BAE Systems recently received $179 million in total awards from the Army as part of the Limited Interim Missile Warning System Quick Reaction Capability program. This award includes orders for the first two production lots and funding to enable fielding of the next-generation Missile Warning System. The MWS provides crews with advanced threat detection capabilities, […]
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Boeing a three-year, $150 million contract modification to produce four additional boost vehicles for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. GMD is the only defense program capable of protecting the entire U.S. homeland, including Alaska and Hawaii, against long-range ballistic missile attacks. As the prime contractor, Boeing designs, produces, integrates, tests and […]
Intellectual property is a company’s most valued asset. Unfortunately, it is also what cybercriminals are hoping to catch on their on their next phishing trip in Hacker’s Pond. It’s a business’s biggest nightmare at worst; a major inconvenience at best. When dealing with government agencies, the risk is even greater. To that end, the Department […]
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) recently sat down with the Huntsville Business Journal at Huntsville West and discussed several issues important to our state and nation. This is the final installment of five reports from the interview. Today’s topic is the military and military families. HBJ: Huntsville is a military town, nicknamed “Pentagon South.” Tell […]
Sen. Jones: The wall has become more of a symbol now, than it is an effective reality.
BAE Systems said it intends to buy Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System business and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios business for a combined $2.2 billion. The two high-performing businesses are being sold in connection with obtaining the required antitrust clearances for the previously announced pending merger between Raytheon and United Technologies Corp, BAE Systems said […]
Qualis, an integrator of technical and engineering services to the Department of Defense and NASA, has acquired Bonham Technologies, a diversified Service Disabled, Veteran-Owned, Small Business. Bonham, which like Qualis is Huntsville-based, provides technical, programmatic and logistical support services for combat weapon systems and associated support equipment. Founded in 2004 by retired Army Col. Louis […]
In a conference room at Booz Allen’s fifth-floor Bridge Street office, anyone wearing virtual reality headgear can instantly be standing in the open door of a military plane flying above a training facility on the United States base of the instructor’s choosing. A first-timer wearing the contraption looks around the inside of the plane, steps […]
ICBM Weapon System Program Based in Huntsville
After supporting the Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville for more than 15 years, Leidos spent $3 million to retrofit its first physical systems and support center in Huntsville. The 63,000-square-foot building at 915 Explorer Boulevard in Cummings Research Park consolidates the defense division of the company into one Huntsville location. Defense Group President Gerry Fasano […]
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