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Army announces ‘Dark Eagle’ as official name for its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon

April 29, 2025

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ARMY

Editor’s note: Lockheed Martin engineers and researchers, and other entities doing work in Huntsville, are involved in the DOD’s goal to achieve and implement a long-range hypersonic weapon system. The photo above is from Lockheed Martin. Department of Defense: The U.S. Army announced “Dark Eagle” as the popular name for the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon following the…
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Alabama’s first quantum computer nears mission-ready status for missile defense; Davidson preps for DOD needs

April 24, 2025

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

By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – Final preparations are under way for Alabama’s first quantum computer, touted as the most advanced in the world, to become fully operational and available for a wide range of research and crucial tasks such as missile defense, biomedical research and streamlined supply chain management, to name a few. Once…
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Alabama company specializing in all-terrain mats lands $121 million Marine Corps contract

April 21, 2025

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CONTRACTS, MARINES

By Troy Turner [email protected] Enterprise, Alabama-based ALFAB Inc. has garnered a nearly $121 million contract to provide and service specialized mats used by the Marine Corps for landing aircraft and other purposes on unstable terrain. The Department of Defense on Monday announced the contract, which calls for production and delivery of up to 6,740 so-called…
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Austal USA ceremony for future USNS Solomon Atkinson honors one of the first Navy SEALs

April 21, 2025

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CONTRACTS, NAVY

MOBILE – Austal USA celebrated the official start of construction on the future USNS Solomon Atkinson (T-ATS 12), the Navy’s seventh Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship, with a keel-laying ceremony April 16 honoring its namesake, who became one of the first U.S. Navy SEALs. The keel-laying symbolically recognizes the ceremonial beginning of the construction of…
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‘Ready 4 Duty’ visits Maxwell AFB to kick off WWII Allied victory 80th Anniversary tour

April 21, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY

By Airman 1st Class Nelvis Sera 42nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Alabama —The Commemorative Air Force “Ready 4 Duty” Douglas R4D-6S, a historic U.S. Navy variant of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, visited Maxwell Air Force Base on April 17 as the first official stop of its transatlantic “Navy to Victory…
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park reopens after EF-3 tornado ripped through battleground

April 17, 2025

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Uncategorized

UPDATE: The park partially reopened today, April 17, it announced. “The visitor center, picnic area and overlook tour stop are all open. The tour road and nature trail remain closed. We are working to open portions of the tour road as soon as possible.” By Troy Turner [email protected] DADEVILLE — Horseshoe Bend National Military Park…
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Space Command HQ inspector general report offers no clear answer on best location, but Alabama and Colorado both tout findings

April 16, 2025

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

By: Lindsey Toomer Colorado Newsline A U.S. Department of Defense inspector general report evaluating the decision on where to house U.S. Space Command headquarters highlights the key points of contention in the selection process and why certain agencies had a preference on where it should be located. The report found that while Air Force leaders decided Redstone Arsenal…
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Austal USA contracted to perform additional prep work for the USS Pierre

April 12, 2025

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CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] Mobile-based Austal USA received a nearly $10.7 million Navy task order to provide “advance planning, material procurement and accomplishment of work” for availabilities in support of the USS Pierre littoral combat ship. Work will be performed in National City, California, and is expected to be completed by December 2026. Austal USA…
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USNS Laramie slatted to make return service call to Alabama Shipyard LLC

April 12, 2025

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CONTRACTS, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, earned a nearly $12.5 million contract with the Navy for shipyard availability and scheduled maintenance on the Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie. The contract is similar to previous contracts Alabama Shipyard has garnered from the Department of Defense and Navy to work on the…
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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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AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

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…
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Northrop Grumman-Huntsville adds new contract for Poland’s military

March 31, 2025

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

A new unit of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Command System is rolled out at Northrop Grumman’s Huntsville facility. (Northrop Grumman) Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Huntsville, was awarded an almost $48 million contract for logistics support and sustainment for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, after securing a similar January contract…
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Austal USA christens the future USNS Billy Frank Jr.

March 30, 2025

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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…
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Army announces ‘Dark Eagle’ as official name for its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon

Alabama’s first quantum computer nears mission-ready status for missile defense; Davidson preps for DOD needs

Alabama company specializing in all-terrain mats lands $121 million Marine Corps contract

Austal USA ceremony for future USNS Solomon Atkinson honors one of the first Navy SEALs

‘Ready 4 Duty’ visits Maxwell AFB to kick off WWII Allied victory 80th Anniversary tour

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park reopens after EF-3 tornado ripped through battleground

Space Command HQ inspector general report offers no clear answer on best location, but Alabama and Colorado both tout findings

Austal USA contracted to perform additional prep work for the USS Pierre

USNS Laramie slatted to make return service call to Alabama Shipyard LLC

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

Northrop Grumman-Huntsville adds new contract for Poland’s military

Austal USA christens the future USNS Billy Frank Jr.

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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