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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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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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Selma-based American Apparel remains a steadfast supplier for all U.S. military branches

May 23, 2025

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

By Troy Turner [email protected] SELMA — American Apparel Inc., a Selma-based company with a longstanding history of providing apparel needs for the military, recently received in its latest deal a $14.3 million contract to provide blouses and trousers for the U.S. Marine Corps. More notable, however, is that American Apparel has become a reliable model…
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Cummings Aerospace packs speed, ease and diversity in its Hellhound as competition stiffens for combat-ready drones

May 22, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, SPACE FORCE

By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – Hellhound, the word, refers to a ferocious animal that aggressively seeks its prey, and that is the strategy Cummings Aerospace and the U.S. Army is thinking with the new Hellhound unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Cummings. The war between Ukraine and Russia has opened a mad rush of militaries…
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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

Selma-based American Apparel remains a steadfast supplier for all U.S. military branches

Cummings Aerospace packs speed, ease and diversity in its Hellhound as competition stiffens for combat-ready drones

Auburn University becomes a major player in land management for the U.S. military’s massive holdings

Founding Father facts, contributions to creating the United States of America

Huntsville rehab employer Phoenix awarded new Redstone contract for services, including access control

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