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  • Ingalls Shipbuilding, Navy, set to christen the USS Jeremiah Denton, honoring an Alabama hero

    Ingalls Shipbuilding, Navy, set to christen the USS Jeremiah Denton, honoring an Alabama hero

    June 27, 2025

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    The USS Jeremiah Denton, DDG-129, shown sitting dockside during her final construction phase and wrapped in ribbons for her christening ceremony June 28, […]

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  • Senior officials outline president’s proposed FY26 defense budget

    Senior officials outline president’s proposed FY26 defense budget

    June 26, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    Editor’s note: Alabama consistently ranks among the top 15 states for defense spending, including research and development as well as active-duty military facilities. […]

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  • Anniston work included in latest BAE Systems-Army development of the M109-52 self-propelled howitzer

    Anniston work included in latest BAE Systems-Army development of the M109-52 self-propelled howitzer

    June 23, 2025

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    ARMY

    By Troy Turner [email protected]                                         BAE Systems, a global defense company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, is partnering with the U.S. Army to advance […]

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  • Mobile-based Austal USA launches its first steel-produced ship, the USNS Billy Frank Jr.

    Mobile-based Austal USA launches its first steel-produced ship, the USNS Billy Frank Jr.

    June 22, 2025

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    The USNS Billy Frank Jr. during its launch in Mobile, June 14, 2025. Photos courtesy of Austal USA. MOBILE — Austal USA, headquartered […]

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  • Veteran military, commercial pilot is training next generation of fliers at Auburn University

    Veteran military, commercial pilot is training next generation of fliers at Auburn University

    June 19, 2025

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    AIR FORCE

    By Neal Reid Auburn University Office of Communications and Marketing Jill Glidewell has seen just about everything on a flight deck. From weathering hurricanes […]

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  • Gulf Shores company nets service contract with Naval Oceanographic Office

    Gulf Shores company nets service contract with Naval Oceanographic Office

    June 17, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy selected Saunders Engine and Equipment Co. Inc., Gulf Shores, for an almost $15 million contract to […]

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  • Huntsville-based i3 awarded $429 million contract to provide services toward missile defense

    Huntsville-based i3 awarded $429 million contract to provide services toward missile defense

    June 11, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS, CYBERSECURITY, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Huntsville-based Integration Innovation Inc., also known as i3, a contract with a ceiling […]

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  • Alabama Shipyard picks up another contract to service a Navy hospital ship, the USNS Mercy

    Alabama Shipyard picks up another contract to service a Navy hospital ship, the USNS Mercy

    June 8, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC in Mobile an $18.7 million contract for routine service and drydocking […]

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  • Alabama’s 117th honors WWII vet in send-off to Normandy

    Alabama’s 117th honors WWII vet in send-off to Normandy

    June 6, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY

    (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Staff Sgt. Kasie Faddis) By Troy Turner [email protected] BIRMINGHAM — It was years after D-Day on June […]

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  • DOD’s Conventional Prompt Strike program includes hypersonic development work in Huntsville

    DOD’s Conventional Prompt Strike program includes hypersonic development work in Huntsville

    June 2, 2025

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Department of Defense continues to pursue an arsenal for its strike-anywhere/anytime Conventional Prompt Strike program, and a contract […]

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  • Historic Ex-USS Enterprise (CVN-65), world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile

    Historic Ex-USS Enterprise (CVN-65), world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile

    May 31, 2025

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    By Troy Turner [email protected] MOBILE, ALABAMA — The world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, the former USS Enterprise (CVN-65) with a distinguished record of […]

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  • New GAO report reaffirms selection process that chose Huntsville, Alabama, as preferred site for U.S. Space Command HQ

    New GAO report reaffirms selection process that chose Huntsville, Alabama, as preferred site for U.S. Space Command HQ

    May 29, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] Huntsville, Alabama, is where the U.S. Air Force recommended for the permanent home of U.S. Space Command headquarters, and […]

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  • Senior officials outline president’s proposed FY26 defense budget

    Senior officials outline president’s proposed FY26 defense budget

    June 26, 2025
  • Anniston work included in latest BAE Systems-Army development of the M109-52 self-propelled howitzer

    Anniston work included in latest BAE Systems-Army development of the M109-52 self-propelled howitzer

    June 23, 2025
  • Mobile-based Austal USA launches its first steel-produced ship, the USNS Billy Frank Jr.

    Mobile-based Austal USA launches its first steel-produced ship, the USNS Billy Frank Jr.

    June 22, 2025

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