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Oneida County receives nearly $24M state grant for semiconductor supply-chain campus site prep
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County has been awarded $23.6 million in state funding to help develop a 332-acre parcel at Griffiss International Airport in Rome,

State funds help Centro revamp public transit in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — The City of Rome in Oneida County will have new and improved public-transit services, thanks to $1 million in state funding as
MACNY names manager of workforce operations and advancement
DeWITT — MACNY, The Manufacturers Association of Central New York, says it has promoted Amanda Rice to manager of workforce operations and advancement. She first joined MACNY in February 2022 as the association’s finance and contract administration specialist. In this role, Rice has managed MACNY’s state and federal grants in addition to sourcing and administering

New York manufacturing index rebounds in February
Benchmark stays negative, pointing to continued contraction The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index jumped 41 points in February — bouncing back from nearly a four-year low the prior month — but remained in negative territory at -2.4. The
Upcoming symposium highlights STEM opportunities for women
ROME, N.Y. — The Project Fibonacci Foundation’s Women & STEAM Symposium will take place for a full house March 7 at the Beeches Manor in
People news: Wheeler joins SWBR as project designer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SWBR announced that it recently hired Andrew Wheeler as a project designer in its Syracuse office. Wheeler is responsible for building–information modeling,

BAE selected to work on computer system for U.S. Navy’s unmanned aerial-refueling system
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has chosen BAE Systems to upgrade and modernize the vehicle–management system computer (VMSC) for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25
Cathedral Corp. names new chief operating officer
ROME — Cathedral Corporation recently announced it has appointed Fred Van Alstyne as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO). Van Alstyne is responsible for leadership and oversight of all aspects of production and technology for the company, which operates printing plants in four states. “Fred brings a wealth of experience in the document outsourcing

Black River Systems wins $12M U.S. Air Force contract modification
UTICA — Black River Systems Company Inc. was recently awarded a nearly $12 million cost-plus-fixed-fee completion engineering change proposal modification to a previously awarded U.S. Air Force contract for Cognitive Algorithms for Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Contested and Degraded Environments software and hardware. The contract adjustment is to expand signal-processing libraries to include updated signal of
People news: Cathedral Corporation names new chief technology officer
ROME, N.Y. — Cathedral Corporation announced it has appointed John Slaney as its chief technology officer (CTO). Slaney, former CTO of Content Critical Solutions, has a track record of success in leading technology systems and content-management solution organizations, Cathedral said in a news release. He focused on developing and implementing automated platforms and providing clients
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