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Enterprise company tapped with USAF contract for UH-1N helicopter overhaul work

September 9, 2026

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Troy Turner

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(Photos/USAF) By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Air Force awarded a $10.4 million contract for helicopter overhaul work to an Enterprise, Alabama, company located near the Army’s Fort Rucker, which is home to Army aviation and much of the military’s premier helicopter training and development. Arista Aviation Services since has become part of the United…

Alabama company in Arab chosen to provide Air Force key parts for air-to-air missiles

September 7, 2026

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Troy Turner

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AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

(Photos/USAF) By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Air Force awarded BK Manufacturing Co. Inc., Arab, Alabama, a $28 million contract to supply it with wings and fins for air-to-air missile production. The deal will provide wings and fins for the AIM-120X and CATM-120X series of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles. Air Force aircraft using the missiles…

Marine Corps, Dynetics partner to provide air defense radar support

September 7, 2026

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Troy Turner

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CONTRACTS, MARINES

Marines train during a helicopter sling load evaluation with the Medium Range Air Defense Radar (MRADR). Photo/USMC By Troy Turner [email protected] The Navy has awarded Dynetics Inc., Huntsville, an almost $41 million deal to manufacture, deliver and support 14 medium range air defense radar (MRADR) production representative model systems for the U.S. Marine Corps. The…

Navy selects Huntsville-based IS4S for program establishing expeditionary repair centers

September 6, 2026

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Troy Turner

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CONTRACTS, NAVY

(Photo/U.S. Navy) By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy awarded Integrated Solutions for Systems Inc., Huntsville, also known as IS4S, a nearly $48 million contract for expeditionary maintenance and repair facility production. A Navy expeditionary maintenance and repair facility (or expeditionary maintenance center) is a mobile or forward-deployed hub that provides rapid engineering, equipment repairs…

Brasfield & Gorrie chosen to develop four major projects at Anniston Army Depot

August 28, 2026

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Troy Turner

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

Alexa Mize is shown operating modern machinery used for preparing vehicle parts at Anniston Army Depot. (File photo/Army) By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Army has awarded Brasfield & Gorrie LLC, Birmingham, a contract worth nearly $1 billion for four major design and construction projects at Anniston Army Depot. The depot in northeast Alabama was…

Army enters $10 billion long-term commercial contract for Fort Rucker helicopter training

August 15, 2026

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Troy Turner

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

(Photo/M1 Services) By Troy Turner [email protected] The home of U.S. Army aviation is in Alabama, where approximately 1,250 new aviators are trained at Fort Rucker each year to fly helicopters. Thursday, the Army announced a $10 billion contract in a program calling on commercial trainers to teach its future pilots over a span covering almost…

Air Force awards Torch Technologies nearly $1 billion contract for support services at Eglin AFB

August 13, 2026

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Troy Turner

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AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

File photo from a test facility at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (USAF) By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – The U.S. Air Force has awarded Alabama-based Torch Technologies Inc. an almost $1 billion contract to provide technical and management advisory services at the Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The work includes providing…

Raytheon awarded $745 million deal to provide U.S., Japan, its latest version of SM-3 interceptor missile

August 8, 2026

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Troy Turner

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CONTRACTS, NAVY

(Photos/Raytheon) By Troy Turner [email protected] The Missile Defense Agency on Friday awarded Raytheon a more than $745 million contract for its Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor missile to be supplied to U.S. and Japanese militaries. Work under the contract will be performed at Raytheon’s facilities in Huntsville and Tucson, Arizona. Raytheon, which operates under the…

Birmingham’s BL Harbert tapped for classified/special ops F-35 training facility in Arkansas

August 7, 2026

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Troy Turner

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AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

A Polish F-35A Lightning II pilot executes ground operations at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Arkansas, Jan. 29, 2025. (Abigail Duell/USAF) By Troy Turner [email protected] Birmingham-based BL Harbert International, one of the nation’s mainstay workhorses for complex federal and military construction projects around the world, is being tasked with constructing a facility in Arkansas that…

Veterans Memorial Bridges over the Tennessee River are going from green to battleship gray

August 5, 2026

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Troy Turner

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CONTRACTS

(Photos/ALDOT) By Troy Turner [email protected] Progress continues to be made with painting the U.S. 431 Veterans Memorial Bridges over the Tennessee River in Guntersville. The $6.7 million project with contractor Cekra includes cleaning by contained sandblasting to remove rust, debris and old paint, followed by painting with a three-coat system, according to the Alabama Department…

USAF hires Huntsville’s Yorktown Systems Group to provide Air Force Academy training

August 4, 2026

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Troy Turner

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AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

(Photo/USAF) By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Air Force has awarded Yorktown Systems Group Inc., headquartered in Huntsville, an almost $51.6 million contract to provide specialized training services at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. Yorktown provides a wide range of training, including educational development, language and culturally oriented services in more than 70…

Redwire announces expansion of Huntsville campus, additional jobs, on heels of USMC contracts

July 20, 2026

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Troy Turner

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CONTRACTS, MARINES

The U.S. Marine Corps recently inked two new deals with Redwire for continued UAS production. (Photo/Ernesto Lagunes, USMC) By Troy Turner [email protected] International airshows where more spectators wear ties than T-shirts usually mean a lot of professional networking, good spirits, new aircraft; and an occasional business deal. Alabama landed one of the latter on Monday…

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