To help ensure mission readiness for the Army’s Chinook helicopter fleet, Collins Aerospace has been awarded a contract worth up to $472 million. The announcement was made Tuesday during the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville. The Army contract is to provide engineering services that support the modernization and sustainment of the CH‑47 Chinook […]
The test-firing of a next generation missile motor has been called a success, Lockheed Martin announced on the opening day of the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville. The company said the Stage 2 rocket motor for the Next Generation Interceptor program completed a static fire test inside a high-vacuum chamber that replicates the […]
Fresh on the heels of its initial public offering, Applied Aerospace & Defense has named Chris Rogers to the newly created position of president and chief strategy officer. Applied provides advanced manufacturing for mission-critical space and defense applications. In a news release, the company said it is evolving its executive leadership structure to support accelerated […]
Raytheon’s new missile contract from the Missile Defense Agency is expected to heavily engage its operations in Huntsville, bolstered by a recent $115 million expansion of its missile integration facility here. The $745,387,095 contract is for the production and sustainment of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptors to strengthen U.S. and allied readiness against evolving ballistic […]
Teledyne and its broad portfolio of technologies will be among the companies and agencies taking part in the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium. The annual event is Tuesday through Thursday at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville. For 29 years, the Space and Missile Defense Symposium – the largest gathering of industry leaders, […]
Yorktown Systems Group’s $51.5 million contract award leads this week’s list of Huntsville defense contract announcements. The local company’s $51,565,132 firm-fixed-price five-year contract provides warfighter training support services for the Air Force Academy. The work will be performed at the academy and is expected to be complete by Aug. 2, 2031. Other Huntsville contract announcements: […]
DEFTEC, a women-owned small business specializing in government contracting solutions, will hold an open house to mark the grand reopening of its Huntsville headquarters. The event, scheduled for Aug. 12 from 3 to 6 p.m., will highlight the company’s expansion in the region and is open to employees, industry partners and members of the community. […]
A donation from a Huntsville aerospace and defense company to the University of Alabama in Huntsville is expected to pay off for students and the city, UAH officials said. Astrion recently awarded $75,000 to UAH’s College of Science to support the school’s anechoic chamber initiative, a facility where students will test antennas, sensors and radio […]
Huntsville sits at the crossroads of space, defense and technology. And nowhere was that more apparent than at Monday’s “groundbreaking” ceremony for integrated aerospace and defense company Redwire. Actually, it was more of a “dirt throwing” as the shell of the new facility loomed in the background of the ceremony. In fact, for Mayor Tommy […]
Military use of drones has increased exponentially in the war in Ukraine and, most recently, in the fighting in the Middle East. However, modern conflict has shown that nations cannot surge industrial capability after a crisis begins, which could limit the availability of the unmanned systems. For the United States, that has been troubling particularly […]
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