March 2025 - AlaDefense.com

Huntsville’s Synovix Inc. to support Sidewinder intercept missile program used by Navy, USMC

March 31, 2025

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Troy Turner

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By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has chosen Huntsville-based Synovix Inc. and another company to share in a $48 million contract to manufacture the optical dome for the Navy’s Sidewinder air intercept missile. The Sidewinder is an air-to-air, supersonic, guided missile. Synovix’s work supports the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, and…

Northrop Grumman-Huntsville adds new contract for Poland’s military

March 31, 2025

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Troy Turner

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

A new unit of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Command System is rolled out at Northrop Grumman’s Huntsville facility. (Northrop Grumman) Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Huntsville, was awarded an almost $48 million contract for logistics support and sustainment for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, after securing a similar January contract…

Austal USA christens the future USNS Billy Frank Jr.

March 30, 2025

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Troy Turner

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CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

Mobile-based shipbuilder Austal USA christened on Saturday the company’s first steel ship, the future USNS Billy Frank Jr., which will serve the U.S. Navy as its sixth Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS). T-ATS will be a multi-mission common hull platform capable of towing U.S. Navy ships and will have 6,000 square feet of deck…

Aircraft boneyard supports DOD readiness with five core missions

March 18, 2025

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Troy Turner

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, MARINES, NAVY

(Editor’s note: Where do the U.S. Air Force aircraft that fly in and out of Maxwell Air Force Base over the years go after retirement? Some of them may get parked in this stretch of dry land in Arizona. The following is a feature story shared by the Department of Defense.) By David Vergun, DOD News…

Marine Corps taps Hexagon for continued work on emergency response system

March 17, 2025

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Troy Turner

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CONTRACTS, MARINES

By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Marine Corps and Department of Defense recently awarded Hexagon US Federal Inc., Huntsville, a modification bringing to nearly $35 million a contract for sustainment of the Consolidated Emergency Response System (CERS). Marine Corps bases worldwide use the CERS, which standardizes emergency dispatching capabilities and provides emergency first responders with…

Huntsville-based Tolliver Group tapped for logistics work with Army’s unmanned aircraft program

March 13, 2025

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Troy Turner

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

The Tolliver Group Inc., Huntsville, was awarded a $10.7 million contract modification for logistics support to the Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office. Tolliver provides services in training, logistics, strategic planning and technical solutions. The Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office is located on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and is made up of soldiers, civilians and…

Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Rogers, an Auburn alum, to be honored with national Marshall Award

March 11, 2025

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Troy Turner

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CYBERSECURITY, NAVY

Auburn University press release Retired Navy Admiral Mike Rogers, who earned his business degree in personnel management and industrial relations from Auburn University in 1981, will receive the George C. Marshall International Center’s Ethical Leadership Award. A distinguished cybersecurity and naval leader, Rogers is the former commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the…

Air Force awards Tyonek a $98 million contract for cyber training; $46 million in support of C-130 fleet

March 5, 2025

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Troy Turner

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AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

By Troy Turner [email protected] MADISON, Alabama — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Tyonek Technical Services LLC, via its Madison site, a $98 million contract for cyber operations training support. The Air Force in a separate, unrelated transaction also awarded Tyonek a nearly $46 million contract for the company to provide depot maintenance support for…

Pentagon deploys Stryker brigade, aviation battalion to southern border

March 2, 2025

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Troy Turner

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ARMY

Anniston Army Depot plays vital role with Army’s Stryker vehicles Editor’s note: Anniston Army Depot’s Stryker Exchange program, which began in 2012 through a partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems, works with the Army and assists in efforts to modernize the Army’s fleet of combat vehicles. The Stryker vehicles are planned to be in the…

Huntsville’s Synovix Inc. to support Sidewinder intercept missile program used by Navy, USMC

Northrop Grumman-Huntsville adds new contract for Poland’s military

Austal USA christens the future USNS Billy Frank Jr.

Aircraft boneyard supports DOD readiness with five core missions

Marine Corps taps Hexagon for continued work on emergency response system

Huntsville-based Tolliver Group tapped for logistics work with Army’s unmanned aircraft program

Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Rogers, an Auburn alum, to be honored with national Marshall Award

Air Force awards Tyonek a $98 million contract for cyber training; $46 million in support of C-130 fleet

Pentagon deploys Stryker brigade, aviation battalion to southern border

Soldiers and Marines train together at Fort Rucker in rescuing of downed aviators

TURNER: Boeing’s ‘coolest thing’ missile contribution in Huntsville plays a critical role that isn’t going away

For Old Guard soldiers, ‘Flags In’ is a personal mission

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