Council approves HCS construction of new Central Office

The Huntsville City Schools Board of Education will soon have a new home as will the Career Tech Center, and both will share the same campus at the corner of Max Luther Drive and North Memorial Parkway. The Huntsville City Council approved the transfer of 14 acres of what is the old Builder’s Square property […]

Hensel Phelps Achieves Final Completion of Five Buildings at the FBI North Campus on Redstone Arsenal

The vision for the FBI to expand its presence at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama is closer to fruition with Hensel Phelps achieving final completion of the Operations Support Building (OSB), Central Utility Plant (CUP), Health, Wellness and Resiliency Center (HWRC) and Technology 1 Building in 2022.  This marks two completed projects by Hensel […]

AMIIC Helping Local Businesses Compete, Training Next Generation Workforce

Located at 5021 Technology Drive, Suite E in Cummings Research Park, the nonprofit 501(c)3 Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center (AMIIC) opened its doors just six months ago, but it’s already making a big difference with local industry.  As a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), AMIIC strives to […]

Huntsville’s Department of Defense Contracts Review: August 1-12

This new series from the Huntsville Business Journal will cover DoD contracts awarded to Huntsville-Madison County businesses. Each week, the Huntsville Business Journal will provide you with an update to the various military contracts that local businesses are awarded. This entry covers contracts listed on the Department of Defense daily postings from Monday August 1 […]

2022 SMD Symposium Showcases Latest Missile, Aerospace Technologies

There’s one less helicopter hovering above a mountain range, courtesy of BlueHalo’s Virtual Stinger Trainer and the author of this story with some help from Haden Downey (pictured below). It only took one shot from the company’s man-held missile system from inside the Von Braun Center’s South Hall. BlueHalo had one of seemingly countless booths […]

City of Huntsville Secures Federal RAISE Grant For Pedestrian Access Project

Thanks to a massive infusion of $20 million in federal grant funding, the City of Huntsville can now check off another of its long-desired goals: creating a more walkable city. An added bonus: the grant will provide an economic boost to low-income communities. While the pedestrian access and redevelopment corridor (PARC) project has been on […]

Real Estate Update: Quarter 2 Report Shows High Demand, High Inflation. High Hopes as Well?

The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors has released its Q2 report for the year of 2022. This report illustrates continuing trends in the price, inventory, and average sale time of residential real estate properties in Madison County. The overall inventory of homes for sale rose 125% in Q2 2022, with the lion’s share of those […]

SAIC unmanned system developed to combat drone threats

Science Applications International Corporation, a leading technology integrator better known simply as SAIC, recently held a demonstration of one of its latest projects ahead of this week’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center. The Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS) was displayed at the Huntsville Innovation Factory Hub located at SAIC, now […]

New county courthouse among topics at State of the County address

Huntsville’s downtown square has always been centered by the Madison County Courthouse. That will no longer be true once a site has been determined to build a new courthouse. And while the destination for the new building that will replace an outdated courthouse that was built in 1964 has not been decided, one thing is […]

Judge rules in favor of TVA over Bellefonte sale

Recently, U.S. District Judge Liles Burke sided with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in a lawsuit claiming they breached its contract with Nuclear Development LLC over the acquisition of the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant. Judge Liles ruled that TVA was within its rights to cancel the sale of the power plant to the Memphis based […]