Fresh on the heels of its initial public offering, Applied Aerospace & Defense has named Chris Rogers to the newly created position of president and chief strategy officer. Applied provides advanced manufacturing for mission-critical space and defense applications. In a news release, the company said it is evolving its executive leadership structure to support accelerated […]
Raytheon’s new missile contract from the Missile Defense Agency is expected to heavily engage its operations in Huntsville, bolstered by a recent $115 million expansion of its missile integration facility here. The $745,387,095 contract is for the production and sustainment of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptors to strengthen U.S. and allied readiness against evolving ballistic […]
Teledyne and its broad portfolio of technologies will be among the companies and agencies taking part in the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium. The annual event is Tuesday through Thursday at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville. For 29 years, the Space and Missile Defense Symposium – the largest gathering of industry leaders, […]
Yorktown Systems Group’s $51.5 million contract award leads this week’s list of Huntsville defense contract announcements. The local company’s $51,565,132 firm-fixed-price five-year contract provides warfighter training support services for the Air Force Academy. The work will be performed at the academy and is expected to be complete by Aug. 2, 2031. Other Huntsville contract announcements: […]
Military use of drones has increased exponentially in the war in Ukraine and, most recently, in the fighting in the Middle East. However, modern conflict has shown that nations cannot surge industrial capability after a crisis begins, which could limit the availability of the unmanned systems. For the United States, that has been troubling particularly […]
A $58.6 billion Army contract for Lockheed Martin reinforces long-term efforts to expand interceptor manufacturing for the Patriot air and missile defense system. The seven-year contract supports sustained production of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor, a key component of the United States’ layered air and missile defense architecture. Officials said the agreement reflects continued […]
Home to Redstone Arsenal, the Army Materiel Command, a growing FBI presence, NASA, the Missile Defense Agency, the Space Development Agency, the U.S. Space Command, defense contractors and countless technology firms, Huntsville offers a front-row seat to the industries and organizations that are increasingly driving national security policy. To help prepare tomorrow’s national security leaders: […]
It’s a matter of warfare math: Why use a multimillion dollar missile to intercept a drone that costs thousands of dollars? And a Huntsville-born company answered that question with an affordable, mass-producible interceptor for the U.S. and its allies. X-Bow Systems unveiled Buckler, a low-cost interceptor designed to defeat Group 3 drones at supersonic speeds. […]
Fresh off the heels of Huntsville being named among the nation’s top cities for aerospace and defense investment, it was announced that Redwire, an integrated aerospace and defense company, will expand its presence in the Rocket City. The announcement was made this morning by Redwire officials with Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and state economic officials […]
A Huntsville small business tops this week’s list of defense contracts with its $87.2 million contract from the Army. Avion Solutions received the $87,223,150 firm-fixed-price contract for engineering and program management services. The Army Contracting Command on Redstone Arsenal is the contracting activity. The company was recently named the 2026 Employee-Owned Company of the Year […]
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