Missile defense — Page 5

HUNTSVILLE – Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to produce additional solid rocket motors and control systems for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system. […]

HUNTSVILLE – Aerojet Rocketdyne continues to improve its processes to deliver advanced solid rocket motors to Lockheed Martin to power the Army’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The company […]

Team Redstone slates briefing for businesses

HUNTSVILLE — The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command will host Team Redstone’s 2023 Center of Excellence Advance Planning Briefings to its industry partners in the Bob Jones Auditorium on […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne hiring for new Huntsville facility

HUNTSVILLE – Aerojet Rocketdyne has begun hiring for its third campus in the Huntsville area, the company announced today. The new 379,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Jetplex Industrial Park is […]

HUNTSVILLE— The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $1.6 billion over 16 years to provide guidance subsystem support for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, which […]

Military satellite network honors warfighter

The Space Development Agency’s resilient layered network of military satellites and supporting elements is now the “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture” or PWSA, the SDA announced. The agency is developing a […]

Boeing is growing in Huntsville

HUNTSVILLE – Boeing celebrated the expansion of its Huntsville Electronic Center of Excellence Monday, with a long list of distinguished guests in attendance. The aerospace giant also presented a $150,000 […]

Torch wins $153.9M assault aircraft contract

HUNTSVILLE — Torch Technologies was awarded the $153.9 million Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft Program Management Office Engineering Services task order. The project has a 5-year […]

Joint Fires Summit coming in January

HUNTSVILLE — The Defense Strategies Institute’s second annual Joint Fires Summit is slated for next month in Huntsville. The summit is Jan. 18-19 at the Stone Event Center at Campus […]

Shelby's final vote brings $20.7B to North Alabama

WASHINGTON – An era came to an end Thursday in the halls of Congress. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) cast his final vote – in support of the comprehensive appropriations […]

FORT GREELY, Alaska – To bolster the nation’s homeland defense, Boeing has delivered two Huntsville-managed ground-based interceptors to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Fort Greely, Alaska. According to […]

Leidos awarded $334M hypersonic contract

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 […]

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 – 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 — 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 […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne to expand Huntsville presence

HUNTSVILLE– Aerojet Rocketdyne is expanding its Huntsville presence with additional job opportunities and a new facility to increase manufacturing and office space, the company announced today. The 379,000 square-foot manufacturing […]

HUNTSVILLE — The idea that if you build it, people will come, is not exclusive to Iowa cornfields. It is also true of North Alabama cotton fields. As Cummings Research […]

Northrop Grumman IBCS ready for fielding

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 […]

CFD Research expands Jackson County facility

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. […]

HUNTSVILLE – Regardless of whether you are a long-time Huntsville resident or a newcomer, it is impossible not to drive by the iconic Saturn V tower at the U.S. Space […]

MSFC's Building 4200 walls come tumblin' down

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 — 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 — Dynetics has been awarded a contract to increase the capacity for America’s hypersonic flight testing. The program, known as Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed, was awarded by […]

Zeus Research takes aim with SBIR funding

HUNTSVILLE – When Zeus Research was awarded a grant from Innovate Alabama recently, company officials saw it as an opportunity to test a new technology. In late August, Innovate Alabama […]