Toyota Donation Helps Drive Advanced Manufacturing Program at Drake State
Major investment supports industry-educator collaboration
Entries by Bud McLaughlin
Redstone Federal, South Huntsville Business Main Announce Business Facade Grants
The matching grants would help property owners upgrade, rehabilitate, and preserve the façades of their businesses in the South Huntsville Main district
A Kick in the Grass: New Use for Joe Davis Stadium Proposed
There may be some new life breathed into Joe Davis Stadium. Think football. Think soccer. Think multi-use. The City Council heard a presentation Thursday of plans to transform Joe Davis Stadium into a multi-use stadium, which could possibly be used to host high school football games and sporting events. The presentation was in response to […]
DaikyoNishikawa US Breaks Ground on $110M Plant to Supply Mazda Toyota Factory
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood that is Mazda Toyota Manufacturing US. On Thursday, executives of DaikyoNishikawa US joined state and local leaders at a groundbreaking event on the MTMUS campus in Limestone County to launch construction on its $110 million manufacturing plant. It will be DNUS’s first U.S. manufacturing plant. The DNUS facility, […]
Auto Supplier Vuteq to Join Mazda Toyota Campus; Creating 200 Jobs
Another supplier will soon be breaking ground at the massive Mazda Toyota Manufacturing plant campus in Huntsville. Japan-based Vuteq, which has operated in North America for more than three decades, will hire approximately 200 workers for its first production location in Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday. Vuteq USA plans to invest more than $60 […]
MDA Director: We Can Sleep Knowing We are Protected
It was a simple question from a Nevada congressman to the director of the Missile Defense Agency: “Am I protected?” “Yes.” “I gave that answer because I have the utmost confidence in those soldiers sitting at the console,” MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill said Thursday at the 22nd Space & Missile Defense Symposium. Hill […]
Trash Pandas Name Fahrmann VP/GM
Chuck Domino named Special Advisor to CEO; Elaine Ballew new VP/Chief Revenue Officer.
Northrop Grumman Selected for Army Laser Initiative
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract for the U.S. Army Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) directed energy prototyping initiative. The program includes integrating a directed energy weapon system on a Stryker vehicle to help protect frontline combat units. The M-SHORAD directed energy prototyping initiative is managed by the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical […]
The ‘Final Frontier’ is a ‘Warfighting Domain’
Science fiction met science reality Monday in the Rocket City.
And no punches were pulled when it came to discussing national defense at the 22nd Space & Missile Defense Symposium. The symposium runs through Thursday at the Von Braun Center downtown.
Torch Technologies Makes “Top 100 Government Contractors” List
Torch Technologies continues to climb in the rankings of the nation’s top government contractors. In the annual Washington Technology “Top 100,” Torch Technologies was ranked 59th, up two spots from 2018. The list ranks the largest government contractors by their prime contract dollars in IT, professional services, telecommunications, and other high-tech service areas. For Huntsville-based […]
