Huntsville targets Dream Chaser landings as Sierra Nevada ties grow
Author Dawn Azok /Made In Alabama
August 18, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Huntsville International Airport is moving closer to a goal of becoming the first commercial airport that will be a landing spot for Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spaceplane.
A project team is working to secure funding to conduct additional studies this year and to submit an application for a commercial landing license to the Federal Aviation Administration.
This follows a study last year that demonstrated the compatibility of landing the Dream Chaser on the airport’s existing runway and taxiway.
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On the Road to Digital Ops in Manufacturing
Eduardo Alvarez, Principal, PwC ‘s Strategy
Aug 17, 2016
Much attention has been placed on how digital technologies are expected to transform the way every industry conducts business. Companies are already using new technologies to transform how they analyze their markets, interact with their customers, and gain insights about their performance. What keeps getting overlooked, however, is that the digital revolution will also radically change how organizations operate their businesses on a daily level-their manufacturing plants, capital assets, supply chain and service, and product development.
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55 Alabama companies make Inc . 5000 list; see full national ranking
By Lucy Berry
on August 17, 2016 at 11:24 AM, updated August 18, 2016 at 3:01 PM
Fifty-five companies across Alabama are celebrating a major milestone today after the release of Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 ranking.
To be named one of America’s 2016 fastest-growing businesses, each company had to be privately-held, for-profit and independent without subsidiaries or divisions of other companies and have a minimum revenue of $100,000 in 2012 and $2 million in 2015.
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