New Yellowhammer beer made with Alabama barley shows potential economic benefit to state farmers

Thanks to the partnership from HudsonAlpha, Auburn University, Alabama A&M and Yellowhammer Brewery, Huntsville residents can now try a beer that is more “Alabama” than any other beer on tap.    Last week at a special event, Yellowhammer Brewing released its newest beer — Avalon Zwickelbier — the first beer to be brewed in the state of […]

ULA honors 10 suppliers with Supplier of the Year Awards

United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently honored 10 suppliers with 2023 Supplier of the Year Awards for their dedicated support across ULA’s product lines. Strategic supplier partnerships remain paramount as ULA anticipates an unprecedented growth in production for the innovative Vulcan program and doubling the launch rate to support Amazon’s Kuiper missions. “Strong strategic partnerships are […]

Huntsville business wins NASA MSFC Small Business Subcontractor of the Year

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Waterfront Technical Services (Waterfront), a Sentar company, has been awarded the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Small Business Subcontractor of the Year. This award qualifies Waterfront for the Agency-Level NASA Small Business Industry Awards (SBIA), facilitated by the NASA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), which will be announced in early […]

Huntsville company announces demonstration of new mobile robot

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Aerobotix, a robotics integrator for the aerospace and defense industries located in Huntsville, announced that it will demonstrate a new mobile robot at the WESTEC/AeroDef Manufacturing Conference in Long Beach, California, from Nov. 7-9. These will be the first public demonstrations of the robot, which has been specifically designed for the aerospace […]

Huntsville launches into second day of Space Symposium with line-up of events

Yesterday marked the beginning of the 16th Annual von Braun Space Symposium hosted on campus at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Each year, NASA partners with the American Astronautical Society to bring together the brightest minds in order to discuss current and future projects within the industry. This year’s theme is “Advancing Space: […]

Invariant Corporation slashes into the spooky season with Friday the 13th ribbon cutting

One Huntsville company was eager to embrace the Halloween season this past Friday while also celebrating a new milestone. Invariant held a ribbon cutting for the company’s newest expansion at 4040 Chris Drive which was branded as a “Spooky Soirée” and a “Wicked Ribbon Cutting” since it occurred on Friday the 13th just weeks before […]

Governor Ivey dedicates new Discovery Life Sciences global HQ

HUNTSVILLE, AL – HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology opened a new global headquarters earlier today on its campus. The 93,000-square-foot building will be home to the Discovery Life Sciences’ (Discovery) global headquarters. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey led the ribbon cutting ceremony. “Discovery has continued to grow in Alabama and make an impact throughout the world,” Ivey said. “When Discovery […]

CFD Research announces major company transition

HUNTSVILLE, AL – As of October 2nd, 2023, Huntsville-based CFD Research transitioned to a 100% ESOP company. ESOP, which stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan, is a retirement plan that empowers employees by granting ownership stock in the company as a cost-free benefit, fostering not only their ownership in the company but also bolstering their […]

UAH demonstrates cybersecurity software alongside Lockheed Martin

Last week, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced that it developed a cybersecurity software for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC). The software began performance testing on one of Lockheed Martin’s In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS™) technology demonstrator CubeSats. The software, Small Satellite Defender, is an intrusion detection system […]

Small Business Spotlight: Talking faith and business with South Huntsville’s Mission Driven Research

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 […]