Stephen “Steve” Foster Thornton, passed away on May 5, 2024, at the age of 84, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and leadership. Best known for leading Cybex Corporation for more than 20 years as President and CEO, Thornton’s early career as an electrical engineer saw him make contributions during the Vietnam War and to […]
The Huntsville/North Alabama chapter of the Society for Technical Communication recently hosted a reading and Q&A session with author and rocket scientist Les Johnson. The event was held at the UAH College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences space at Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment. Johnson talked about his inspiration, writing style, and getting published. […]
Ramesh Babu, the Consul General of India at Atlanta, visited Huntsville and North Alabama on May 5-6. He made a number of stops to meet with various local business and community leaders. Among other responsibilities, the Consul General acts as a liaison between business owners in the US and contacts, in both government and private […]
“AI Talks” is a series from the Huntsville Business Journal on Artificial Intelligence and its applicability to the world of business. Each month, HBJ plans on bringing you interesting topics led by our contributing expert writer, Carl Holden. This has also introduced another “writer” to our journal: Artificial Intelligence itself. Using Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT), […]
Dr. Avimanyu Sahoo, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Fellowship totaling $279,105 to study ways to enhance the safety, efficiency and longevity of lithium-ion battery packs in electric vehicles (EV). Lithium-ion batteries are subject to overheating and catching […]
Davidson Technologies, Inc. held a ribbon cutting event on the morning of April 24 at their new corporate headquarters at Redstone Gateway in Huntsville. Representatives from the community and the company welcomed visitors to the state-of-the-art facility. Davidson, a government contractor, was founded in Huntsville in 1996 by Dr. Julian Davidson. Dr. Davidson’s wife, Dr. […]
Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, recently broke ground on a $115 million, 26,000 square-foot expansion of its Redstone Raytheon Missile Integration Facility, which will increase the factory’s space for integrating and delivering on critical defense programs by more than 50 percent. The expansion will also bring an estimated 185 new jobs to the area, […]
This past Friday and Saturday marked the 30th year of NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC). The challenge wrapped up at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville on Saturday, April 20th. HERC is an annual event that was first held in 1994. At the time it was called the Great Moonbuggy Race. The […]
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), in partnership with ClearanceJobs, hosted the Common Threads Huntsville program from April 17-18. The two-day event boasted high-level speakers from the intelligence community (IC), as well as networking opportunities for students and career changers who may be interested in beginning new roles in intelligence and defense. The first […]
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has chosen Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to lead the development and deployment of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). The multiyear contract is worth a reported $17 billion. As the prime contractor for the NGI project, Lockheed Martin will deliver the the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. The NGI, equipped with […]
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