Diamond Visionics tapped for simulators
[9/14/2007] - VESTAL -- Diamond Visionics LLC has been tapped by Frasca International Inc. of Urbana, Ill., to integrate its software into many of Frasca's flight simulators. link

Helicopter work brings $1.065B
[8/17/2007] - OWEGO -- Lockheed Martin has received $951.7 million from the U.S. Navy to produce and integrate mission systems for the MH-60R helicopter over five years. Lockheed annouces they will need 500 more workers in 2007 for projects. link

BU rises in rankings of nation's best public universities
[8/17/2007] - Binghamton University jumped one spot to 37th on the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation's public universities. This is the 12th consecutive year BU has ranked in the top 50 for public universities, and prospective students have seemed to take notice. link

Magazine feature may help region soar to new heights
[8/7/2007] - BINGHAMTON -- US Airways Magazine is telling the world about the Greater Binghamton area -- depicting it as a "happy, thriving place" where "immigrants rolled cigars and soled shoes" and visitors and residents alike "delight" in the area's rolling hills in the "Finger Lakes region of New York's southern tier." link

National Pipe plans $3 million expansion
[7/24/2007] - VESTAL -- National Pipe and Plastics will invest $3 million in its local operation, adding 50 jobs and expanding into three new product lines. link

Diversified heads to Kirkwood park
[7/18/2007] - KIRKWOOD -- Diversified Information Technologies said Tuesday it will open a data backup and recovery center at the L-3 Communications site in Kirkwood Industrial Park, making it the second company in less than two weeks to announce plans to locate there. link

Microdyne plans 350 new jobs
[7/7/2007] - KIRKWOOD -- Microdyne Outsourcing Inc., a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, is opening a technical support and sales center in Kirkwood Industrial Park that is expected to employ about 350 workers by late 2008. more...