After an out of this world reception from a sellout crowd Monday night at Toyota Field, the Artemis II crew landed Tuesday at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen spoke to and answered questions from MSFC employees who did the work to […]
A long-neglected section of Huntsville is about to take another step in its rehabilitation. Business and property owners in West Huntsville’s Choice Neighborhood Mill Creek area will be eligible to apply for grants to improve their building exteriors. “I am proud of the investment and attention that is being given to the people of West […]
Things are about to get ugly for Alabamians in the trade war between the U.S. and Canada. You see, Canada is Alabama’s No. 1 international trade partner. Alabama exports about $4.3 billion in goods to Canada each year, representing nearly 20% of the state’s total exports. Also, 129 Canadian-owned companies employ 13,850 workers in Alabama. […]
It’s a simple question and a simple answer. “What would you do if your neighbor or best friend said ‘I’ve got to go to my doctor’s appointment or a job interview or to the drugstore’,?” Redstone Credit Federal Union President and CEO Joe Newberry asked. “You’ll say ‘I’ll give you a ride or find a […]
We all know that technology is a “what’s new today is obsolete tomorrow” animal. And, relating to national security, there are gaps in developing a cyber workforce that meets the nation’s national security needs. Identifying those gaps and building Huntsville’s next generation cyber workforce was the subject of a Cyber Huntsville panel discussion Tuesday. “Are […]
Called a “one-stop shop” for research and testing by Maj. Gen. Jason Cothern of the Huntsville-based Missile Defense Agency, the new Auburn University Applied Research Laboratory features the nation’s first university-led space electronics testing facility. Cothern made his remarks during Tuesday’s ribbon-cutting of the 50,000 square-foot facility in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park. He was joined […]
When the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering does something, it’s with the students in mind. And Monday was no exception. PROJECTXYZ CEO Kim Lewis and President Larry Lewis, along with ASCTE President Matt Massey and ASCTE Foundation President PeggyLee Wright, joined the entire student body in announcing a $250,000 investment in the ASCTE […]
In a matter of seconds and a puff of smoke, the threat is eliminated. And in this era of drones and counter-drones, this is what warfare has become. KBR is on the front-line of this new style of combat with its Firefly weapon system – designed, engineered and tested in Huntsville. Simply put, it is […]
In what is called a significant milestone, Torch Technologies was awarded a contract valued at more than $992 million from the Air Force. Torch, a Huntsville-based employee-owned company, participated in this week’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium. The $992,350,357 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is for technical and management advisory services. This contract provides support for aerospace […]
If there were any doubts the commander of the U.S. Space Command had misgivings about moving to Huntsville, he dispelled them Wednesday. “This feels a little more like home every day,” Gen. Stephen Whiting said during the Space Command update at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium. “We’re moving full speed to make Redstone Arsenal […]
