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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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World War I hero from Alabama earned Medal of Honor for actions in Aisne-Marne battle

July 29, 2025

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ARMY

By Katie Lange, DOD News During World War I, Army Cpl. Sidney Earnest Manning took charge of his platoon after his superiors fell during a major Allied counteroffensive. Manning survived the fight despite suffering several injuries. For his leadership and bravery, he received the Medal of Honor. Manning was born July 17, 1892, in Butler County,…
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Navy awards Dynetics a deal for six medium-range air defense radar systems going to Marines

July 24, 2025

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CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

Air defense systems being developed by Leidos include a wide range of radar and weapon systems. Shown above is a model of Enduring Shield, a mobile ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles, rockets, artillery, and mortars. (Image via Leidos) By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has…
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Counterintelligence cybersecurity deal reaches $87 million for Huntsville’s Agile Decision Sciences LLC

July 23, 2025

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CONTRACTS, CYBERSECURITY

By Troy Turner [email protected] Agile Decision Sciences LLC, Huntsville, was awarded a contract modification that hikes to $87.2 million its deal to provide cybersecurity support to the military’s Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). DCSA works to answer security challenges facing industry and the nation’s critical information, technologies and supply chain. Its mission involves providing a…
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Andalusia company in running for share of $49 million DOD construction contract

July 23, 2025

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CONTRACTS

Carter’s Contracting Services Inc. (CCSI), Andalusia, is one of eight companies chosen to compete for projects under a $49 million construction contract administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 26, 2030. No details were shared regarding…
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Austal USA delivers last Independence-variant LCS, the future USS Pierre

July 22, 2025

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MARINES, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] MOBILE – Austal USA recently delivered to the U.S. Navy the last littoral combat ship of the Independence-variant, the future USS Pierre (LCS 38). Austal USA’s littoral combat ships are designed to be fast, agile, platforms that can be used in near-shore operations. The multi-purpose warships can serve a wide variety…
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Birmingham Industrial to construct weapons range at Army’s Fort Campbell

July 15, 2025

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

By Troy Turner [email protected] Birmingham Industrial Construction LLC, based in nearby Alabaster, was awarded an almost $9.6 million contract for construction of a weapons range at the U.S. Army’s Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The contract carries an estimated completion date of July 6, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting agency. Fort Campbell is…
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Navy awards Alabama Shipyard LLC new contract to service the USNS Robert E. Peary

July 15, 2025

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CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC in Mobile a $9.5 million contract for routine docking and service to the Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment ship, the USNS Robert E. Peary. The contract calls for a 49-calendar-day shipyard availability, but it includes a base work package and two unexercised options for additional…
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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

World War I hero from Alabama earned Medal of Honor for actions in Aisne-Marne battle

Navy awards Dynetics a deal for six medium-range air defense radar systems going to Marines

Counterintelligence cybersecurity deal reaches $87 million for Huntsville’s Agile Decision Sciences LLC

Andalusia company in running for share of $49 million DOD construction contract

Austal USA delivers last Independence-variant LCS, the future USS Pierre

Birmingham Industrial to construct weapons range at Army’s Fort Campbell

Navy awards Alabama Shipyard LLC new contract to service the USNS Robert E. Peary

National Park Service, Auburn University to host Horseshoe Bend battle symposium at Pebble Hill

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

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

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