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BIRMINGHAM — The Alabama Republican Party has started a GoFundMe account to help the families of two Alabama veterans captured in Ukraine. The families of Alex Drueke and Andy Huyn […]

HUNTSVILLE — Leidos has been awarded a $334 million contract to assist the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory develop an air-breathing hypersonic system. The program, known as “Mayhem,” consists of expendable hypersonic […]

MELBOURNE, Fla. — L3Harris Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in a $4.7 billion all-cash transaction, the companies announced. L3Harris, the nation’s sixth-largest contractor, said it is […]

HUNTSVILLE – Intuitive Research and Technology has won cyber-related contracts to Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex and the Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. The two contracts combine for […]

HUNTSVILLE – PeopleTec has earned the Military Friendly Employer Silver designation and the Military Spouse Friendly Employer designation for 2023. Military Friendly is a standard measuring an organization’s commitment, effort, […]

HUNTSVILLE – At Thursday’s Redstone Update, Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan began his address with a most pressing message. “This weekend, the Black Knights are preparing to dominate the Navy Midshipmen […]

HUNTSVILLE – Imagine if Santa had these for his sleigh. However, it will be the Air Force and Navy that will use Aerojet Rocketdyne-produced rocket motors and sleds for the […]

HUNTSVILLE – Redstone Arsenal is the economic engine that powers roughly half of the Huntsville metro economy with agencies managing more than $50 billion in federal spending. Perhaps nothing on […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville-based Aerobotix and Austria-based FerRobotics have developed a long-needed solution to the aerospace industry’s need for an automated tool to make precision masking tape applications. The Active Taping […]

HUNTSVILLE — An early Christmas present may soon be in the offing for Huntsville in general and Redstone Arsenal in particular. According to military.com, Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander of […]

HUNTSVILLE — Summit 7 has become the first defense industrial base-focused partner to leverage Microsoft’s Azure Government Secret to handle sensitive data on behalf of the Department of Defense, the […]

HOUSTON — KBR has been awarded a $156.7 million task order to support capabilities assessment and enhancements for the Army’s Utility Helicopter 60 Variant Fleet, providing technologically superior and cost-effective […]

HUNTSVILLE – Faced with challenges, including being down two developers, Huntsville’s Integration Innovation Inc.’s “Gaining Ground” still brought home the Best Narrative Experience award at the 2022 Armed Forces Game […]

HUNTSVILLE – IPT Associates, headquartered in Huntsville, has been awarded U.S. Army Futures Command Combat Capability Development Command Aviation and Missile Center Enterprise Information Technology Support Services contract valued at […]

HUNTSVILLE — Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Battle Command System completed the final, demanding assessment, during its recent Operational Test and Evaluation. This was the final test before the Army decides to […]

HUNTSVILLE — Integration Innovation Inc., developers of virtual and augmented reality training products for the military, has joined the Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Association after several of its training and simulation […]

HOLLYWOOD – It began in August 2021 with Huntsville’s CFD Research opening a 13,125 square-foot test and evaluation facility on about 10 acres of land in Jackson County Industrial Park. […]

WASHINGTON — Retired Army Lt. Col. Jeff Wishik of Madison is among seven Alabama veterans saluted by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville to commemorate Veterans Day. “In 1945, a World War […]

HUNTSVILLE — She’s not quite a “grand ol’ flag,” but the flag of the newest branch of the U.S. military will be flying high in Huntsville, thanks to the Madison […]

HUNTSVILLE — There was a whole lot of shaking going on Saturday morning as the Marshall Space Flight Center’s original administrative headquarters known as Building 4200 was imploded in a […]

HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville engineering firm AVNIK Defense Solutions has been given an opportunity to commercialize a military product to aid civilian utility companies, thanks to Innovate Alabama. The product – […]

HUNTSVILLE — Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first flight software package for the nation’s next-generation ICBM interceptor ahead of schedule. The delivery to the Missile Defense Agency marks a critical […]

HUNTSVILLE — Aerojet Rocketdyne will power the Navy’s new Compact Rapid Attack Weapon as part of the Raytheon Missiles & Defense team building the next generation torpedo. Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Huntsville […]