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Popular Severe Weather Notification System App Free to State Residents HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartphone users can now download a free app to receive severe weather notifications from the popular Alabama SAF-T-Net program. In addition to sending Alabama SAF-T-Net notifications for up to four monitored locations, the Alabama SAF-T-Net app is also a full service weather app featuring radar images, an hour-by-hour forecast and more. By downloading the free app,...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Aerospace Club of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., took first prize in the 2013 annual NASA Student Launch Projects challenge, in which student teams design, build and fly small rockets with science payloads to an altitude of 1 mile and return them safely to Earth. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) After two consecutive third-place finishes, Vanderbilt beat 35 other colleges and...

Spring dedication at Huntsville Botanical Garden displays new gardens symbolizing hope and courage in the fight against cancer HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- One brave woman currently undergoing chemotherapy and two cancer survivors, their families, friends and members of the Huntsville community celebrated life today at the Intergraph(® )Garden of Hope spring dedication in a poignant display of inspiration at the Huntsville Botanical Garden. (Logo:...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), today awarded the first of its kind Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) for the first technology under this contract to support renewable energy on Defense Department installations. Individual MATOC awards are being staggered by...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today commemorated 50( )years of operations in Huntsville, Ala., with a celebration attended by approximately 1,000 people, including Lockheed Martin employees and retirees, government and military personnel, industry partners and community members. John Holly, vice president of Missile Defense Systems and deputy for Strategic and Missile Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, led the...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online NASA's annual Great Moonbuggy Race kicked off today in Huntsville, Alabama, marking 20 years since the competition began. The annual Great Moonbuggy Race involves high school- and college-aged students who build lightweight, human-powered "moonbuggies" that address many of the same design challenges NASA and industry engineers overcame during the Apollo missions. In the late 1960s, NASA engineers designed the Apollo-era Lunar Roving...

-- Creative Pairing of Innovative Companies for Debut of New Water Shoe -- HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LINE-X Protective Coatings, the nation's leading developer and provider of high performance protective coatings now celebrating its 20(th) anniversary, is a strategic partner in the launch of a new water shoe from Under Armour. The "Water Spider" is a high performance water shoe designed for great ventilation and water expulsion through a tough LINE-X-coated mesh. The...

-- LINE-X Products Approved to Meet Slip-Resistant Requirements for Fire Apparatus -- HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LINE-X Protective Coatings, the nation's leading developer and provider of high performance protective coatings now celebrating its 20(th) anniversary, will be attending the 2013 Fire Department Instructor's Conference (FDIC). As first time exhibitors, LINE-X will be showcasing a variety of slip- and chemical-resistant products designed specifically...

- Redstone Gateway facility to house 1,400 employees HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Alabama leaders today officially opened a new complex in Huntsville that will advance Boeing's competitiveness and strengthen the company's commitment to the state. Boeing is the largest aerospace company in Alabama and one of the state's largest employers. Huntsville employees in leased facilities have begun moving into the first completed building of the...

NASA has selected seven small businesses to provide a variety of program support services for the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The blanket purchase agreements have no minimum or maximum value. There is a five-year ordering period. Tasks will be performance-based, fixed-price, or time and material orders. The agreements include a one-year base period followed by four one-year options that may be exercised at NASA's discretion. Under the Marshall Integrated...