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GlobalFoundries Secures A Contract With The Pentagon

GlobalFoundries has won a contract to produce computer chips for the defense department at two plants it acquired last year from IBM.

The chips will be made at the company's Fabs, or fabrication plants, in Essex Junction and in East Fishkill, New York, which GlobalFoundries took over last year.

A GlobalFoundries spokesman says the seven-year agreement with the Department of Defense is strategically important to the company, but it’s not a high-volume contract.

He declined to say how much the contract is worth and it’s not clear whether it will lead to any additional jobs in Essex Junction, where about 3,000 people are employed.

Under IBM the Essex plant was designated a “Trusted Foundry” by the U.S. government, which allowed it to manufacture chips for the defense industry.

The spokesman says after a recently-completed review process, the plant has been officially re-certified under GlobalFoundries.

Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.
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