Market Intelligence

Program Discovery

Browse jobs by defense and space program. See which Huntsville-area employers are working on Ground-based Midcourse Defense, IBCS, the Space Launch System, and more.

Last reviewed: October 13, 2026

81 programs listed by 30 employers. Job listings rarely name the program they support, so each count is the employers' total open listings in the Huntsville area; an employer on several programs is counted under each.

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

3 employers510 open jobs at these employers

BE-4 engine production (New Glenn and ULA Vulcan)

1 employer408 open jobs at these employers

BE-3U engine production (New Glenn upper stage)

1 employer408 open jobs at these employers

BE-7 engine production (Blue Moon lunar vehicles)

1 employer408 open jobs at these employers

Blue Ring spacecraft production

1 employer408 open jobs at these employers

Thruster production

1 employer408 open jobs at these employers

Engine hot-fire testing at Test Stand 4670

1 employer408 open jobs at these employers

Next Generation Interceptor (NGI)

2 employers408 open jobs at these employers

Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)

1 employer318 open jobs at these employers

Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC)

1 employer318 open jobs at these employers

Black Hawk and Future Vertical Lift

1 employer318 open jobs at these employers

Missile Defense Agency support

2 employers306 open jobs at these employers

Enduring Shield launcher, Army IFPC Increment 2 (manufactured in Huntsville)

1 employer293 open jobs at these employers

Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB)

1 employer293 open jobs at these employers

Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) for Army PEO Missiles and Space

1 employer293 open jobs at these employers

Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)

3 employers184 open jobs at these employers

Space Launch System (SLS)

4 employers182 open jobs at these employers

Solid rocket motor inert components (Standard Missile, GMLRS, Javelin)

1 employer155 open jobs at these employers

VAMPIRE counter-unmanned systems production

1 employer155 open jobs at these employers

Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)

1 employer139 open jobs at these employers

Sentinel ICBM

1 employer139 open jobs at these employers

JTAGS

1 employer139 open jobs at these employers

Short-Range Air Defense and counter-UAS

1 employer139 open jobs at these employers

ICBM and IRBM targets

1 employer139 open jobs at these employers

Standard Missile final assembly and integration, including SM-3 and SM-6 (Redstone Raytheon Missile Integration Facility)

1 employer90 open jobs at these employers

SM-3 Block IB production and sustainment (multi-year contract awarded October 2026; production primarily in Tucson and Huntsville)

1 employer90 open jobs at these employers

Patriot air and missile defense system (Netherlands fire unit, awarded January 2025; work primarily in Andover, Mass., and Huntsville)

1 employer90 open jobs at these employers

Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), produced with Huntsville suppliers

1 employer90 open jobs at these employers

THAAD (domestic and Saudi Arabia)

1 employer90 open jobs at these employers

Missile Defense Agency Radar Test Contract and MDA National Team

1 employer90 open jobs at these employers

Air and Missile Defense Capability (AMDC)

1 employer90 open jobs at these employers

DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center S3I hardware-in-the-loop missile simulation task order (awarded 2021, primarily in Huntsville)

1 employer89 open jobs at these employers

Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture Project Management Office technical services (Redstone Arsenal)

1 employer89 open jobs at these employers

Homing All the Way Killer (HAWK) project office support under the Security Assistance Management Directorate (Redstone Arsenal)

1 employer89 open jobs at these employers

Lifecycle development, testing and engineering services for Army PEO Missiles and Space (task order, 2022; work at Redstone Arsenal)

1 employer80 open jobs at these employers

Marshall Operations, Systems, Services and Integration II (MOSSI II)

2 employers77 open jobs at these employers

TACRAM 2 ballistic target missiles for the Army Space and Missile Defense Command (D3I Domain 1 task order, awarded 2024)

1 employer73 open jobs at these employers

Army global aviation maintenance services (Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal; work partly in Huntsville)

1 employer62 open jobs at these employers

Facilities Operations and Maintenance Support Services II (FOMSS II) at Marshall Space Flight Center (Arrow's Edge joint venture with Seabrook Solutions, 2026)

1 employer62 open jobs at these employers

Prototype Integration Facility (PIF) support for the DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center at Redstone Arsenal (Defense Systems and Solutions joint venture with SES)

1 employer57 open jobs at these employers

MV-22 aircraft modification (MVIM) at the Aviation Center of Excellence (hangar M7, opened 2025)

1 employer57 open jobs at these employers

UH-60L Black Hawk deliveries to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (with the Army's Utility Helicopters Project Office and the PIF)

