Tag Archive for: Cummings Research Park

Para-Cycling Road World Cup sets new marks for economic impact

Huntsville saw two double podiums and two overall world cup titles cap the first U.S.-hosted UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup for Team USA Memorial Day weekend at scenic Cummings Research Park. Team USA ended the historic weekend with a dominating medal count of 22 – the next highest countries tied with 16 apiece – and […]

Fair Play: Madison County’s Growing Sports Industry

When people think of Huntsville, they tend to think of rockets, and the people who make them. Not so surprising: there’s a reason we’re called “Rocket City” after all, and in recent years, Huntsville’s growth has led to new sports teams and venues coming to Madison County.  I have fond memories of going to Joe […]

SAIC continues long-standing support of UAH College of Business with $100,000 gift

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) continued its support of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business by presenting a $100,000 gift to UAH officials on March 30. Starting in 2009, SAIC has made this $100,000 gift each year to the College of Business at UAH, a part of The University of Alabama […]

HudsonAlpha and gener8tor Welcome Five Companies to Second Agtech Investment Accelerator Cohort

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in partnership with global venture firm and startup accelerator gener8tor, announced the five startup companies selected for the Spring 2023 cohort of the HudsonAlpha AgTech Accelerator. The 12-week accelerator began earlier this month and invests $100K in five startups at the forefront of the agriculture technology industry. The concierge business accelerator […]

HudsonAlpha Generated $4 Billion for Alabama’s Economy

A recent study conducted by the Center for Management & Economic Research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) shows since its inception, HudsonAlpha has made a $4.2 billion impact on the Alabama economy, with nearly a billion of that coming over the last two years. The overall amount of $4.2 billion ($5 billion […]

Nation’s First Autonomous Ground Robot Production Facility for Military and Police Training Opens

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Marathon Robotics inaugurated the nation’s first autonomous ground robot production facility for military and police training in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park.  A ribbon cutting for the new North American Headquarters and production space took place on Monday, April 10, 2023, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The facility is located at 4950 Gilmer Drive, […]

New anchor tenant announced for The Range

The Beach Company announced the anchor tenant at The Range, a new commercial office building at Huntsville’s western gateway on Governors Drive. Merit Bank, a full-service bank headquartered in Huntsville, offering commercial, consumer and private banking services along with treasury management, electronic banking and agricultural and home mortgage lending, will open its new corporate headquarters and […]

Department of Defense Contract Review: March 6-17

  This series from the Huntsville Business Journal covers Department of Defense (DoD) contracts awarded to Huntsville-Madison County and Alabama businesses. Every two weeks, the Huntsville Business Journal provides you with an update to the various military contracts that local and state businesses are awarded. This entry covers contracts listed on the Department of Defense daily postings from Monday, […]

Dynetics completes critical hardware demonstrations for sustainable human landing system

Dynetics, a branch of the Leidos enterprise, has successfully completed more than a dozen hardware tasks on its sustainable human landing system (HLS) program over the past 17 months. Those tasks, which include design, build and test of critical technologies, lay the groundwork for development of the complete lander system. “Our team has continued to […]

Future tech leaders spend the weekend competing in HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge

This past weekend, 50 people composed of professionals, college students and high schoolers spent their entire weekend coding and working on their projects for the 6th annual HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge (HATCH.)  HATCH is a life sciences hackathon where participants compete to solve real-world issues faced by biotechnology researchers and innovators in genomics, genetics, and bioinformatics. […]