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 […]
A $58.6 billion Army contract for Lockheed Martin reinforces long-term efforts to expand interceptor manufacturing for the Patriot air and missile defense system. The seven-year contract supports sustained production of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor, a key component of the United States’ layered air and missile defense architecture. Officials said the agreement reflects continued […]
Huntsville-based Aventis has been awarded a pair of Air Force contracts valued at more than $856 million, the Department of Defense announced. The $523,863,958 and $323,405,239 cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts are for technical and management advisory services, the DoD said. The contracts provide support for aerospace research, development, and test and evaluation activities. The work will be […]
It’s a matter of warfare math: Why use a multimillion dollar missile to intercept a drone that costs thousands of dollars? And a Huntsville-born company answered that question with an affordable, mass-producible interceptor for the U.S. and its allies. X-Bow Systems unveiled Buckler, a low-cost interceptor designed to defeat Group 3 drones at supersonic speeds. […]
Fresh off the heels of Huntsville being named among the nation’s top cities for aerospace and defense investment, it was announced that Redwire, an integrated aerospace and defense company, will expand its presence in the Rocket City. The announcement was made this morning by Redwire officials with Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and state economic officials […]
Huntsville isn’t nicknamed “Pentagon of the South” for nothing. The latest affirmation comes from Global Location Strategies which today released its inaugural “2026 Best Places for Aerospace & Defense Insights Report.” The report identifies the most competitive U.S. metropolitan regions for aerospace and defense investment while revealing a fundamental shift reshaping one of America’s most […]
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