Torch Awarded $722M Aviation and Missile Systems Task Order

Torch Technologies has been awarded a $722 million task order to develop models and simulations for the Army. The award was by the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center Systems Simulation Software and Integration Directorate for Modeling and Simulation Aviation and Missile Systems. The task order has a five-year period of performance […]

Engineering Pioneer, Philanthropist Dr. Dorothy Davidson Dies

Team Davidson announces with great sorrow the passing of Dr. Dorothy S. Davidson, Executive Chair of the Davidson Technologies Board of Directors. Davidson passed away at home Tuesday, the company announced. Davidson was a vanguard, not only for women in her field, but a pioneer within the engineering industry as a whole. She began her […]

Ready for Relaunch! U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Space Camp Open with New Exhibits, New Facilities Planned

Sometimes we forget the wonders that exist just down the street or conveniently located around the corner from home. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center and Space Camp are truly exceptional features known worldwide, and there is a lot new happening there worth seeing, according to Dr. Kimberly Robinson, the new executive director and CEO. […]

Beyond the Cart: Huntsville’s Samantha Coots Finds Fulfillment While Fulfilling

Huntsville shopper honored for her essential work by Instacart

With 2020 Canned, Trash Pandas Ready for Opening Night

MADISON — The transition of the minor league Mobile BayBears to Madison was on a seamless track last year. Opening day for the return of professional baseball to the Tennessee Valley was not far off, and the renamed Rocket City Trash Pandas were ready to open their inaugural season at a brand new Toyota Field. […]

HudsonAlpha Breaks New Ground with Campus Expansion

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is the epicenter of ground-breaking work in biotechnology and genomics. In keeping with that image, it hosted a rather unique ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of its campus. Not only was it masked and socially distant, but it also took place inside the Propst Center with the participants each donning […]

Victory Solutions Awarded $169M NASA Contract

Huntsville-based Victory Solutions has been awarded a Consolidated Program Support Services Configuration and Data Management contract to provide CDM services at 10 NASA centers including Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center. A Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Woman-Owned Small Business, Victory Solutions specializes in building relationships with defense and commercial customers to develop, analyze, and integrate advanced aerospace […]

An Idea is Hatched: Hospitality Workforce Development Program to Begin in August

Starting this summer, a new workforce development nonprofit will do its part to bolster the hospitality workforce in Huntsville while also empowering the local young adults to lead self-sufficient lives. The program called Hatch is designed to help 18 to 24 year-olds gain essential life skills with training in the hospitality industry. The program will […]

Alabama Approves Innovation Legislation

The state of Alabama, near the bottom of the national rankings in its support of small business and entrepreneurship took a giant step to help solve that problem. The Alabama Senate this week unanimously passed HB 540 and HB 609, two bills geared toward the advancement of state’s economy. The passing of these bills serves […]

Adtran Reports Record Product Orders for First Quarter

Huntsville-based Adtran announced its financial results for the first quarter and reported record product order bookings in the quarter. “Our business continues to be driven by strong demand for our fiber access platforms, in-home service delivery platforms and software platforms with regional service providers across the U.S. and Europe,” said Adtran Chairman and Chief Executive […]