Entries by Gus Wintzell

Sierra Space Expands Presence in Huntsville with LIFE Test

Sierra Space, a leading, pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced yesterday that it continues to make critical strides in the development of its softgoods inflatable technology — LIFE™ habitat (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) – solidifying its lead in the industry. The company’s LIFE testing campaign, a […]

Innovate Alabama awards more than $3 million in small business grants

Innovate Alabama announced the second round of recipients of the Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant, awarding more than $3 million to 19 small businesses across the state. The funds will be used to help these local business owners grow roots in Alabama by supporting the development and marketability of modern technology.  The initiative will continue to enhance Alabama’s […]

ServisFirst Bank Huntsville Announces New Vice President

ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS), announced the promotion of Lee Anne Logginsto Vice President, Treasury Management Sales Officer for the ServisFirst Bank Huntsville region. “Lee Anne has shown outstanding leadership within our team,” said Andy Kattos, ServisFirst Bank Huntsville Regional CEO. “She has done an excellent job of serving both our external […]

Huntsville Business Included in 2023 National Small Business Week Award Nominations

On March 14, 2023, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, announced the Small Business Persons of the Year from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.  The State, District of Columbia, and Puerto […]

NeXolve donates materials to support University of Alabama Student designed space experiment

HUNTSVILLE, AL – NeXolve has invested in the future of space exploration by donating deployable booms to the University of Alabama on Wednesday. The unique, light weight material will be used for the CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSL), a NASA-partnered student designed satellite experiment. The UA Student Team reached out to NeXolve in October 2022 asking […]

Dynetics completes critical hardware demonstrations for sustainable human landing system

Dynetics, a branch of the Leidos enterprise, has successfully completed more than a dozen hardware tasks on its sustainable human landing system (HLS) program over the past 17 months. Those tasks, which include design, build and test of critical technologies, lay the groundwork for development of the complete lander system. “Our team has continued to […]

NASA awards $217M contract to Huntsville’s PCI Productions

PCI Productions, LLC, a media production company owned by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, has been selected by NASA to manage a critically important contract, valued at up  to $217 million, in communication services for all its’ agency centers. The contract will exponentially expand the creation and dissemination of practical and appropriate NASA information […]

Huntsville Student Talks Internships, Biotechnology in New Book

When Martha Greer Walker started her internship in July of last year at the HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), she was still exploring future career options and was looking to answer some major questions about what the biotechnology field could do for young professionals. Like many other high school students, she was looking at the […]