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Saab fighter jet flights involve AI agent from German firm
Saab, in collaboration with Helsing, on June 11 announced the successful completion of the first three flights integrating Helsing’s artificial intelligence (AI) agent Centaur into a Gripen E fighter jet, which Saab manufactured. Saab is a defense and security company headquartered in Sweden. Saab, Inc., which is based in DeWitt, is a wholly owned subsidiary. […]

SRC to send counter-UAS technologies to Qatar
It’s part of a $1 billion sales agreement with the U.S. government. CICERO — SRC, Inc. plans to send a suite of its advanced C-UAS (counter-unmanned aircraft systems) technologies to international buyers as a part of a $1 billion foreign-military sales agreement between the U.S. government and the country of Qatar. It marks the first

AFRL in Rome awards up to $9.5M contract for completion of construction projects
ROME — The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome has awarded a Texas company a contract worth up to $9.5 million to wrap up some construction projects. KMM-Black Wave, of Lewisville, Texas, was awarded a ceiling $9.5 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity type contract for simplified acquisition of base engineering requirements, according to July 1 announcement from

Frankfort site is shovel ready for logistics-center development
FRANKFORT, N.Y. — The Central New York Logisitics Center is being marketed as the largest industrial-development site in New York and New England with space

Lockheed Martin to pay quarterly dividend of $3.30 a share in late September
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) recently announced that its board of directors has authorized a third-quarter, 2025 dividend of $3.30 per share. The defense contractor will pay the dividend on Sept. 26, to holders of record as of the close of business on Sept. 2. At Lockheed’s current stock price, the dividend yields about 2.9

ConMed appoints new independent board chair
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker originally based in the greater Utica region, recently announced that it had appointed LaVerne Council to succeed Martha Goldberg Aronson as the new independent chair of its board of directors, effective May 21. Council brings extensive experience as a global operations and information technology executive that has been

Oswego Health Medical Practice adopts advanced test to predict esophageal cancer risk
OSWEGO — TissueCypher is a laboratory test that can help predict the risk of developing esophageal cancer in patients diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus (BE). The Center for Gastroenterology & Metabolic Diseases of Oswego Health Medical Practice is now offering access to this AI-driven precision medicine test, per a June 30 announcement. Offering this test is

Lockheed wins $78M contract modification for undersea warfare combat systems
SALINA — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a $78.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise the option and provide funding for fiscal 2025 Hypervisor Technology Zero AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 surface ship undersea warfare combat systems and spares in support of the continued AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 development, integration, manufacture, production, and testing. Work will

Madison County solar project gets final siting permit
FENNER, N.Y. — A 140-megawatt solar array by Cypress Creek Renewables has received the go-ahead from the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting

Upstate Medical University breaks ground on new Upstate Pathology Institute, expects to add jobs
DeWITT, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University on Monday, July 7 broke ground on a new, 109,000-square-foot clinical pathology laboratory facility, known as the Upstate Pathology
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