SYRACUSE, NY, 19-FEB-01 -- Engineers from Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems (NE&SS)-Syracuse are visiting Central New York schools during February and March in activities relating to National Engineers Week. National Engineers Week is intended to increase the public's awareness and appreciation of the engineering profession. During the week, engineers across the U.S. participate in a variety of activities to help create an interest in engineering, math and science, especially among young men, women and minorities. With only nine percent of all engineering positions now filled by women, National Engineers Week 2001 will specifically focus on encouraging young women to seek careers in math, science and engineering

At our site in Syracuse we have nearly 1,000 fine, professional engineers and we have a keen interest in spreading the word about what a stimulating and satisfying career this can be, said Mike Smith, president, NE&SS-Radar Systems. We hope that some of the students we speak with will become our future employees.

Engineers from NE&SS-Syracuse will visit the following locations:

Liverpool High School - Feb. 27
Clary Middle School - Feb. 27
Cicero-North Syracuse High School - Feb. 28 and Mar. 1
Jamesville-Dewitt High School - Mar. 1
Baker High School, Baldwinsville - Mar. 1
Skaneateles High School - Mar. 1
Phoenix High School - Mar. 2
Lafayette High School - Mar. 6

A leader in ground-based and airborne radar, surface vessel and submarine electronic warfare, anti-submarine warfare systems and sensors, minehunting systems and vessel traffic management, Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Syracuse serves customers including all branches of the U.S. armed forces, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Transportation and State, and defense and transportation departments of countries on six continents. NE&SS-Syracuse employs approximately 2,100 people at its Syracuse, N.Y., headquarters and is a unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation.