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

March 31, 2025

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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…

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…

‘Crimson Tide’ actor Gene Hackman served in the Marine Corps

February 27, 2025

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Troy Turner

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MARINES, NAVY

Editor’s note: The following is a file story from the Department of Defense in a series spotlighting well-known entertainers with military experience. It is being reposted upon news today of Hackman’s death, at age 95. By David Vergun, DOD News Actor Gene Hackman, who starred as the captain of the USS Alabama in the film “Crimson…

Battle of Iwo Jima: 80 years later, lessons learned

February 19, 2025

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Troy Turner

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MARINES, NAVY

(Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. Photo ccurtesy of Joe Rosenthal, via DOD) By David Vergun DOD News The Battle of Iwo Jima took place from Feb. 19, 1945 to March 26, 1945. The island, only 8 square miles in area, was considered crucial to the strategy of the Pacific campaign…

POW/MIA agency continues search for American personnel missing since WWII, including Tuskegee Airmen

December 28, 2024

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Troy Turner

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINES, NAVY

The remains of Tuskegee Airman Fred Brewer were found in Europe and returned to the U.S. From the Department of Defense The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on Aug. 10, 2023, identified the remains of 2nd Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr., missing from World War II. Brewer, who joined the U.S. Army Air Forces from North…

DOD taps Auburn research, Coosa County minerals to help with a critical supply chain need

December 9, 2024

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Troy Turner

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

(A U.S. Army unmanned, eight-wheeled, all-electric, all-terrain transport vehicle equipped with an enhanced surveillance package. U.S. Army photo.) By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN – The U.S. Navy is looking for ways to arm its warships at sea with weapons that don’t run out of ammunition. The Marine Corps and Army are developing ground warfare models…

Space Command HQ should be decided… sans politics

November 28, 2024

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Troy Turner

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

COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS By Troy Turner Editor, senior consultant AlaDefense.com A multi-billion-dollar question of national security sits on the table. Along with its answer comes a critical influence on the direction of future warfare and an accompaniment of defense industries that will solidify the mecca of American military space technology. It is time to bring the U.S.…

Missile Defense Agency taps Auburn University for latest in string of DOD-Auburn research partnerships

November 14, 2024

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Troy Turner

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

(Photo: The Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus, located at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.) By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN – The Department of Defense has awarded Auburn University an $11.4 million contract for work and specialized infrastructure access connected to new research for the Missile Defense Agency, which works to protect the U.S. and its…

Rep. Mike Rogers is on the shortlist for secretary of defense, and that could bode well for Alabama

November 9, 2024

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Troy Turner

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

(Photo: Rep. Mike Rogers, center, during a 2017 visit to Ukraine. DOD photo.) STORY UPDATE: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday evening announced in a social media post that he is nominating Pete Hegseth for the secretary of defense post. Hegseth has served in the Army National Guard and as a host on FOX News. (Updated…

Huntsville company tasked with assisting in UAS-defense development

October 17, 2024

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Troy Turner

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CONTRACTS, MARINES

(Top: AI-generated image/AlaDefense.com; Bottom: DOD file photo) By Troy Turner [email protected] The Department of Defense and U.S. Navy awarded Invariant Corp., based in Huntsville, and a California company a combined $400 million contract for the integration and delivery of a Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System/Engagement System. Defense against drone warfare has become a given on the battlefield,…

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

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

‘Crimson Tide’ actor Gene Hackman served in the Marine Corps

Battle of Iwo Jima: 80 years later, lessons learned

POW/MIA agency continues search for American personnel missing since WWII, including Tuskegee Airmen

DOD taps Auburn research, Coosa County minerals to help with a critical supply chain need

Space Command HQ should be decided… sans politics

Missile Defense Agency taps Auburn University for latest in string of DOD-Auburn research partnerships

Rep. Mike Rogers is on the shortlist for secretary of defense, and that could bode well for Alabama

Huntsville company tasked with assisting in UAS-defense development

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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