Millennium Expands in Cummings Research Park

(Left to Right) Jeremiah Knight, vice chair of workforce for the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County; Dennis Smith, vice president of integrated systems; U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith; Madison County Commissioner Dale Strong; Joe Valley, economic development director for the city of Huntsville. (Click photo to enlarge.)

March 29, 2010 - Millennium Engineering and Integration (Millennium) Company recently cut the ribbon on its second facility in Cummings Research Park. The new facility houses 30 new Millennium employees and will be the site for the development of new hardware products.

Millennium is a small, employee-owned business specializing in space systems, weapon systems and advanced technologies. The company provides engineering services and unique hardware/software products to many Department of Defense and civilian agencies such as the Army, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), NASA, Navy, Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Dennis Smith, vice president of the integrated systems sector, said that the goal of Millennium in Huntsville is to develop and research high-tech products.

“I came here because Millennium said they wanted to do in Huntsville what they are doing in northern Virginia. We provide the products that break through challenges. We could not have done this without the support of our community, state and country,” Smith said.

One of the products the company has developed is a camera capable of detecting explosives through clothing.

The company has grown from three employees to 100 during the past three years, a growth pattern that Smith says he hopes to maintain.

“We will continue to grow here and hope to have another one of these ceremonies with a new building,” Smith said.

Jeremiah Knight, vice chair for workforce for the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County’s Board of Directors, said that the company plays a major role in enhancing a high-tech image of Huntsville.

"There is no doubt that Millennium is enhancing our community’s image as a leading technology area – where innovation, entrepreneurship and technology have met and continue to forge our future. Millennium is a perfect example of the success stories that drive the Huntsville/Madison County economy,” Knight said.