MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Aug. 22 -- The Alabama Department of Commerce posted the following news on Aug. 21, 2025: * * * PDW opens high-tech drone factory in Huntsville, eyes 500 Jobs HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Performance Drone Works (PDW), a fast-rising force in next-generation unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), officially opened Drone Factory 01 on Wednesday -- a 90,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Huntsville that vastly expands the company's production capacity and positions it to meet gro  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Aug. 23 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: * * * South Teams Research and Reimagine Marsh Grass on Dauphin Island Along the shore of Aloe Bay on Dauphin Island, the tide lapped against a new green fringe of native salt marsh grass. About an hour after sunrise on a Wednesday in late July, two teams from South gathered, coming from different scientific directions with a common aim -- protecting and boosting the viability of that marsh grass fo  more