“A small house with a big message.” It was an apt description by Doug Brazier, Drake State Community and Technical College’s dean of workforce development, during a celebration Wednesday of a partnership among the college, the North Alabama Homebuilding Academy, and Nexus Energy Center. The event recognized the students who renovated a model tiny house, […]
As demand grows for advanced drone capabilities, Huntsville-based Performance Drone Works is looking to Ukraine for technology shaped by the realities of modern warfare. The collaboration advances PDW‘s strategy to field battle-tested technology through American engineering and industrial capacity, with planned Kurbas camera qualification and production, and exploration of U.S. thermal sensor manufacturing. Performance Drone […]
To help the “urgent replenishment” of the nation’s missile supply, Raytheon has secured a five-year contract to produce Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors. The $6.3 billion contract, with two additional option years, provides long-term production stability for critical missile defense capability, the defense contractor said. “This award underscores Raytheon’s commitment to increasing production of critical […]
“Location. Location. Location.” is the most famous rule in real estate. It also applies to navigation. And, in these ever-changing times, some vital navigation technology is not keeping pace with growing demand. So, to meet that demand, Advanced Navigation America, the U.S. arm of global robotics company Advanced Navigation, is expanding manufacturing in Huntsville to […]
In what could be called a “Space Command kumbaya,” elected and business leaders of Colorado Springs and Huntsville came together Monday to celebrate a new period of cooperation ending years of rancor and even litigation. Highlighting a slate of meetings and discussions at the Davidson Technologies headquarters in Redstone Gateway was Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander […]
A new PAC-3 missile contract for Boeing will result in the creation of hundreds of jobs in the Huntsville area. Under the $14.7 billion contract awarded by Lockheed Martin, Boeing will triple production and deliver PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement seekers, according to a Boeing news release. “Early investment and a relentless focus on quality and […]
What’s Huntsville’s “secret sauce?” According to Mayor Tommy Battle, it’s building relationships across all levels of government and industry. And that is what helped the Rocket City earn recognition as a Secret Sauce Community, according to Heartland Forward. The Bentonville, Ark.-based think-and-do tank honored three cities — Huntsville; Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Oklahoma City — […]
With the aim of preparing the future workforce to meet the demands of manufacturing and artificial intelligence, the Manufacturing Institute and the Alabama Community College System signed a Memorandum of Understanding to bring the institute’s AI Skills for Manufacturing Training Suite to community colleges across Alabama. The agreement was signed Monday in a ceremony at […]
Trideum tops this week’s list of local defense contract awards with its $400 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contract, awarded by the Army, is to find gaps and vulnerabilities in cyber electromagnetic activities. The estimated completion date is Sept. 21, 2034. The Army Field Directorate Office at Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity Founded […]
Huntsville’s aerospace and defense ecosystem continues to be a magnet for business. The latest business to be drawn to the Rocket City is Davis Management, a Boston-based real estate investment, development, and management firm. Davis recently acquired an 80,000 square-foot, industrial research and development facility on Wall-Triana Highway, across from the International Intermodal Center. “We […]
