The mission of Mission Driven Research (MDR) is quite clear, although it’s a little bit of a play on words. Incorporated in 2011 by four friends who attended church together, Mission Driven Research is exactly what the name states. It’s a team of 50 or so professionals providing technical services to the federal government driven […]
HUNTSVILLE, AL – Dr. Virginia “Suzy” Young, director of the Research Institute at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been elected to the 2023 Hall of Fame under the Order of Prometheus by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Pathfinder Chapter. Established in 2022, this […]
KBR, a company supporting NASA, military, CIA, NSA, FBI, and DIA operations hosted a ribbon cutting for its new office space at 6200 Redstone Gateway on September 20. The new office space is comprised of 150,000 square feet with laboratory space, a conference facility, and classified capabilities. Approximately 1,000 employees are to work in the […]
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated its next-generation Extended-Range GMLRS (ER GMLRS) in a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, firing the round from the U.S. Army’s HIMARS® launcher. “This test demonstrates nearly double the range, while maintaining the precision GMLRS is known for,” said Jay Price, vice president of Precision Fires at Lockheed Martin Missiles and […]
Boeing [NYSE: BA] will develop and test technologies for a hypersonic interceptor prototype for DARPA’s Glide Breaker program as part of a four-year effort. Boeing will perform computational fluid dynamics analysis, wind tunnel testing and evaluation of aerodynamic jet interaction effects during flight tests. “Hypersonic vehicles are among the most dangerous and rapidly evolving threats […]
At the end of August, FirePoint Innovations celebrated the grand opening of its highly anticipated Applied Innovation Center (AIC) in Huntsville, Alabama. The AIC hopes to be a game-changer in fostering collaboration between private-sector emerging technology companies and U.S. Army Aviation. Matt Pfrommer, a Huntsville native and seasoned aviation and defense technical executive with a […]
Drake State Community and Technical College was awarded the silver distinction as a 2023-2024 Military Friendly® school by VIQTORY. Drake State ranked within the top 40 percentile of the Top 10 schools in the nation. Drake State was previously recognized with a bronze distinction. The silver status illustrates the college’s increasing commitment to meeting the […]
On August 16 at 12 p.m., Congressman Dale Strong, representative of the fifth congressional district, spoke at a Washington Update Luncheon at the Von Braun Center. Presented by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber, topics of Congressman Strong’s talk included his work, the Biden Administration, national security and conservative Christian values. In a video preceding his speech, […]
During the busy schedule at the 2023 SMD Symposium, Davidson Technologies and D-Wave announced a partnership that will allow the two companies to make use of quantum computing to generate missile defense scenarios with a demonstration of an unclassified defense scenario generated using DecisionOne. D-Wave, a commercial quantum computer and supplier Davidson Technologies announced that […]
The 2023 Space and Missile Defense Symposium has come to a close, and so with it one of the busiest weeks for Huntsville this year. The event, held August 8-10 at the Von Braun Center, featured 20 Tech Track discussions and over 260 exhibitors showcasing products and services ranging from weapon systems and precision machining […]
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