BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama issued the following news release: A North Dakota man was sentenced Tuesday for a firearms' trafficking scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson. U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Juan Antonio Duran, 29, of Watford City, North Dakota, to 80 months in prison. In January, Duran plea  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama issued the following news release: A Tuscaloosa County woman pleaded guilty this week to defrauding the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples. Erica Lasha Prewitt, 42, of Tuscaloosa, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Ju  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case requirements. The work will be performed in Tucson  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, July 27 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Kyle Dugaue, 925th Contracting Battalion FORT DRUM, New York (July 26, 2024) - Members of the 925th Contracting Battalion held an assumption of responsibility ceremony July 24 at Fort Drum, New York. Sgt. Maj. Eric Kirkpatrick officially assumed his duties by receiving the command's colors from Lt. Col. Desiree Dirige, the battalion commander. The colors symbolize the sergeant majo  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, July 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Cadets from the Virginia Wing's William P. Knight Composite Squadron teamed up with Scouts from their area this week at EAA Adventure to finish second nationally in the Beginner Division of the Academy of Model Aeronautics UAS4STEM drone competition. The five Beginners Division teams, which also included an Alabama Wing entry consisting of four cadets in the Redstone Composite Squadron and  more