Frank Anderson, President of DAU, and James McCullough, Dean of DAU South, cut the ribbon for the schools new campus in Thornton Research Park.

DAU trains government employees ranging from new hires to high-level project managers in acquisition, technology and logistics.

Charlie Kettle, Chair-elect of the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County Board of Directors, said that DAU plays a key role in the area’s workforce development.

“Having Defense Acquisition University in our community creates an even better trained, more highly qualified workforce to support the critical programs at Redstone. In addition, DAU’s presence is a very powerful workforce recruitment tool. It is nice for workforce candidates to know that if they move to this community they will have access to specific continuous learning and enhanced training programs that will increase their knowledge base as well as create additional career advancement opportunities,” Kettle said. Continue »

John Donnellon, president of Decisive Analytics, cuts the ribbon for the company’s new office in Cummings Research Park.

According to John Donnellon, president of Decisive Analytics, the company looks forward to growing its footprint in Huntsville.

“We look forward to continue establishing a relationship with the community here and watching the community with amazed eyes at the technology being developed here. This is a place where a company like ours needs to be. NASA, the Army and Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency are all bringing their people here because of the quality of the workforce. We look forward to growing here as well.”

Donnellon added that he looks forward to having another ribbon cutting to celebrate an even bigger office soon.

Tony Jones, vice president and senior site executive, the Boeing Company.

SES will receive U.S. Army Apache helicopters at the SES West Aviation and Integration Facility located in Huntsville, where the aircraft will be disassembled, inspected and repaired as necessary. The components and airframe will be shipped to Boeing in Mesa, Ariz. for integration into the newest model Apache helicopter, the AH64D Apache Block III. Continue »

Headquarters, Army Contracting Command provides global contracting support to combatant commanders, and Headquarters, Expeditionary Contracting Command plans and executes contracting support for Army service component commanders in support of Army and joint operations. Headquarters, Expeditionary Contracting Command also provides support for multi-national contracting requirements.

Both contracting commands will collocate with the U.S. Army Materiel Command and the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, which are also moving to Redstone Arsenal as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.

The collocation of these organizations will serve to improve the integration of contracting services within the continental United States, overseas installations and theater operations.