The Army has awarded Sigmatech a 10-year, $249 million contract, the Department of Defense announced. The $249,213,547 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is the largest in company history. The previous highest award was $234 million with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command last year. Sigmatech was founded in 1986 by Dr. Gurmej S. Sandhu with a focus […]
Location. Location. Location. That’s the famous phrase about real estate. And, according to defense contractor Dayton T. Brown, that’s the reason it opened its Solid Rocket Motor Qualification & Production Test Center in the Rocket City. DTB’s facility on Pulaski Pike is a couple minutes down Pulaski Pike from L3Harris’ Advanced Manufacturing Facility – North, […]
For a woman-owned small business to survive, it takes perseverance, talent and consistency. And those traits were cited Thursday at Five Stones Research’s 20th anniversary celebration. “We’re saluting the Greens for creating a climate and environment of consistency,” said Rex Vaughn, chair of the Madison County Commission. “You’re a great hub for our community (in) […]
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 […]
A pair of companies are coming together to give a boost to American defense technology. Huntsville-based Performance Drone Works announced that Booz Allen’s new mission autonomy software will be integrated on its attritable multirotor drones. The software supports autonomy-enabled mission execution, helping operators execute parts of the mission workflow with reduced manual control while retaining […]
When disaster strikes, every minute matters, and the right information can mean the difference between uncertainty and action. To meet these challenges, the University of Alabama in Huntsville hosted Alabama Shield 2026, the first exercise of its kind in Alabama. The statewide disaster response exercise was designed to help participants from a wide variety of […]
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 […]
B&A, a mission-critical technology and solutions provider to the federal government, marking its continued investment in the area with a grand opening of its Huntsville office. The 45,000-square-foot facility significantly expands B&A’s presence and investment in North Alabama, providing the infrastructure, technical expertise, and integration capacity to rapidly design, prototype, test, and deliver mission-ready solutions. […]
With a target of shorter lead times and lower costs, EOS Defense Systems USA is expanding production at its Huntsville facility for the next generation of Slinger, the company’s flagship counter-drone Remote Weapon System. The product is in the final stages of development with upgrades focused on autonomy to meet the current threat, the company […]
“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 […]
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