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Manufacturing & Engineering

New drone corridor between Syracuse & Montreal in the works

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The first international electric, advanced air mobility (AAM) corridor between Syracuse Hancock International Airport and Quebec is under development. VPorts, a Mirabel, Québec–based firm, is developing the corridor project. VPorts specializes in the design, construction, and operation of advanced AAM infrastructure, per a Nov. 29 release from the Syracuse airport. The corridor

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Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant wins nearly $14 million Navy contract modification

SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in suburban Syracuse has won a $13.96 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy. The cost-plus-fixed-fee modification is to exercise an option for AN/SLQ-32(V)6 design agent support, according to a Nov. 21 contract announcement from the U.S. Department of Defense. Work will

New York milk producer prices barely higher than prior month, but still up over 37 percent from a year ago

Milk prices at the producer level in New York state stayed high in the latest month as inflationary pressures persisted. New York dairy farms in September were paid an average of $26 per hundredweight of milk in September, up slightly from $25.90 in August, but up 37.6 percent from the $18.90 average in September 2021.

New York egg production rises less than 1 percent in October

New York farms produced 149.3 million eggs in October, up 0.6 percent from 148.4 million eggs in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged more than 5.75 million in October, up 0.5 percent from nearly 5.73 million in the year-ago month.

Metal Solutions boosts productivity with National Grid grant

UTICA, N.Y. — Metal Solutions Inc., a Utica manufacturer, recently installed a new state-of-the-art powder-coating system at its Broad Street plant that will increase productivity. Metal Solutions received a $100,000 economic-development grant from National Grid’s Electric Capital Investment Incentive program, according to a news release from the electricity and gas utility company. Metal Solutions had

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