Huntsville

It looks like Ukraine wants to buy more weapons marked made in Alabama. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is at the G-seven summit in Canada. Published reports say Ukraine wants the U.S. Patriot Missile Defense system. That could be good news for Huntsville which makes the new version of the weapon.

The group launched by Elon Musk to cut federal spending in the second Trump administration is targeting some U.S. Census Bureau surveys it claims are "wasteful," worrying users of federal data who are already concerned about the health of the nation's statistical infrastructure. While this goes on, tests next year for the 2030 census are slated for six places including Huntsville

Former University of Alabama student Nick Dunlap had seen some big numbers start creeping into his game before he arrived at the Masters. Nothing could have prepared the Huntsville native for the amount of strokes he'd take in eighteen holes

Mobile and Birmingham rank among the worst in a new study on most relaxed cities in the United States. The landscaping company LawnStarter commissioned the report on 500 municipalities and ranked them based on eight issues like mental stress, hours on the job, and drug and cigarette use.

Engineers at NASA and Boeing continue troubleshooting the new Starliner space capsule that’s docked to the International Space Station. One issue that appears unresolved is the possible impact on jobs here in Alabama.

NASA is preparing for a planned May launch of an Atlas-V rocket, built in Alabama. The booster is set to carry the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station. Once the vehicle docks with the orbiting outpost, there will be a meeting of two “penguins."

Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule is on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, next door to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The vehicle, on top of an Alabama built Atlas-V rocket, is scheduled for an early May blastoff to the International Space Station.

Israel has hailed the success of its defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran. The U.S. military took part in defending against the more than three hundred drones and ballistic missiles that were launched. Alabama reportedly played a role in developing the weapons used by the U.S. Navy.

Huntsville International Airport began its Gateway Star route linking Mexico to the Middle East. The Qatar Airways Boeing 777 arrived in Huntsville from Mexico City at the airport’s International Intermodal Center bound for Luxembourg with a final destination of Doha, Qatar.

A local arts festival in the Rocket City turns 10 years old in 2023, and hundreds of people are expected to attend the event this weekend.