as Northrop Grumman , Boeing and Lockheed Martin ; major airlines and international airports ; and U . S . and foreign militaries rely on FCX Systems for durable products that perform beyond the required operations .
The Morgantown facility is FCX ’ s sole location . FCX engineers design each unit , and while the magnetics and enclosures are outsourced , the West Virginia team does all the wiring and manufacturing and tests each unit against military specifications .
FCX Systems was awarded the President ’ s “ E ” Award for exporting excellence in 1999 and the President ’ s “ E ” Star Award in 2016 , the highest recognition for a U . S . company engaged in exporting . It was the first company in West Virginia to receive this honor .
Lockheed Martin
From the outside looking in , it seems Lockheed Martin does it all . From autonomy and artificial intelligence and electronic warfare to advanced manufacturing and integrated air and missile defense , the company builds products to
Photo by Lockheed Martin .
support U . S . warfighters and U . S . allies around the world .
“ What Lockheed Martin does is important to us all ,” says Chuck Saffle , site manager for Lockheed Martin ’ s subassembly plant in Clarksburg , WV . “ We provide our military men and women
with the solutions they need to defend our nation , as well as the technologies we all use every day . Here in Clarksburg , we have been fortunate to do our part since 1962 , when the plant produced its first aircraft component .”
At the Clarksburg location , which
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