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People news: Potocki joins Indium Corp. in international HR liaison role
CLINTON, N.Y. — Christine Potocki has joined Indium Corporation as strategic human-resources business partner – international integration. In this role, Potocki serves as a partner
Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant awarded $19M Navy contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in suburban Syracuse has won a $19 million adjustment to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy. The cost-plus-incentive-fee modification is to a previously awarded delivery order under a contract for design and qualification testing of submarine electronic-warfare equipment, according to a Feb. 13 contract

NUAIR’s Stewart reelected president of the Commercial Drone Alliance
Ken Stewart, president and CEO of NUAIR, will also continue serving as president of the nonprofit Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA). NUAIR (Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance Inc.) is a Syracuse–based nonprofit that provides expertise in uncrewed-aircraft systems (UAS). NUAIR manages New York’s 50-mile UAS corridor between Syracuse and Griffiss International Airport in Rome. A UAS

Herkimer College to add esports- management degree and arena this fall
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College will add a new esports-management degree this fall and a new esports arena to support the new degree and the esports team on campus. “This is an exciting time for Herkimer College with the addition of esports management to our academic portfolio,” Cathleen C. McColgin, Herkimer College president,

KeyBank using Blend platform for digital mortgage applications
KeyBank recently announced it is using a software platform provided by Blend (NYSE: BLND) that digitizes the end-to-end mortgage-application process for clients looking to purchase or refinance a home. San Francisco, California–based Blend provides a cloud-based banking platform to “streamline workflows and transform banking experiences for their customers,” per the Blend website. With the use
State awards DRI, NY Forward funding to four CNY communities
HOMER, N.Y. — New York State has awarded the Village of Homer in Cortland County $10 million as the Central New York winner of the

SUNY Poly to host regional business plan contest semifinal in April
UTICA, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute will host the New York Business Plan Competition’s Mohawk Valley regional semifinal with Hartwick College and its new Innovation

Griffiss Institute receives $3 million in funding for Internet of Things lab
ROME, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) on Friday announced $3 million in funding for the Griffiss Institute, in collaboration with the Central New
Lockheed Martin to pay dividend of $3 per share in late March
The Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) board of directors has authorized a first-quarter, 2023 dividend of $3 a share. The dividend is payable on March 24, to holders of record as of the close of business on March 1. The payment is the same amount that the company paid in the fourth quarter, when it boosted the

Quanterion lands research contract
UTICA, N.Y. — Quanterion Solutions, Inc. has been selected for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award titled “Internet of Things Onboarding Capability (IoTOC)” to develop cloud-based IoT acceptance test methodologies for Air Force systems integration. The SBIR, sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, is the second one awarded to
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