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DOD establishes Mexican Border Defense Medal for those serving on Southern border

August 23, 2025

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ARMY, COAST GUARD, MARINES, NAVY

By David Vergun, DOD News Effective immediately, the Mexican Border Defense Medal is established to recognize service members deployed to the U.S. international border with Mexico for Defense Department support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an Aug. 13 memorandum and reported by the DOD news service today. Service…
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Russellville company continues inland waterway work with Army Corps of Engineers

August 23, 2025

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

By Troy Turner [email protected] G&G Steel Inc., Russellville, Alabama, was awarded a contract to fabricate, assemble and deliver one upstream miter gate with two leaves and the associated equipment. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting agency. The $18 million award adds to a total cumulative face value of a $38.7 million contract.…
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Alabama Guard soldiers from Alex City HQ recognized for saving civilian’s life in Poland

August 18, 2025

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ARMY

(L-R) Staff Sgt. Jacob Roberts, Sgt. 1st Class Alicia Haggins, Sgt. Justin Fagan and 2nd Lt. Indiana Rhodes, stand together Aug. 15, a day after they came to the aid of a Polish civilian suffering a heart-related emergency in Poland. The Soldiers, all members of the Alabama National Guard’s 214th Military Police Company, are one…
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Lockheed Martin’s Troy operation to help produce additional THAAD missile defense components

August 15, 2025

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CONTRACTS

By Troy Turner [email protected] Another endorsement of continued work at Lockheed Martin’s missile assembly plant in Troy, Alabama, came Thursday when the Department of Defense announced an $18 million contract modification for work on a THAAD weapons systems deal already topping $10.4 billion. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system can intercept…
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SMDC hosts ribbon cutting for new, state-of-the-art facility

August 13, 2025

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ARMY

By Jason Cutshaw SMD Public Affairs REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command has officially opened its new state-of-the-art research, development and analysis facility supporting computational and analytical capabilities for its technical center’s laboratories. The USASMDC Technical Center hosted a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for its new Digital Simulation…
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‘Golden Dome’ lurks in the background at Space & Missile Defense Symposium; Alabama readies for what might come

August 12, 2025

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

The Lockheed Martin booth at the 28th annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium, held Aug. 5-7 in downtown Huntsville’s Von Braun Center. (John R. Roby for Alabama Reflector) By: John Roby For the Alabama Reflector HUNTSVILLE – Surrounded by the materiel of missile defense – sensors, circuits and rocket motor mockups – four of the nearly…
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Fort Rucker notifies area residents of low-flight inspections

August 11, 2025

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ARMY

By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Army’s Fort Rucker is telling local residents not to be alarmed Wednesday by low-level flights that will be conducted in the area for a series of tests and evaluations of aircraft accessibility. An Army C-12 Huron aircraft will conduct flight inspections in the vicinity of Shell Army Heliport between…
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Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell was no stranger in Alabama

August 8, 2025

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AIR FORCE, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

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…
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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…
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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…
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(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…
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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,…
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DOD establishes Mexican Border Defense Medal for those serving on Southern border

Russellville company continues inland waterway work with Army Corps of Engineers

Alabama Guard soldiers from Alex City HQ recognized for saving civilian’s life in Poland

Lockheed Martin’s Troy operation to help produce additional THAAD missile defense components

SMDC hosts ribbon cutting for new, state-of-the-art facility

‘Golden Dome’ lurks in the background at Space & Missile Defense Symposium; Alabama readies for what might come

Fort Rucker notifies area residents of low-flight inspections

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

Two of Alabama’s Medal of Honor recipients speak during VA special ceremony

Alabama defense contractor agrees to settlement over accused false claims relating to cybersecurity violations

B3 Enterprises will continue refueling services at Army’s Fort Rucker with contract update

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