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  • Alabama’s 187th Fighter Wing takes F-35s through first ‘hot turn’ exercise with live munitions

    Alabama’s 187th Fighter Wing takes F-35s through first ‘hot turn’ exercise with live munitions

    May 17, 2025

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    AIR FORCE

    By Air Force Capt. Michael Luangkhot Special to AlaDefense.com The 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails F-35 wing based at Dannelly […]

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  • REAL ID requirement goes into effect for visitors to Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex

    REAL ID requirement goes into effect for visitors to Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex

    May 15, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    MONTGOMERY — Visitors planning to access Maxwell Air Force Base or Gunter Annex should be aware of a new requirement that began on […]

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  • USNS Comfort to be deployed on Continuing Promise 2025 mission

    USNS Comfort to be deployed on Continuing Promise 2025 mission

    May 15, 2025

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    ARMY, NAVY

    The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort, a routine sight in Mobile Bay in recent years, will deploy June-August to the U.S. Southern […]

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  • Northrop Grumman contract modified to almost $2 billion for missile defense target systems

    Northrop Grumman contract modified to almost $2 billion for missile defense target systems

    May 10, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE — The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Chandler, Arizona, a contract modification that ups the […]

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  • Dynetics picks up $74 million Army contract for refurbishment work

    Dynetics picks up $74 million Army contract for refurbishment work

    May 10, 2025

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    The U.S. Army and Department of Defense awarded Dynetics Inc., Huntsville, a $74 million contract for equipment refurbishment. The equipment undergoing the work […]

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  • Navy exec pays visit to Austal USA submarine-production facilities

    Navy exec pays visit to Austal USA submarine-production facilities

    May 9, 2025

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    NAVY

    MOBILE –Rear Admiral Jonathan Rucker, the Navy’s program executive officer for attack submarines, on Thursday visited Mobile where he addressed more than 200 […]

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  • Army to roll out 40 Delta, its first enlisted Space Ops MOS

    Army to roll out 40 Delta, its first enlisted Space Ops MOS

    May 3, 2025

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    ARMY

    Editor’s note: AlaDefense.com reported in August 2024 a story from the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in which the commanding general of the […]

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  • USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park names its 2025-26 Crewmates; see photos from years past

    USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park names its 2025-26 Crewmates; see photos from years past

    April 30, 2025

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    NAVY

    Special to AlaDefense.com (See photos below of Crewmates from years past.) MOBILE — USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park announced on Tuesday the selection […]

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

    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 […]

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

    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 […]

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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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