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Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell was no stranger in Alabama

August 8, 2025

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By Troy Turner [email protected] Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who died Friday at age 97, visited Alabama for multiple speaking engagements and assignments during his remarkable leadership career, including at the Air War College hosted at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery and for NASA-related functions in Huntsville. Many know of Lovell because of the…

Austal USA earns Coast Guard contract for second cutter in a potential $3.3 billion deal

August 7, 2025

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COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS

By Troy Turner [email protected] Mobile-based Austal USA has received a contract and started work on a second Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard. The $273 million contract option is part of a deal that includes options for up to 11 cutters with a potential value of $3.3 billion. The ship will be…

SMDS25 includes a few lighthearted feels; just look…

August 6, 2025

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COMMENTARY

COMMENTARY By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Roaming the floor and attending sessions on the first day of the 2025 Space and Missile Defense Symposium proved — all the important work aside — to be quite entertaining. For those readers who are here with me, you might find interesting some of these tidbits about…

(UPDATE: No, not yet) — Is a SPACECOM HQ announcement coming next week at SMDS25? If not, it should

August 5, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, COMMENTARY, MARINES, NAVY, OPINION, SPACE FORCE

< COMMENTARY By Troy Turner [email protected] WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Attendance at SMDS25 has now topped 9,000, it was announced this morning. < HUNTSVILLE — Space Command was, as expected, a topic hot on the agenda Tuesday at the 2025 Space and Missile Defense Symposium. And, though not expected but hoped for, there was NO announcement…

Lockheed Martin missile deal involving Troy facility modified to a $9.5 billion contract

August 1, 2025

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AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control a contract modification that brings the cumulative value of the deal to almost $9.5 billion for missiles that the company’s Troy, Alabama, facility will help produce. The contract includes large-bulk purchases of the Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and Long-Range,…

Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell was no stranger in Alabama

Austal USA earns Coast Guard contract for second cutter in a potential $3.3 billion deal

SMDS25 includes a few lighthearted feels; just look…

(UPDATE: No, not yet) — Is a SPACECOM HQ announcement coming next week at SMDS25? If not, it should

Lockheed Martin missile deal involving Troy facility modified to a $9.5 billion contract

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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