A $5 million contract from the Air Force to Titomic USA heads this week’s defense contract roundup of local companies. Contracts to Blue Halo and Northrop Grumman Systems were also announced this week, according to the Department of Defense. Titomic’s contract is to supply, integrate and commission a Next Generation Titomic Kinetic Fusion High Pressure […]
Radiance Technologies has been selected as an awardee on the $14 billion Contract Operations for Missile Evaluation and Testing (COMET) multi-award task order contract supporting the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC). The MSIC is in the Richard C. Shelby Center for Missile Intelligence on Redstone Arsenal. In other contract awards announced by the Department […]
After an out of this world reception from a sellout crowd Monday night at Toyota Field, the Artemis II crew landed Tuesday at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen spoke to and answered questions from MSFC employees who did the work to […]
Launch Regional Partnership (Launch) convened for its eighth annual State of the Region gathering on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at the Point Mallard Event Center in Decatur, Alabama. Business leaders, local representatives, and entrepreneurs from across 13 Alabama counties—Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan and Winston—gathered to celebrate Launch’s […]
In what is called a significant milestone, Torch Technologies was awarded a contract valued at more than $992 million from the Air Force. Torch, a Huntsville-based employee-owned company, participated in this week’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium. The $992,350,357 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is for technical and management advisory services. This contract provides support for aerospace […]
If there were any doubts the commander of the U.S. Space Command had misgivings about moving to Huntsville, he dispelled them Wednesday. “This feels a little more like home every day,” Gen. Stephen Whiting said during the Space Command update at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium. “We’re moving full speed to make Redstone Arsenal […]
In addressing the packed Mark C. Smith Concert Hall for the opening session of the Space and Missile Defense Symposium, Lt. Gen. John Rafferty cited the legacy of Huntsville and the nation’s space and missile defense programs. “I don’t think the members of Operation Paperclip (the Army project that brought Dr. Wernher von Braun and […]
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 […]
Huntsville sits at the crossroads of space, defense and technology. And nowhere was that more apparent than at Monday’s “groundbreaking” ceremony for integrated aerospace and defense company Redwire. Actually, it was more of a “dirt throwing” as the shell of the new facility loomed in the background of the ceremony. In fact, for Mayor Tommy […]
ABOVE Space Development Corporation (ABOVE) has appointed James L. “Jim” Reuter as chairman of its board of directors, the company announced today. Reuter spent 40 years at NASA, most recently serving as associate administrator of the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate before retiring in 2023. The announcement coincides with the issuance of U.S. Patent No. […]
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