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A global technology company is bringing production of one of its advanced defense computing platforms to the United States for the first time, and Huntsville is where it is happening. […]

A counter-drone system being produced in Huntsville is now reaching U.S. Army units, just months after L3Harris Technologies announced a $106 million order for the VAMPIRE system. L3Harris announced on […]

Paint Rock Forest Research Center has rolled out a fresh brand identity designed in collaboration with Jacksonville State University’s Department of Art + Design, giving the North Alabama nonprofit a […]

Huntsville-based Cummings Aerospace has successfully tested a new vehicle-mounted launcher for its Hellhound S3, demonstrating how a single operator can launch and simultaneously monitor multiple precision weapons against different targets. […]

Huntsville-based Performance Drone Works is teaming up with two Ukrainian defense technology companies to bring battlefield-tested thermal imaging technology into American drone production. PDW announced Monday it has signed a […]

PPG is making a $70 million investment in its longtime Huntsville aerospace operation, adding a new 112,000-square-foot facility as demand grows for aircraft cockpit and passenger windows. The multiyear expansion […]

Raytheon has been awarded a missile defense contract worth up to $6.3 billion, with production work planned in Huntsville and Tucson, Arizona. The Department of War announced Thursday that Raytheon, […]

A counter-drone laser developed in Huntsville is one of just four directed-energy systems selected by the Department of War for a new pilot program aimed at defending U.S. military installations […]

Boeing has been awarded a $14.7 billion contract to triple production of a critical Patriot missile component manufactured in Huntsville, an expansion expected to create hundreds of direct and indirect […]

Huntsville-based Abaco Systems has been awarded a $10.1 million U.S. Air Force contract supporting the B-1B bomber, with all of the work set to be performed in Huntsville. The firm-fixed-price […]

Downtown Madison is preparing for a significant wave of new development, with plans moving forward for more than 37,000 square feet of commercial space that will bring an event center, […]

Huntsville companies are among 16 businesses selected by NASA for a new $1.4 billion logistics contracting vehicle supporting work across the space agency. The selections include Huntsville-based LogiCore Corporation and […]

Alabama entrepreneurs looking to build a business around artificial intelligence — or use it to get a business off the ground — could soon have a new place to turn for help. The E-Center and Innovate Alabama are partnering to establish the Alabama AI Accelerator in Decatur. Organizers describe it as Alabama’s first statewide AI […]

Huntsville-based LESCO Inc. has been awarded a $24.7 million contract to support dining services for the Tennessee National Guard. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was awarded by the U.S. Property and […]

A Shoals-based steel fabrication company has landed an $11.5 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract for work supporting a major lock and dam on the Ohio River. G & […]

A major U.S. Army air and missile defense contract awarded to Huntsville-based Dynetics earlier this year has grown to nearly $655 million. Dynetics was awarded a $37.7 million contract modification […]

Another multibillion-dollar missile production deal is moving forward as the Department of War pushes to rapidly expand the nation’s munitions manufacturing capacity, an effort that includes Raytheon‘s growing missile operations […]

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HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the companies based there have generated $5.5 billion in economic impact for Alabama since the Huntsville institute opened in 2006, according to a new study. […]

L3Harris Technologies has received a contract valued at more than $6 billion to dramatically increase propulsion production for the nation’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The seven-year contract from […]

Alabama community colleges will begin offering free artificial intelligence training for manufacturing workers and students following a statewide agreement signed Monday at Calhoun Community College. The Manufacturing Institute and the […]

Huntsville will remain part of the engineering effort behind the U.S. Air Force’s Medusa counter-drone system as the service continues to evolve technology designed to detect and defeat small unmanned […]

Huntsville-based Trideum Corp. has landed a $400 million U.S. Army contract to identify gaps and vulnerabilities in cyber electromagnetic activities. The Army awarded Trideum a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, according to […]

Huntsville engineer, entrepreneur and UAH alumnus Mike Wicks is giving $1.5 million to his alma mater, putting his family’s name on a prominent space inside the university’s new engineering building. […]

A Huntsville defense technology company is moving one of its innovations into full-scale production under a $10.7 million contract supporting the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. IERUS Technologies Inc. was awarded […]

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