Tanker rivals unite to fight delay in Air Force contract During the three-year battle for an Air Force tanker contract, there have been few occasions when rival political backers of Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. found themselves in agreement. But that’s what happened this week, when lawmakers on both sides of the tanker debate [...]
NeXolve celebrates opening of new office, doubles lab size Company working on sunshield for Hubble Telescope’s replacement A company that’s helping NASA develop its next-generation space telescope is also focusing on its Huntsville expansion. NeXolve, formerly known as ManTech SRS, will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at its new offices at 655 Discovery Drive in [...]
Sessions: Don’t cut missile system Unwise to limit program based in Huntsville, he says Rumored cuts in the missile defense budget prompted Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, to ask the Pentagon Wednesday to protect a ground-based missile defense system. Sessions sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about recent reports that the Pentagon [...]
StaffSoldiers march in last year’s Veterans Day Parade in downtown Huntsville. HUNTSVILLE, AL. — Huntsville’s Veterans Day Parade starts this morning at 11 a.m. The parade begins at Clinton Avenue in front of the U.S. Post Office, takes a right at Monroe Street past the Von Braun Center, then winds around downtown via Williams Avenue, [...]
Missile Defense Agency work in Huntsville and Army helicopter programs at Redstone Arsenal are among defense programs the U.S House approved for $487.7 billion in a spending bill this week. The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act passed Wednesday provides defense programs with $28.4 billion more than 2008 funding, said U.S. Rep. Bud [...]
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