Boeing Awarded $1.6B Contract for Minuteman Missile

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $1.6 billion contract to provide guidance subsystem support for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is supported at the Boeing Huntsville site. Boeing will maintain the around-the-clock readiness and accuracy of Minuteman ICBM guidance systems — which have logged more than 40 million hours of continuous operation […]

UAH Selected to Be Part of Inaugural Cohort of Heterodox Academy’s Campus Program

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama, has been selected to be part of the inaugural cohort of Heterodox Academy’s (HxA) Campus Community program. Launched in 2018, Heterodox Academy is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in New York City that works to positively impact the […]

Registration Open for the 2023 HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is teaming with Urban Engine to host the sixth HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge (HATCH) March 3-5, presented by LatchBio. The HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge, or HATCH, is a life sciences hackathon where participants compete to solve real-world issues faced by biotechnology researchers and innovators in genomics, genetics, and bioinformatics. The event will […]

Huntsville Ranked Top 5 Among Country’s Most Prosperous Metros for 2023

The Rocket City appears to be starting off 2023 on the same note that it ended on in 2022. The city, which was already singled out as one of the best places to live, is also predicted to be in the top five of the country’s most prosperous cities in 2023.  This prediction comes from […]

February 2023