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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 […]
Lockheed Martin Owego awarded nearly $26 million Navy order
OWEGO — Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Owego was recently awarded a $25.8 million order from the U.S. Navy against a previously issued basic ordering agreement. This firm-fixed price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order provides non-recurring engineering for the development, integration, testing, and deployment of the MH-60 Product Line System Configuration 24 fleet release for all
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Owego plant was recently awarded a not-to-exceed $208.1 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy. This modification adds scope to provide non-recurring engineering for Phase II design and development of unique hardware and software for the government of India in support of the

ALBANY — In New York state, 81 percent of farms reported having access to the internet with 92 percent of those paying for access through a service provider, according to a new report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York field office. In 2021, 46 percent of farms in the state used

Welch Allyn to have new Chicago-area parent after sale
Welch Allyn, Inc. — a medical-sevice maker in Skaneateles Falls that has been in operation for more than a century — will have a new owner in 2022. Baxter International (NYSE: BAX), an Illinois medical-products company has acquired Hill-Rom (NYSE: HRC) — the parent company of Welch Allyn — in a $10.5 billion deal. Hill-Rom, a

Centro scaling back service with ongoing bus-operator shortage, seeking to hire up to 40 drivers
“We want to reassure our riders that this reduced schedule is temporary, and we will resume services as our workforce allows,” Steven Koegel, vice president

Barton & Loguidice acquires second New England firm, expanding presence in Maine
Barton & Loguidice is a Salina–based engineering, planning, environmental, and landscape-architecture firm with 350 employees throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Owner William (Bill) J.

NYS Innovation Summit set for Turning Stone in November
VERONA, N.Y. — The New York State Innovation Summit — an annual showcase for technology and discovery — is set for Nov. 8-9 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona. The annual event brings together New York’s “brightest minds, most promising tech and manufacturing companies, and most resourceful innovation support services,” event organizers boasted

Lockheed’s Salina plant wins $21M modification to Navy pact
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Salina plant was recently awarded a $21.2 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for Navy equipment, components, engineering services, and other direct costs. This effort will award the procurement of Navy equipment and engineering services. Work will be performed in Salina (66

Syracuse CoE becomes channel partner of Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The SyracuseCoE, New York State’s Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems, is now a channel partner of the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2). The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) co-administers the IN2. IN2 is a $50 million technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo
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