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

    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 […]

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

    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 […]

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

    ‘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 […]

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

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

    April 17, 2025

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    UPDATE: The park partially reopened today, April 17, it announced. “The visitor center, picnic area and overlook tour stop are all open. The […]

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

    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 […]

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

    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 […]

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

    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 […]

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

    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 […]

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

    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 […]

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  • Austal USA christens the future USNS Billy Frank Jr.

    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. […]

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  • Aircraft boneyard supports DOD readiness with five core missions

    Aircraft boneyard supports DOD readiness with five core missions

    March 18, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, MARINES, NAVY

    (Editor’s note: Where do the U.S. Air Force aircraft that fly in and out of Maxwell Air Force Base over the years go […]

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  • Marine Corps taps Hexagon for continued work on emergency response system

    Marine Corps taps Hexagon for continued work on emergency response system

    March 17, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, MARINES

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Marine Corps and Department of Defense recently awarded Hexagon US Federal Inc., Huntsville, a modification bringing to […]

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