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  • Huntsville-based Teledyne Brown Engineering picks up $127 million Navy contract to support health services

    Huntsville-based Teledyne Brown Engineering picks up $127 million Navy contract to support health services

    September 18, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy recently awarded Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., Huntsville, a nearly $127 million contract for a wide range of

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  • Bridge over I-85 dedicated to Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins

    Bridge over I-85 dedicated to Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins

    September 13, 2025

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    ARMY

    The Bent Creek Road bridge over Interstate 85 in Auburn officially was dedicated Sept. 10 in memory of Medal of Honor recipient Army

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  • Auburn University appoints DOD’s former Space Development Agency head as director of space innovation

    Auburn University appoints DOD’s former Space Development Agency head as director of space innovation

    September 12, 2025

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    CYBERSECURITY, SPACE FORCE

    Derek Tournear (DOD photo by USMC Sgt. Taryn Escott, June 2021) By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN – Auburn University recently announced the hiring

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  • Coast Guard moves forward with shipbuilder Austal USA contract in Offshore Patrol Cutter program

    Coast Guard moves forward with shipbuilder Austal USA contract in Offshore Patrol Cutter program

    September 10, 2025

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    COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS

    MOBILE — The U.S. Coast Guard exercised options worth $314 million to shipbuilder Austal USA for additional production in the Offshore Patrol Cutter

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  • TURNER: A closer look behind the podium in bringing SPACECOM HQ to Alabama

    TURNER: A closer look behind the podium in bringing SPACECOM HQ to Alabama

    September 6, 2025

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    COMMENTARY

    A screenshot of President Trump’s press conference. < COMMENTARY By Troy Turner [email protected]  It was a celebratory moment for Alabama’s GOP congressional delegation,

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  • DOD picks up an old name: Department of War

    DOD picks up an old name: Department of War

    September 6, 2025

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    The Old Executive Office Building, also known as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located at the corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and 17th Street,

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  • Trump announces relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama

    Trump announces relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama

    September 3, 2025

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    By Matthew Olay, DOD News During a press conference at the White House today, President Donald J. Trump announced that U.S. Space Command —

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  • UPDATE: ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED TODAY …….GAO report reaffirms selection process that chose Huntsville, Alabama, as preferred site for U.S. Space Command HQ

    UPDATE: ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED TODAY …….GAO report reaffirms selection process that chose Huntsville, Alabama, as preferred site for U.S. Space Command HQ

    September 2, 2025

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

    (UPDATE: President Trump is expected to announce today, Sept. 2, 2025, that Space Command HQ will indeed move to Huntsville, Alabama. More stories,

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  • U.S Navy seeks SABER cybersecurity support from Huntsville company in $87 million deal

    U.S Navy seeks SABER cybersecurity support from Huntsville company in $87 million deal

    August 31, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy awarded Hexagon US Federal Inc.’s Huntsville operation an almost $87.5 million contract modification for technology support

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  • Auburn Aviation recruits veteran F-16 fighter pilot to oversee flight education

    Auburn Aviation recruits veteran F-16 fighter pilot to oversee flight education

    August 29, 2025

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    By Charlotte Tuggle Auburn University Auburn University’s School of Aviation welcomed David “Rock” Bottomlee to its program this summer as the new director of flight

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  • Austal USA launches first U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility vessel

    Austal USA launches first U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility vessel

    August 29, 2025

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    COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS, NAVY

    MOBILE, Alabama — Austal USA recently launched the company’s first U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessel at its ship manufacturing facility in

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  • Full steam ahead: Anniston Army Depot completes first locomotive overhaul

    Full steam ahead: Anniston Army Depot completes first locomotive overhaul

    August 28, 2025

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    ARMY

    By Kayla BarrettAnniston Army Depot ANNISTON, Alabama – Anniston Army Depot made history June 23 with the completion of its first-ever full locomotive

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