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AMIIC Announces Appointments to Its Advisory Board
Board Comprised of Local Leaders to Help Build the Northern Alabama Workforce of Tomorrow
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AMIIC, governed by an Advisory Board, represents a collaboration among government, industry, academia, and the defense community to accelerate the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies and bridge Alabama s workforce gap. The state, according to a recent economic study, has a goal of producing 500,000 new, highly skilled workers through 2025. To help fill these positions, AMIIC seeks to provide students and workers with more exposure to advanced manufacturing technologies and opportunities for training, certifications, and apprenticeships.
Huntsville tech company land nearly $2 billion in Army contracts
Updated May 17, 2021;
The Huntsville-based company announced it had received two Army contracts valued together at almost $2 billion.
On Thursday, Torch announced a $722 million task order. On Friday, Torch announced a $1.065 billion task order.
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The first contract was with U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC) Systems Simulation Software and Integration Directorate (S3I) for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Aviation and Missile Systems.
The announcement said the task order has a five-year period of performance and will be executed primarily in Huntsville.
According to the announcement, the Torch team will develop and apply models and simulations to aviation and missile system analysis ensuring warfighter readiness and future capabilities are realized. Team Torch will supply cost-effective solutions that facilitate readiness and technological dominanc
/PRNewswire/ The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) proudly announces the appointment of John Schmitt as the Executive Director.
US Army seeks Micro-UAS CRADA extension with Bell
30 April 2021
by Pat Host
The US Army’s corporate research laboratory wants to continue its collaborative efforts with Bell that lead to the development of the company’s Micro-UAS (Unmanned Aerial System), according to John Hrynuk, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) mechanical engineer.
The service official told
Janes on 29 April that ongoing collaboration with Bell through the 2018 Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) would enable the ARL to continue providing emerging autonomous behaviours and leverage new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques on a production-ready vehicle. The Micro-UAS emerged from a 2017 discussion between members of Bell’s innovation team and ARL researchers and became a flying concept vehicle with multiple flight demonstrations. This includes the 2021 US Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) hel