The University of Alabama-Huntsville’s Bevill Center will serve as the interim site for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, it was announced Friday. Also, former Madison County Schools Superintendent Matt Massey was named the school’s first president. The school is scheduled to open in August 2020 with 10th- and 11th-grade students from across […]
Turner Construction has completed work on Torch Technologies’ Technology Integration and Prototyping Center. The $10 million facility at 4050 Chris Drive in Huntsville is part of Torch Technologies’ growing campus in South Huntsville and consists of a 35,000-square-foot, two-story office space with an attached 10,000-square-foot high-bay facility. It incorporates offices, labs and open vertical spaces […]
Raytheon and United Technologies have announced an all-stock agreement the two companies call a merger of equals. It will also create the defense-aerospace giant Raytheon Technologies with an expected $74 billion in annual sales, second only to Boeing’s $101 billion. The transaction website is www.futureofaerospacedefense.com. Both companies have a significant presence in Huntsville. “Today is […]
Called a “driving force” for entrepreneurs, Urban Engine is at the forefront of innovation in the area. Known for hosting its weekly co-working nights, Urban Engine is more than a social platform, it is a springboard for ideas and a cultural movement that resonates with our growing community of innovators, founders, and leaders. Housed in […]
Huntsville can expect up to 600 new jobs according to Gov. Kay Ivey, thanks to Aerojet Rocketdyne’s opening of a 136,000 square-foot rocket propulsion advanced manufacturing facility. “Between the capabilities of the Alabama workforce and your company’s innovation, our possibilities seem limitless,” Ivey said. “Aerojet’s continued expansion of its location in Huntsville will bring more […]
Ribbon-cuttings aren’t unusual in Huntsville these days given the city’s growth. But the company’s namesake and the local employees at Bevilacqua Research Corp. put a new twist on the standard photo opportunity. There were no bulldozers filling the background, no shovels and hard hats for props on a hot June afternoon. This was about celebrating […]
Dynetics expanded its footprint in Cumming Research Park Thursday with the opening of the Dr. Stephen M. Gilbert Advanced Manufacturing Facility. The 78,000 square-foot manufacturing and assembly facility is named for one of the company’s co-founders. The state-of-the-art Gilbert Advanced Manufacturing Facility joins a Solutions Complex and the Dynetics Technical Solutions headquarters as the sixth […]
Hoping to fill a void in South Huntsville, Electronic Express recently opened its first store in the city in Jones Valley. “Our philosophy is ‘We Make it Happen’,” said operations manager Haley Harville. “We have had a store in Decatur for five years, but we are currently expanding into Huntsville and Florence. “We opened this […]
The Rocket City is known for its high-tech, digital-driven businesses and engineering. But, if you’re a woman in those industries, there are challenges that male counterparts don’t have to face. So, Urban Engine Executive Director Toni Eberhart stepped in to help women answer those challenges with a panel discussion called “Her-Story.” “We decided to do […]
Since the launch of the International Space Station some 20 years ago, the idea of space, especially low-Earth orbit, has been as one big start-up business. With Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser spacecraft jumping into the commercial resupply mission lane, the whole commercialization of space concept got very interesting for Huntsville. If all goes as planned, […]
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