Pentagon Awards $49M to Auburn, Boosts Defense Tech

0:00Pentagon just dropped a nearly 49 million dollar contract to Auburn University for five years of research and engineering help at the armies. Combat capabilities development command in Redstone Arsenal. Work details and funding will roll out order by order, keeping things flexible for the aviation and missile center. On the same day, they handed 14 million dollars to Range Generation Next in Virginia for ongoing support at the Reagan test site in Quasulin. Violence, all based out of Huntsville, Alabama, wrapping up by September 30, 2030. These deals boost defense tech from missiles to testing ops, fueling jobs and innovation in key spots like Alabama. Beyond that, over $2.23 billion went to 10 more firms, led by ocean ships with more than 1 billion, 114 million. Patriot contract services at 746 million and heavy hitters like Lockheed Martin and General Electric picking up the rest. To keep military projects moving strong, from your city, powered by AI, this is Birmingham

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