UAH team places eighth internationally in 2024 University Rover Challenge

A team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), representing both the College of Engineering and the College of Science, achieved an impressive eighth place in the 2024 University Rover Challenge (URC), held in Moab, Utah. Competing as part of the UAH Space Hardware Club (SHC), the team, known as ASTRA, also secured fifth […]

UAH helps Alabama lead charge to meet surging battery needs

With the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States projected to skyrocket to 26.4 million by 2030, the need is great for not only producing, but improving, the safety and efficiency of the batteries that power them, as well as cell phones, autonomous unmanned vehicles and smart electronics. Researchers at The University of […]

Global Microsoft outage hits Huntsville airlines and businesses

A recent update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused a significant IT outage on Friday morning, affecting businesses both locally and globally. CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software, utilized by numerous Fortune 500 companies, including prominent global banks, healthcare, and energy firms, is designed to detect and block hacking threats. Similar to other cybersecurity products, this software needs extensive […]

TARCOG to host Fraud & Scam Summit 2024 to combat recent spike is cyber fraud

The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG) has announced that the organization will be holding a Fraud & Scam Summit in the coming weeks to address the rise in internet-based crime. The summit focuses on a recent statistic from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, which recently reported a 14% surge in elder […]

Lockheed Martin to develop next-gen satellites for NOAA in a $2.27B contract

NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to develop and build the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite constellation for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This project, encompassing an initial three spacecraft with options for four additional ones, carries a total potential value of $2.27 billion. The GeoXO mission is poised to enhance and […]

Huntsville cost of living and employment drive millennial population growth

With Millennials making up 22 percent of the U.S. population, their day-to-day well being is a good sample of our health as a nation. CommericalCafe’s study of top U.S. millennial metros show that Millennials continue to flock to Huntsville for its cost of living, employment opportunities At a national level, Huntsville ranked 4th among the top […]

Huntsville best in state for new tech grads, ranks top ten nationwide

Image: Provided by Cummings Research Park Bizinsure’s Gen Z IRL Tech Index ranked Huntsville #1 in Alabama for new grads looking to start their career in tech. Huntsville ranked #6 nationally alongside the likes of tech giants like Austin and Seattle.  In Huntsville, Bizinsure found a median salary of  $106k for tech jobs. HSV also […]

Sentar secures $172.7 million cybersecurity contract with NIWC Atlantic

Sentar, Inc., a women-owned small business specializing in advanced cyber-intelligence solutions, has been awarded the Cybersecurity Risk Management Operations (RMOPS) recompete task order by the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC Atlantic). This task order, which includes one base year and four option years, holds a potential total value of over $172.7 million if all […]

Will AI take our jobs, even in Huntsville?

Cover image: Provided by www.shrm.org. First of all, AI is currently only taking very niche, very specific jobs. Mainstream news and clickbait will tell you that the hundreds of thousands of cut jobs in the last year are due to AI. Actual reporting and research is not confirming this as of yet. A poll from […]

MartinFederal Consulting secures $8 billion FBI IT contract

MartinFederal Consulting, LLC (MartinFed) has recently secured a Blanket Purchasing Agreement (BPA) under the FBI’s IT Supplies and Support Services 2nd Generation (ITSSS-2) contract. This contract, with an estimated ceiling of $8 billion, will facilitate the provision of contractor expertise to FBI programs over the next eight years, extending its benefits to the FBI and […]