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Amazon to donate $1.75M for equipment at upcoming Syracuse STEAM school
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will be donating $1.75 million for robotics and computer-science technology improvements at the upcoming Syracuse STEAM school. STEAM is

Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant wins $8.4 million Air Force contract
SALI NA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in the town of Salina has been awarded an $8.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar Rapid Prototyping Program. This pact provides for the development of an interface to the Air Force Control and Reporting Center’s AN/TYQ-23A system,

Lockheed Martin’s suburban Syracuse plant awarded $128 million Navy contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in the town of Salina has won a $128.4 million modification to a previously awarded Navy contract. The pact will exercise options for full-rate production of the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) AN/SLQ-32(V) 6. Work will be performed in Salina (78 percent) and Lansdale, Pennsylvania

Rome firm to add jobs with new $5M manufacturing facility
ROME, N.Y. — Cold Point Corporation of Rome plans to create up to 15 additional jobs “in the near term,” following the completion of its new $5.1 million, 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. The plant will house a “more efficient” industrial layout, add at least one additional manufacturing line, and double warehousing and distribution capacity, the office

NBT names Schindler, Clark to Southern Tier Advisory Board
Schindler has been president and CEO of Golden Artist Colors, Inc. since 2001. She joined the company in 1997 as controller and also served as

NUAIR, Florida nonprofit working to integrate drones in public safety, state-agency operations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NUAIR announced it is working with a Florida nonprofit to integrate drone technology into public safety and state-agency operations. Syracuse–based NUAIR is

Ithaca College professor, research partners awarded federal grant for computer-power research
ITHACA, N.Y. — An Ithaca College professor and his research partners will use a nearly $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation as they search

NUAIR conference lays automation groundwork for high-density vertiports
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NUAIR on March 5 held an all-day virtual conference to further develop a plan that supports NASA’s advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts.
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New York egg production dips slightly in February
New York farms produced 136.9 million eggs in February, down 0.5 percent from 137.6 million eggs in the year-earlier period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.82 million in February, up 2.1 percent from 5.7 million layers a year prior. February egg production
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