3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (438+ words) A counter-drone weapons system being produced in Huntsville has picked up another U.S. military customer, with the Navy selecting L3Harris Technologies’ VAMPIRE system for littoral defense. L3Harris announced this week that the Navy selected VAMPIRE to support the military’s expanding integrated defense against…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (344+ words) A Huntsville-based defense engineering company has landed a nearly $48 million Navy contract to build mobile maintenance and repair facilities designed for deployment around the world. Integrated Solutions for Systems Inc., known as IS4S, was awarded a $47,768,691 firm-fixed-price contract for the production…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (323+ words) Alabama-based Brasfield & Gorrie has been awarded a $658.2 million Army contract to design and build four facilities in Anniston supporting missile maintenance, component remanufacturing and other operations. The Birmingham-headquartered construction firm received the contract last week with a total cumulative face…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (255+ words) Raytheon has landed another multimillion-dollar Army contract in Huntsville, this time for specialized training software and hardware supporting the military’s Plug and Fight capabilities. One bid was solicited and one was received. Specific work locations and funding will be determined…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1167+ words) Behind the gates of Redstone Arsenal, past multiple checkpoints and tightly controlled access, a new intelligence facility has been built around work the public will largely never see. On Tuesday, Defense Intelligence Agency leaders hosted a ribbon-cutting for the nearly…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (675+ words) It’s the close of a chapter in American history that connects 2026 to World War II. Cullman businessman Roy Drinkard died Sunday night in Cullman at age 106. Among his other accomplishments, Drinkard was the oldest living U.S. Marine. Semper fi. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (619+ words) President Donald Trump has put $951 million in the fiscal 2027 budget request to move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Redstone Arsenal. The money would cover design, construction, information technology and other costs tied to a new purpose-built joint operations…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (700+ words) U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville fielded a variety of questions Tuesday during a media huddle before the ribbon cutting for Auburn University’s new Applied Research Institute laboratory. Topics ranged from Flock cameras and data centers to Social Security, his primary campaign and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1063+ words) Auburn University opened a new 50,000-square-foot research laboratory Tuesday in Cummings Research Park, putting more than $30 million behind an effort to move critical defense and space technologies from concept to capability faster. The facility was completed in 11 months and is…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (504+ words) The Department of War has awarded Raytheon a $22.9 billion U.S. Navy contract to dramatically accelerate production of Tomahawk cruise missiles. RTX’s Huntsville operations are part of the company’s broader effort to expand U.S. missile production and integration capacity. The award,…...