Department of Defense Contract Review: October 17-28

This series from the Huntsville Business Journal covers Department of Defense (DoD) contracts awarded to Huntsville-Madison County and Alabama businesses. Each week, the Huntsville Business Journal provides you with an update to the various military contracts that local and state businesses are awarded. This entry covers contracts listed on the Department of Defense daily postings from Monday, October 17th– […]

Velox Announces New Partnership with Huntsville Utilities

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Velox LLC is excited to announce it has been awarded a one-year contract with Huntsville Utilities to construct fiber infrastructure bringing fiber internet advancement to their expanding systems. Scheduled to begin this month, the project will help close the digital divide and make reliable internet available to more homes. Recently named the fastest-growing […]

UAH Engineering Programs Receive Highest Accreditation From Engineering Accreditation Commission ABET “Next General Review”

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The College of Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has been notified that that the seven UAH engineering undergraduate programs under review had received a “Next General Review” from the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). […]

NeXolve’s Polymer Film Material Blasting Off Through Innovate Alabama Grant

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Innovate Alabama awarded NeXolve Holding Company a grant to further the development of new material for polymer films used in space. The Innovate Alabama grant allows NeXolve to capitalize on the material development results from their Phase II SBIR and enhance their manufacturing capabilities in North Alabama. The new material has already shown […]

Lockheed Martin Marks First Next Generation Interceptor Flight Software Delivery

Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first flight software package for the nation’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) interceptor ahead of schedule. Lockheed Martin’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program completed its first official software release in August 2022. The delivery of this first incremental flight software to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) marks a critical step […]

Huntsville GovCons Choose Unanet Over Legacy IT Systems

Radiance Technologies, a Huntsville-based company focusing on solutions for defense, intelligence and civilian clients like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, is replacing its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with Unanet GovCon ERP and customer relationship management technology (CRM) to streamline processes and reduce manual errors in the business. The employee-owned company, with […]

Scientific Research Corporation Gives Back to Alabama A&M University’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) announced a newly formed relationship with Alabama A&M University (AAMU) that aligns with a diversity  and inclusion strategy for community outreach and recruitment initiatives. SRC committed to a $165,000 investment to enable AAMU to meet the needs of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences students in […]

America Makes TRX Comes to Huntsville

On October 18th and 19th, engineering, scientific, and academic professionals from around the nation converged at the UAH campus for America Makes Technical Review and Exchange (TRX), a conference and networking event centered around the future of advanced manufacturing technologies.  This is the first time the event has been held in Huntsville, with the majority […]

Von Braun Symposium and Memorial Dinner to Welcome Aerospace Executives and Leaders

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Leading government officials, industry executives, academia and others from the aerospace community will gather at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, for the 15th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium on Oct. 26-28. This year’s theme is “Space at the Table: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Inclusion.” Organized by […]

Mary Makima Ross’ Love for UAH lives on With $400,000 Gift

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Lester Ross, Sr., Mary Makima Ross’s husband of more than 40 years, says his wife, who died in 2021 at the age of 75, was always giving money to the “places where it would do the most good.” For her, supporting education was paramount, and she made sure to impact students for years […]