to rise 7 percent this year
New York farms are forecast to have produced 17 million bushels of soybeans in 2021, up 7 percent from last year, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York Field Office recently reported. Based on field conditions as of Sept. 1, the total yield is forecast to average a record-high 53 bushels per acre
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems in Salina has been awarded an $8.3 million fixed-priced-incentive fee contract for Navy systems and associated equipment. The pact includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $117 million, according to a Sept. 16 Department of Defense contract announcement. Work
New York manufacturing index rebounds in September
Easily beats economists’ predictions The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index jumped 16 points to 34.3 in September, a rebound from the prior month’s big decline. It was double the expected September reading of 17.2, according to a survey of economists by the Wall Street Journal. The general business-conditions index — the
New York milk production edges up in August
New York dairy farms produced 1.3 billion pounds of milk in August, up 0.3 percent from 1.296 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 2,070 pounds in August, the same amount as a year prior. The number of milk cows on
Canadian firm to set up U.S. manufacturing operations at former IBM Huron building in Endicott
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Canadian firm Ubiquity Solar Inc. will establish its U.S. solar photovoltaic manufacturing operations in a roughly $61 million investment at the former
William Macartney III, chairman of Indium Corp. board, dies at age 79
CLINTON, N.Y. — William (Bill) Macartney III — who chaired the board of directors for the Indium Corporation of Clinton — died Sept. 14 from
Grow-NY program selects 20 finalists for this year’s competition
Empire State Development (ESD) on Wednesday announced the 20 finalists selected to participate in the third year of the Grow-NY competition. Grow-NY is a food
Lockheed seeks to hire more than 100 at its upstate New York plants
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) would like to fill more than 100 open positions at its upstate New York facilities in the next three to six months. A lot of the openings will require experience, says Matt Wilkowski, systems engineering senior manager at Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant. The majority of the open
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