Longtime city residents will recognize the thundering sounds and the shaking of area structures when NASA’s historic 4670 Test Stand at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is once again ready to play a key role in the country’s space exploration. The 300-foot tall stand, first employed in 1965 to support the Apollo program’s Saturn V […]
DECATUR – Jamie Littlefield has been in his position as a union Business Representative for roughly five months, and he’s already been a part of a major contract agreement affecting an area branch. While recently representing District 75 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which includes Local 44 of the United […]
The collaboration between two giants of the aerospace industry, along with the government agency DARPA and the Air Force Research Lab, has produced a new, more efficient and cost-effective hypersonic missile platform. The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, an air-launched hypersonic missile system, was successfully flight-tested. During its flight, it reached an altitude over 6https://www.rocket.com/5,000 feet, […]
Huntsville is known for the advanced technology of its defense sector, with firms developing bleeding edge advancements in fields as varied as computer engineering, hypersonic ballistics, and material science. Since the advent of the Space Age, Huntsville has invested a great deal of resources into developing the intellectual infrastructure that has made this concentration of […]
As the demand for skilled technicians continues to grow, Drake State and local industry partners are teaming up for a win-win-win proposition. The Drake State CSI (Connecting Students with Industry) Advanced Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Program will match five companies with the right students as they pursue a two-year technical associate degree. The CSI program combines […]
On Wednesday, April 20, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) kicked off a series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke landing on the Moon. Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke, the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon, was the guest of […]
Toyota Manufacturing is again emphasizing the importance of its Huntsville plant for their plans to develop and build the cars of future. On Tuesday morning, executives from Toyota gathered at the Chamber of Commerce, along with Huntsville city leaders, to announce new funding totaling $383 million being invested across four manufacturing plants across America. Of […]
The Huntsville based Adtran Inc. announced last week that the Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative Corporation selected the Adtran 10G fiber access platform to bring fiber broadband connections with 10G speed across the rural Tennessee area. Adtran is a leading provider of next-generation multi-gigabit fiber access and fiber extension solutions. Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperation’s advanced fiber […]
For all of you science guys and gals out there, mark your calendars. HATCH is back. And this year, it’s an in-person event. HudsonAlpha’s 5th annual team-based tech challenge, in collaboration with Urban Engine brings together students and professionals alike over one jam-packed science and technology-filled weekend. What’s more, teams can hack genomics while competing […]
The first phase of a planned overhaul to the University of Alabama Huntsville’s College of Engineering has been approved by the UA Systems Board of Trustees. With initial approval granted, UAH will formally proceed with planning the construction of a new facility for its College of Engineering. The new building will be an 80,000 square foot academic and research facility. “These plans […]
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