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Lockheed relies on Trust: Motion-control firm lands defense contract

By   /  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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Cal Poly boots up cybersecurity program

By   /  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.

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Defense leaders say industry faces skilled worker shortage

By   /  Friday, November 22nd, 2013  /  Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Defense leaders say industry faces skilled worker shortage

Some of the nation’s top defense industry executives said at a forum at the Reagan Presidential Library on Nov. 16 that they have grave concerns about the nation’s ability to supply the workers needed to maintain the nation’s technological superiority.

Shaky job security at defense firms, competition for talent from non-defense companies and a shortage of science and math graduates are making it hard to hire and retain the kind of skilled people who have made the United States a world leader in technology for decades, panelists said.

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Defense furlough to end; 6,100 to return to work

By   /  Friday, August 9th, 2013  /  Latest news, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Defense furlough to end; 6,100 to return to work

The more than 6,100 civilian Department of Defense employees in the Tri-Counties will return to work full time after a U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced a furlough program will be cut short, ending next week. The military is the largest employer in the region, with 26,390 employees between Naval Base Ventura County and Read More →

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Vasquez: Navy’s pivot to Pacific benefits Ventura County

By   /  Thursday, May 9th, 2013  /  Latest news, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Vasquez: Navy’s pivot to Pacific benefits Ventura County

An additional 700 military personnel will come to Naval Base Ventura County to operate a unit of the Navy’s first large drone system, the base commander told a gathering of business leaders in Thousand Oaks on Thursday. Capt. Lawrence Vasquez talked about the economic impact of the naval base at a Corporate Leaders Breakfast at Read More →

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VSolvit lands $53M Navy support contract

By   /  Friday, March 29th, 2013  /  Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on VSolvit lands $53M Navy support contract

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Farms may feast on drone technology test results

By   /  Friday, March 22nd, 2013  /  Agribusiness, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Farms may feast on drone technology test results

Drones are coming, perhaps sooner rather than later to Ventura County, and the first place you see them might be the above the region’s fields and orchards. Congress has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to pick six testing sites around the country for the civilian use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, and Read More →

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