Tag Archive for: U.S. Air Force

Boeing Awarded $1.6B Contract for Minuteman Missile

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $1.6 billion contract to provide guidance subsystem support for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is supported at the Boeing Huntsville site. Boeing will maintain the around-the-clock readiness and accuracy of Minuteman ICBM guidance systems — which have logged more than 40 million hours of continuous operation […]

Department of Defense Contract Review: January 09 – 20

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, January […]

Leidos Awarded $334M Air-Breathing Hypersonic System Contract

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Leidos has been awarded a $334 million contract to assist the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in developing an air-breathing hypersonic system. The Expendable Hypersonic Multi-mission ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and Strike program, better known as Mayhem, will span a 51-month period of performance. The initial task order is $24 million to […]

Location for Space Command HQ Coming ‘Shortly’

HUNSVILLE, AL – Back in May, Huntsville received positive news from a U.S. Department of Defense Environmental Report for Space Command’s (SPACECOM) relocation from Colorado Springs, Colorado to the Rocket City. The report concluded that Huntsville was a safe and proper city for relocation, and that “the process Air Force officials used to select Huntsville, […]

Huntsville GovCons Choose Unanet Over Legacy IT Systems

Radiance Technologies, a Huntsville-based company focusing on solutions for defense, intelligence and civilian clients like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, is replacing its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with Unanet GovCon ERP and customer relationship management technology (CRM) to streamline processes and reduce manual errors in the business. The employee-owned company, with […]

Boeing supports second Minuteman III ICBM test flight

An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base last Wednesday. The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the safety, security, effectiveness, and readiness of the weapon system, according to Air Force Global Strike Command. […]

Aerobotix Marks 40th restoration of air inlet ducts on F-22 Raptor aircraft

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Yesterday marked the 40th restoration of air inlet ducts on the F-22 Raptor aircraft on behalf of the U.S. Air Force by Huntsville-based Aerobotix, an AS9100-certified FANUC robotics integrator. With funding from the Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, Aerobotix developed an automated painting system […]

Huntsville’s NovaTec Solutions awarded $46 billion EWAAC contract

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – NovaTec Solutions, LLC, a joint venture between PeopleTec and Noetic Strategies, was recently awarded a prime contract on the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC).  The EWAAC is a multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a value of $46 billion over a 2-year base period, with 3-year and 5-year options, […]

Space Command’s relocation moves one step closer after DoD report

The decision to bring the U.S. Space Command, and with it Space Force, is getting closer to reality. The Department of Defense (DoD) released a report confirming an investigation into the decision to relocate the country’s space headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville was proper. This comes despite objections from delegates representing several states who suggested […]

JS Solutions awarded GSA MAS contract with Highly Adaptive CyberSecurity (HACS) capabilities

JS Solutions, LLC (JSS) was recently awarded the General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), and the award of the Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) Special Item Number (SIN) 54151HACS. The GSA MAS Schedule consolidates GSA offerings under a single contract vehicle and gives ordering officials the ability to rapidly obtain a contract award […]