Raytheon Awarded $31 Million Excalibur Contract
Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $31,134,623 contract modification from the U.S. Army to procure more Excalibur Ib projectiles. The work will be performed...
B.L. Harbert Lands Part of $2.5 Billion Navy Contract
B.L. Harbert International LLC, based in Birmingham, is one of 14 firms that the Navy has recently contracted with on an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity,...
Northrop Grumman Awarded $10 Million Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., based in New York, has been awarded a $10,713,544 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract for two additional Surface-to-Surface...
Montgomery Chosen for Air Force Helicopter Training Program
Maxwell Air Force Base — specifically the 908th Airlift Wing — in Montgomery has been chosen as the training site for the new MH-139...
Independence Day Foreign Weapons Sales $7.5 Billion
On Independence Day, the U.S. State Department approved almost $7.5 billion in potential foreign military sales to five different countries, including $70 million for...
Alabama Jewel Acquired by Defense Giant, $1.65 Billion
Dynetics Inc., one of Alabama's top defense contractors, announced it will be acquired for $1.65 billion by Leidos Holdings, a Reston, Virginia-based Fortune 500...
Military – Alabama’s Defense Clusters
The people of Alabama do more than their share to support the U.S. military — and the military helps support the people of Alabama....
Uncertainty in the Fate of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program
Cuts in military expenditures, coupled with harsh criticisms in Washington, have plagued the Littoral Combat Ship program since its inception. Recent decisions by senior...
Selling Nuclear in a Post-Fukushima Age
The Tennessee Valley Authority produced lots of excitement in Scottsboro last August when it announced plans to restart construction on the Bellefonte Nuclear...