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 […]
$351.6 million contract to produce Common-Hypersonic Glide Body prototypes
(This is the second and final installment of a two-part story on the area’s growing economy.) Recently, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle shared his vision for Huntsville in terms of an average sized pie. He, along with business owners and civic officials, stood at city center – what Battle calls Huntsville’s “living room” – and looked […]
The expansion into Cummings Research Park is expected to improve Bechtel’s collaboration with aerospace and defense industry partners.
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