UAH celebrates 10 years of SWIRLL and announces new partnership to enhance severe weather research

Zeb Leffler is a second-year Master’s student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science. In the spring of 2023, Leffler was the operator and driver of the MAX (Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar) weather truck for a 15-hour field campaign when an EF3 tornado touched down in Hazel Green. On […]

Local company secures $400 million anti-drone system contract with U.S. Marine Corps

Huntsville-based Invariant and California’s Anduril Federal have been awarded a $400 million contract by the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command to deliver a Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Engagement System. The contract covers hardware, software, and support services, with work to be conducted at both companies’ facilities in Huntsville, Alabama, and Costa Mesa, California. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, […]

BAE Systems completes delivery of 400 advanced missile warning systems to U.S. Army

BAE Systems has delivered 400 2-Color Advanced Warning Systems (2CAWS) to the U.S. Army as part of the Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) program. Designed to protect utility, heavy-lift, and attack helicopters, the goal of these missiles is to enhance the survivability of Army aircrews by using multi-spectral sensors and machine learning algorithms to […]

ULA, Northrop address rocket booster failure during successful launch

United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched its next-generation Vulcan rocket on October 4 in the second of two certification flights required for national security missions. One of two solid-propellant strap-on boosters provided by Northrop Grumman suffered an anomaly of some sort during the climb out of the lower atmosphere, but the Vulcan managed to continue on […]

United Launch Alliance successfully completes second certification flight of Vulcan Rocket

United Launch Alliance (ULA) achieved a significant milestone on October 4 with the successful launch of its second certification flight (Cert-2) for the next-generation Vulcan rocket. The launch took place at 7:25 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking a pivotal step toward full certification for national security missions. […]

Local company aims to revolutionize academic peer review using Artificial Intelligence

In the frantically-paced world of academia, where the number of published research papers vastly exceeds the pool of available peer reviewers, a new solution is currently brewing with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI)  SymbyAI aims to streamline and enhance the peer review process, benefiting researchers, journal editors, and institutions alike. Michael House, a seasoned […]

AI Talks: Is Artificial Intelligence at its peak? What happens next?

First of all, I’d like to thank any of you who attended the AICyberCon as mentioned in the last article. We had over 100 people attend the event and had speakers from the government and Fortune 500. It was awesome to see so many people excited to learn and improve their careers in the field […]

Teledyne Brown Engineering wins $476M NASA contract

Teledyne Brown Engineering has been selected by NASA to provide Earth observation data and services under a new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with a potential value of up to $476 million. The contract will support NASA’s Earth science research by offering cost-effective, commercial-sourced observation data. Teledyne’s contribution will feature its Multi-User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES), a […]

HSV company wins second Defense Logistics Agency Contract to strengthen cybersecurity for Digital Twins

Sentar, Inc., a women-owned small business specializing in advanced cyber-intelligence solutions, has secured a new contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to enhance cybersecurity measures for digital twins. Digital twins, virtual models of physical machines, are increasingly used in manufacturing and other industries. Protecting them from cyber threats is essential to safeguarding both physical […]

Huntsville tops list of emerging north American tech markets

Huntsville has been ranked #1 on CBRE’s list of up-and-coming tech-talent markets in its annual Scoring Tech Talent report, which evaluates 75 U.S. and Canadian cities on their ability to attract and grow tech talent. Huntsville’s had a 17.9% growth in tech employment over the past five years and a 19.6% increase in tech wages. […]