Leidos Dynetics Team and Northrop Grumman to Collaborate on NASA Human Landing System Bid

Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, announced it has submitted a bid on the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract for NASA’s Artemis Mission. Northrop Grumman will join the Dynetics team in this pursuit.  “We’re excited to enter the competition to support NASA’s Sustaining Lunar Development efforts, adding Northrop Grumman to […]

Department of Defense Contract Review: November 28 – December 09

This series from the Huntsville Business Journal covers Department of Defense (DoD) contracts awarded to Huntsville-Madison County and Alabama businesses. Every two weeks, the Huntsville Business Journal provides you with an update to the various military contracts that local and state businesses are awarded. This entry covers contracts listed on the Department of Defense daily postings from Monday, November […]

Mission Success! Toyota Field Hosts Artemis Splashdown Party

MADISON, AL – Despite the cool, misty weather, hundreds of local residents flocked to Toyota Field on Sunday morning to witness the livestreamed splashdown of the Orion capsule on the big screen.  Hosted by the Rocket City Trash Pandas and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, the event featured a variety of family friendly activities, […]

PPT Solutions Invests in Unanet for GovCon ERP and CRM, Prepares for Growth

PPT Solutions Inc. (PPT), the Huntsville-based firm that provides solutions for Army aviation and Department of Homeland Security customers, selected Unanet GovCon ERP and CRM to help it mobilize for significant growth. As the company began pursuing large new business opportunities this year, PPT needed a more user-friendly interface and ability to customize data for software engineering, airworthiness and evaluation solutions the company […]

Orbital Assembly Announces New Equity Offering to Help Advance Space Station Development

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Orbital Assembly (OA), a leader in the race to make Hybrid-GravityTM space accessible for leisure, commercial and industrial activities has announced a crowdfunding equity offering (Regulation CF). The company continues to seek investment to initiate full scale human factors design in conjunction with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, to begin construction of […]

UAH Designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by NSA and CISA

HUNTSVILLE, AL  – The College of Business (COB) and the Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), have announced the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have re-designated UAH as a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD). UAH, a part of The […]

Huntsville’s Aerobotix Announces Partnership to Develop Revolutionary Robotic Tool

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Aerobotix and FerRobotics, two leading robotics companies based in the Huntsville, Alabama and Austria respectively, officially announced they have partnered on a new solution in response to aerospace industry demand for an automated tool for precision masking tape application. Collaboration between engineers from the two companies has led to the development of a revolutionary […]

“Go Team Artemis!” Huntsville Area NASA Partners Celebrate Historic Mission

At 12:47 AM CST on November 16, the nation celebrated the launch of a momentous new chapter in human history as the long-awaited goal of returning humans to the Moon came one giant leap closer to reality.  Numerous Huntsville area NASA partners played a key role in bringing the Artemis program to life. While Boeing, […]

Teledyne Brown Engineering Hardware Travels to Space on Artemis Vehicle

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Artemis I vehicle was successfully launched on November 16 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.  Teledyne Brown Engineering designed and built the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA), which is one of the primary structures of the Artemis I vehicle. LVSA is the conical shaped section of the rocket that connects the core […]

NASA’s Webb Catches Fiery Hourglass as New Star Forms

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the once-hidden features of the protostar within the dark cloud L1527, providing insight into the beginnings of a new star. These blazing clouds within the Taurus star-forming region are only visible in infrared light, making it an ideal target for Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The protostar itself is […]