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Senior officials outline president’s proposed FY26 defense budget

June 26, 2025

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

Editor’s note: Alabama consistently ranks among the top 15 states for defense spending, including research and development as well as active-duty military facilities. Huntsville, for example, will play a leading role in the creation of the proposed Golden Dome missile defense system. Thus the interest in the next DOD budget. By Matthew Olay, DOD News…
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Anniston work included in latest BAE Systems-Army development of the M109-52 self-propelled howitzer

June 23, 2025

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ARMY

By Troy Turner [email protected] BAE Systems, a global defense company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, is partnering with the U.S. Army to advance the M109-52 Self-Propelled Howitzer prototype, and Anniston, Alabama, is among several sites where work on the weapon will continue to be developed. BAE Systems employs nearly 41,000 across its major operations in the United…
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Mobile-based Austal USA launches its first steel-produced ship, the USNS Billy Frank Jr.

June 22, 2025

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NAVY

The USNS Billy Frank Jr. during its launch in Mobile, June 14, 2025. Photos courtesy of Austal USA. MOBILE — Austal USA, headquartered in Mobile, successfully launched the company’s first steel ship, the future USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11), on June 14. Named after a native American Korean War veteran who, as an activist,…
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Veteran military, commercial pilot is training next generation of fliers at Auburn University

June 19, 2025

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AIR FORCE

By Neal Reid Auburn University Office of Communications and Marketing Jill Glidewell has seen just about everything on a flight deck. From weathering hurricanes and typhoons in a U.S. Air Force C-130, to flying celebrities and passengers giving birth on commercial flights, the military veteran and longtime Delta Air Lines pilot has been through it all…
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Gulf Shores company nets service contract with Naval Oceanographic Office

June 17, 2025

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CONTRACTS, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy selected Saunders Engine and Equipment Co. Inc., Gulf Shores, for an almost $15 million contract to provide small-craft maintenance and upgrade support services in support of the Naval Oceanographic Office. The contract includes a 60-month ordering period, and one six-month option period, which if exercised would bring the…
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Huntsville-based i3 awarded $429 million contract to provide services toward missile defense

June 11, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS, CYBERSECURITY, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Huntsville-based Integration Innovation Inc., also known as i3, a contract with a ceiling value of nearly $429 million for a variety of professional services contributing to decision-making for missile defense systems. “Under this competitive follow-on contract, the primary focus of the contractor is to enable…
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Alabama Shipyard picks up another contract to service a Navy hospital ship, the USNS Mercy

June 8, 2025

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CONTRACTS, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC in Mobile an $18.7 million contract for routine service and drydocking of its hospital ship USNS Mercy. The Mercy’s sister ship, USNS Comfort, was a familiar sight in Mobile Bay in recent years during its service calls after Alabama Shipyard received similar contracts…
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Alabama’s 117th honors WWII vet in send-off to Normandy

June 6, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY

(U.S. Air National Guard photos by Staff Sgt. Kasie Faddis) By Troy Turner [email protected] BIRMINGHAM — It was years after D-Day on June 6, 1944, before World War II veteran Wallace “Wally” King stepped foot on the beaches of Normandy. But, even at the age of 101, he keeps going back, and this year, members…
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DOD’s Conventional Prompt Strike program includes hypersonic development work in Huntsville

June 2, 2025

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ARMY, CONTRACTS, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] The Department of Defense continues to pursue an arsenal for its strike-anywhere/anytime Conventional Prompt Strike program, and a contract worth up to $1 billion is bringing more work to Huntsville. Lockheed Martin Space, based in Littleton, Colorado, with significant resources in Alabama, was awarded a contract modification providing a deal to…
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Historic Ex-USS Enterprise (CVN-65), world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile

May 31, 2025

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NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] MOBILE, ALABAMA — The world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, the former USS Enterprise (CVN-65) with a distinguished record of military service dating back to the Cuban Missile Crisis and NASA’s Project Mercury program, will spend its final days in Mobile. The U.S. Navy and Department of Defense announced on Friday that…
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‘You gave him an aircraft carrier?’ DOD assets bring accuracy to ‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’

May 26, 2025

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AIR FORCE, MARINES, NAVY

By Katie Lange, DOD News It was a lofty mission, and the Defense Department chose to accept it. As Paramount Global and famed actor Tom Cruise put together their eighth installment of the “Mission Impossible” franchise, “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning,” the studio once again reached out to DOD to use its many military assets to…
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Old Guard honors fallen with ‘Flags In’ tradition

May 24, 2025

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

DOD News Nearly 1,500 soldiers assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” placed U.S. flags at over 260,000 headstones and niche columns across Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, for the 77th annual “Flags In” ceremony, May 22, 2025. The predawn mission, beginning at 4 a.m. despite cold, misty conditions, marked the official start of…
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Senior officials outline president’s proposed FY26 defense budget

Anniston work included in latest BAE Systems-Army development of the M109-52 self-propelled howitzer

Mobile-based Austal USA launches its first steel-produced ship, the USNS Billy Frank Jr.

Veteran military, commercial pilot is training next generation of fliers at Auburn University

Gulf Shores company nets service contract with Naval Oceanographic Office

Huntsville-based i3 awarded $429 million contract to provide services toward missile defense

Alabama Shipyard picks up another contract to service a Navy hospital ship, the USNS Mercy

Alabama’s 117th honors WWII vet in send-off to Normandy

DOD’s Conventional Prompt Strike program includes hypersonic development work in Huntsville

Historic Ex-USS Enterprise (CVN-65), world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile

‘You gave him an aircraft carrier?’ DOD assets bring accuracy to ‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’

Old Guard honors fallen with ‘Flags In’ tradition

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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