Raytheon’s next-generation Army radar will have Huntsville roots
Turns out, Alabama’s “Rocket City” knows a lot about radars, too. Huntsville picked up its nickname after serving as the cradle of the nation’s rocket program and hosting NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, a key player in the space program for decades. The North Alabama city is also a mecca for the defense industry and…
4 key reasons Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ is best pick for Space Command HQ
Huntsville is in the running to be the headquarters of the new U.S. Space Command, a move that is a natural fit for Alabama’s Rocket City and its longtime support of space and defense programs. Goals of the new command are to better organize and advance the military’s extensive operations in space and to seek…
Dynetics opens advanced rocket-testing complex in North Alabama
DECATUR, Alabama – Dynetics today opened a rocket-testing facility in North Alabama that will help advance major programs such as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the space agency’s most powerful rocket, and the United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur, a next-generation launch vehicle. Huntsville-based Dynetics said its Aerospace Structures Complex will support the development, integration and…
ULA’s Alabama-based RocketShip makes first delivery with new name
Many folks may know that the United Launch Alliance produces powerful rockets at a sprawling factory in Decatur. But few people probably realize that the ULA has its own rocket delivery ship based in the Alabama city. The R/S RocketShip, as it’s now called, is a 312-foot vessel designed specially to transport boosters and other…
Marshall Space Flight Center to lead NASA lander program in return to moon
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine today announced that the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville will lead the agency’s Human Landing System Program for its return to the Moon by 2024. Bridenstine made the announcement in front of the 149-foot-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket liquid hydrogen tank structural test article currently being tested at NASA’s Alabama…
Milestone: Airbus launches A220 production at Alabama facility
MOBILE, Alabama — Airbus announced today that it has begun manufacturing A220 aircraft at its Alabama production facility, a key milestone in growth plans that will see the company add a second assembly line at its Mobile facility and hire more than 400 new workers at the site. The first team of A220 production workers…
Alabama aerospace exports surge as industry growth gains pace
Exports of Alabama-made aerospace products and parts increased in markets around the world last year, as the industry continued to invest in the state. The growth comes amid strategic efforts to expand Alabama’s aerospace presence. The total value of the shipments, which went to 97 countries, rose to $2.4 billion, a 28 percent increase from…
Alabama team uncovers potential projects at 2019 Paris Air Show
PARIS – Alabama’s business recruitment team wrapped up its efforts at the 2019 Paris Air Show today, after engaging in around 20 appointments with high-ranking aerospace executives, along with many informal encounters with industry officials. Over three days at Paris’ Le Bourget airfield, the Alabama aerospace recruitment effort uncovered seven potential projects and advanced the recruitment…
4 ways Alabama universities are driving aerospace advances
Innovative research that is guiding the future of the global aerospace industry is happening in university laboratories and classrooms across Alabama. Space exploration, rocket engines and deep space outposts are just a few of the topics currently being studied by instructors and students in projects supported by government agencies, private companies and other stakeholders in…
Alabama operations support Boeing’s critical aerospace missions
Boeing continues to build its legacy in Alabama with new products and services that are helping to transform the future of the global space and defense industries. With more than 3,000 jobs based in Alabama, Boeing is one of the state’s largest private employers. The company last month revealed the Huntsville-built Gateway Demonstrator, a prototype…
