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By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 / Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories / 1 Comment
Wes Bush, the CEO of Northrop Grumman, one of the nation’s largest defense contractors, praised Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for its ability to produce work-ready engineers and called on other CEOs to partner with the school and others like it.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 / Earnings, East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Teledyne shares dip despite jump in Q4 profits
Shares of defense and industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies sank 1.6 percent in midday trading on Thursday despite higher sales and profits from the Thousand Oaks-based firm.
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By Staff Report / Friday, January 3rd, 2014 / Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Raytheon wins $70M radar jammer contract
Raytheon said Dec. 30 that it won a $70 million contract to produce radar jammers at one of its Goleta facilities to support foreign military sales to Morocco, Egypt and Iraq.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Central Coast, Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Lockheed relies on Trust: Motion-control firm lands defense contract
San Luis Obispo-based Trust Automation is rapidly expanding on the heels of an important defense contract.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 29th, 2013 / Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Cal Poly boots up cybersecurity program
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is rolling out a new Cybersecurity Center in collaboration with Northup Grumman and Raytheon with an eye toward training security experts for the defense industry and giving all of its engineering students a firmer grasp of how to make their creations secure against hackers.