As the two-day Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit drew to a close Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick announced 30 projects totaling nearly $10 billion that he said would advance American shipbuilding, munitions, the space industry and emerging technologies such as AI and robotics.<\/p>\n
McCormick, a Republican from Squirrel Hill, said the projects would support more than 4,000 jobs combined.<\/p>\n
Many of the deals were in the works before the summit began, but the announcements coincided with the end of the event and what McCormick hopes will be a focus on securing similar deals in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cPennsylvania is proving it can deliver, bringing the innovation, the workforce and the will to build\u201d America\u2019s military strength, McCormick said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at the projects with ties to Southwestern Pennsylvania, according to McCormick\u2019s office:<\/p>\n
\u2022 EOS Energy was awarded a Golden Dome for America contract from the Defense Department to develop long-duration energy storage to support the proposed defense shield.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Air, formerly Govini, is planning a 10-year, $450 million expansion of its Pittsburgh office that is expected to add 40 jobs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A $14 million to $30 million investment would enable the Acutronic Group to develop a Pittsburgh facility that McCormick said would be the world\u2019s largest facility \u201cdedicated to rate tables, hardware-in-the-loop simulators and stabilized platforms.\u201d The investment is expected to double Acutronic\u2019s Pennsylvania workforce, adding about 100 jobs over five years.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A pilot project by Firepoint Energy in Tunnelton, Indiana County, could result of an investment of $170 million to $2 billion, McCormick\u2019s office said. The proposed facility would convert waste coal into synthetic jet fuel, power and critical minerals.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The North Shore-based cybersecurity and data technology company Qintel secured an $84 million, multiple-year contract with U.S. Cyber Command.<\/p>\n
\u2022 McCormick said the Air Force is expanding the Squirrel Hill-based Blade Diagnostics\u2019 SmartBlend engine sustainment platform across its entire F-35 fleet in a move projected to save $1 billion to $2 billion.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Carnegie Robotics was selected for the third phase of an Army autonomous ground logistics program, positioning the company for a future production opportunity worth up to $400 million.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Reflection has entered into agreements to serve as an open-model AI provider to the Energy Department and Pentagon.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The California-based Aalyria Technologies signed a deal to use a new Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) in Pittsburgh\u2019s Bakery Square, growing its local team with talent from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
\u2022Parallax Advanced Research and the Regional Industrial Development Corp. are building the new, $10 million SCIF in Bakery Square.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The New Kensington-based Re:Build Manufacturing launched a line of lithium-ion drone battery packs as part of an $81 million investment. The deal is expected to create up to 300 jobs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The University of Pittsburgh is launching a consortium that spans 13 Defense Department medical research labs, Carnegie Mellon University and industry to advance autonomous battlefield medicine. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Trivedi Institute at the University of Pittsburgh is looking to develop a new institute for space and global biomedicine, with six jobs planned in Year 1.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Foundry, ViDARR and Envision Technology launched the Autonomous Systems Manufacturing Platform, leveraging more than $50 million in Carnegie Mellon investment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The new Southwest Pennsylvania Defense Ecosystem will be a coalition of government, industry and academia leaders spanning 10 counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the two-day Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit drew to a close Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-244203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}