1 employer57 open jobs at these employers

Redstone Test and Engineering Services (RTES), through the Joint Technical Solutions joint venture with AI Signal Research Inc. (awarded 2024)

1 employer53 open jobs at these employers

U.S. Space Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal: owner's advisor (awarded 2026)

1 employer51 open jobs at these employers

Army technical, logistics and program management support contract through Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal (awarded 2026)

1 employer51 open jobs at these employers

Missile Defense Agency missile defeat kill webs digital engineering ecosystem (awarded 2024, initial work in Huntsville)

1 employer51 open jobs at these employers

Redstone Test Center Other Transaction Agreement (networking, test, modeling and simulation and lab modernization; announced 2022)

1 employer51 open jobs at these employers

Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office services contract (awarded 2024; work at Redstone Arsenal, Fort Belvoir and Aberdeen Proving Ground)

1 employer51 open jobs at these employers

Vulcan Centaur

1 employer45 open jobs at these employers

Atlas V

1 employer45 open jobs at these employers

Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1), the Army's Next-Generation Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Missile: integration, manufacturing and production in Huntsville

1 employer43 open jobs at these employers

Prototype test environments for next-generation missile defense sensor testing at Redstone Arsenal

1 employer43 open jobs at these employers

MQM-170 Outlaw aerial targets for the U.S. Army

1 employer41 open jobs at these employers

MQM-171 Broadsword unmanned aerial targets for the U.S. Army

1 employer41 open jobs at these employers

Standard Missile-6 second-stage rocket motor development and testing (Navy, awarded 2024)

1 employer37 open jobs at these employers

Marine Corps Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Engagement System (Anduril Federal with Invariant, awarded 2024)

1 employer37 open jobs at these employers

Precision munitions and aircraft survivability technology (Huntsville facility)

1 employer37 open jobs at these employers

Engineering services to the Army's Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC)

1 employer33 open jobs at these employers

Environmental control units and power control modules for DLA Aviation (contract awarded September 2025)

1 employer33 open jobs at these employers

Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) seeker, made at the Huntsville site

1 employer32 open jobs at these employers

International Space Station

1 employer32 open jobs at these employers

Research and development support to DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center (task order, awarded 2023)

1 employer27 open jobs at these employers

Software mission assurance support to the DEVCOM AvMC S3I Directorate (2020 to 2026)

1 employer27 open jobs at these employers

Programmatic support task order (awarded 2023)

1 employer27 open jobs at these employers

Design and production of flight vehicles for DLA Aviation at Huntsville (awarded 2025)

1 employer27 open jobs at these employers

Support to PEO Aviation at Redstone Arsenal

1 employer24 open jobs at these employers

Fixed-wing aircraft modification and support at Huntsville International Airport (hangar opened February 2025)

1 employer24 open jobs at these employers

HQ Army Materiel Command medical logistics labor support (2021 to 2026)

1 employer15 open jobs at these employers

Environmental planning support, HQ Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal (2024 to 2025)

1 employer15 open jobs at these employers

AMC strategic planning support (2023 to 2024)

1 employer15 open jobs at these employers

Senior and intermediate analyst support (2021 to 2026)

1 employer15 open jobs at these employers

Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) for the Space Development Agency, on the Kratos-led team (2024; work in Huntsville)

1 employer13 open jobs at these employers

Support to the U.S. Army Contracting Command Chief Information Officer at Redstone Arsenal

1 employer13 open jobs at these employers

Army engineering and additive manufacturing (Javelin Command Launch Unit handgrip redesign, Apache main rotor blade fold kit prototype)

1 employer13 open jobs at these employers

IRES (Missile Defense Agency test, training and operations support; locations include Redstone Arsenal)

1 employer7 open jobs at these employers

CH-47 Chinook avionics modernization and sustainment engineering (awarded August 2026; work in Huntsville and Cedar Rapids)

1 employer5 open jobs at these employers

Army Future Vertical Lift support (Customer Experience Center)

1 employer5 open jobs at these employers

Consolidated Program Support Services Program, Planning and Control II (CPSS PP&C II), NASA (selected 2026; follow-on to a Marshall Space Flight Center contract)

1 employer4 open jobs at these employers

Missile Defense Agency cybersecurity test and risk assessment (Rothe/ARES joint venture ROAR JV, from 2023; work in Huntsville)

1 employer4 open jobs at these employers

Land electronics: C4I network computing, embedded diagnostics, vehicle power management and combat vehicle integration (Huntsville site)

1 employer2 open jobs at these employers

Field support for Vehicle Intercom Systems and Battle Management Systems (Huntsville-based field service roles)

1 employer2 open jobs at these employers