High Tech Jobs Going to Montgomery

From the Charleston Gazette:


January 20, 2007

Montgomery to get six high-tech jobs

By Susan WilliamsStaff writer

Thanks to a multimillion-dollar federal contract, six high-technology jobs are coming to Montgomery with the promise of more next year.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd announced Friday that Spatial Integrated Systems Inc. of Rockville, Md., has been awarded a $24 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop special sensor technologies for unmanned surface vehicles.
The work will be done at the Upper Kanawha Valley Community Technology Building in Montgomery this spring.

“This contract will result in high-tech jobs for the Upper Kanawha Valley and is the realization of many years of dedicated effort on the part of community, academic and industry leaders to revitalize the regional economy,” Byrd said.

SIS has research and development facilities in Charleston and Montgomery, and partnerships with Technology Solutions in Charleston, the Upper Kanawha Valley Economic Development Corporation in Montgomery, faculty at both Marshall University and West Virginia University Institute of Technology and facilities in Arizona and California.
Dr. Ali Farsaie, president and CEO of SIS, said he will partner with Tech and Marshall and create as many as 20 high-tech jobs.

Farsaie said advances in special sensor technology for unmanned vehicles will help the Navy in its operational mission around the world.

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