Three Progress Bank staff graduate from Alabama Banking School

A total of 36 students from across the state graduated from the Alabama Banking School on August 26. Held at The Renaissance Hotel in Montgomery, this year’s session was the 47th since the school first began in 1976. First Community Bank of Central Alabama’s Chairman Tra Cosby served as this year’s commencement speaker. Alabama Banking School […]

Five Stones Research Corporation awarded $200m military contract

Five Stones Research Corporation (5SRC) in Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded a competitive cost-plus-fixed-fee level-of-effort contract. The total value of this contract is $266,416,474.  Under this new contract, the 5SRC will provide support that includes improved weapons systems cybersecurity through Cybersecurity Management; providing improved effectiveness of the current Department of Defense (DoD) Computer Network Defense […]

A comprehensive look into Huntsville’s infrastructure: Mayor Battle envisions communities within ‘bigger community’

The goal is to see individual neighborhoods thriving as part of a much larger landscape. That’s how Mayor Tommy Battle envisions Huntsville, already the largest city in the state, as the metro area continues to grow in population and expand commercially. As part of a plan for infrastructure, Battle and his administration introduced what they […]

Aerobotix Marks 40th restoration of air inlet ducts on F-22 Raptor aircraft

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Yesterday marked the 40th restoration of air inlet ducts on the F-22 Raptor aircraft on behalf of the U.S. Air Force by Huntsville-based Aerobotix, an AS9100-certified FANUC robotics integrator. With funding from the Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, Aerobotix developed an automated painting system […]

Huntsville area CEOs get soaked for ALS

The Alabama Chapter of the ALS Association and many community leaders teamed up this past Tuesday to raise critical funds and awareness for the fight against ALS by participating in The ALS Association’s CEO Soak at the Brahan Spring Park Splash Pad.  Leaders included Lee Mixon, CEO of GovConBids; Joe Paschall, Vice-President of nLogic; Kim […]

Boeing wins $5 billion Missile Defense Agency GMD Contract

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System Integration, Test and Readiness (SITR) contract. The contract is worth up to $5 billion. Boeing has supported the GMD system since its inception in 1998, through development, sustainment and test operations. The system has now been on alert […]

President Biden appoints Drake State’s Dr. Patricia Sims to National Infrastructure Advisory Council

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – President Biden announced this week his intent to appoint Dr. Patricia G. Sims, President of Drake State Community & Technical College, to the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). The NIAC advises the White House on how to reduce physical and cyber risks and improve the security and resilience of the nation’s […]

Real Estate Update: Rental Woes Ravage Small Businesses

This entry of the Huntsville Business Journal’s Real Estate Update takes a step back from the residential real estate market in order to take a look at developments in commercial real estate.  The August 2022 report from Alignable, the nationwide small business online network company, shows a record-breaking 40% of small businesses nationally being unable […]

Council approves HCS construction of new Central Office

The Huntsville City Schools Board of Education will soon have a new home as will the Career Tech Center, and both will share the same campus at the corner of Max Luther Drive and North Memorial Parkway. The Huntsville City Council approved the transfer of 14 acres of what is the old Builder’s Square property […]

Doster begins HQ at Upland Park; residents moving in at Constellation

Doster Construction Company continues to make an imprint around Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley, including being part of the Upland Park development in Cummings Research Park. Upland Park is an 110,000 square foot, four-story mixed-use project that will consist of office, retail and restaurant spaces being built on Enterprise Way. Doster is erecting the HQ, […]