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)
BE-4 engine production (New Glenn and ULA Vulcan)
BE-3U engine production (New Glenn upper stage)
BE-7 engine production (Blue Moon lunar vehicles)
Blue Ring spacecraft production
Thruster production
Engine hot-fire testing at Test Stand 4670
Next Generation Interceptor (NGI)
Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)
Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC)
Black Hawk and Future Vertical Lift
Missile Defense Agency support
Enduring Shield launcher, Army IFPC Increment 2 (manufactured in Huntsville)
Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB)
Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) for Army PEO Missiles and Space
Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)
Space Launch System (SLS)
Solid rocket motor inert components (Standard Missile, GMLRS, Javelin)
VAMPIRE counter-unmanned systems production
Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)
Sentinel ICBM
JTAGS
Short-Range Air Defense and counter-UAS
ICBM and IRBM targets
Standard Missile final assembly and integration, including SM-3 and SM-6 (Redstone Raytheon Missile Integration Facility)
SM-3 Block IB production and sustainment (multi-year contract awarded October 2026; production primarily in Tucson and Huntsville)
Patriot air and missile defense system (Netherlands fire unit, awarded January 2025; work primarily in Andover, Mass., and Huntsville)
Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), produced with Huntsville suppliers
THAAD (domestic and Saudi Arabia)
Missile Defense Agency Radar Test Contract and MDA National Team
Air and Missile Defense Capability (AMDC)
DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center S3I hardware-in-the-loop missile simulation task order (awarded 2021, primarily in Huntsville)
Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture Project Management Office technical services (Redstone Arsenal)
Homing All the Way Killer (HAWK) project office support under the Security Assistance Management Directorate (Redstone Arsenal)
Lifecycle development, testing and engineering services for Army PEO Missiles and Space (task order, 2022; work at Redstone Arsenal)
Marshall Operations, Systems, Services and Integration II (MOSSI II)
TACRAM 2 ballistic target missiles for the Army Space and Missile Defense Command (D3I Domain 1 task order, awarded 2024)
Army global aviation maintenance services (Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal; work partly in Huntsville)
Facilities Operations and Maintenance Support Services II (FOMSS II) at Marshall Space Flight Center (Arrow's Edge joint venture with Seabrook Solutions, 2026)
Prototype Integration Facility (PIF) support for the DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center at Redstone Arsenal (Defense Systems and Solutions joint venture with SES)
MV-22 aircraft modification (MVIM) at the Aviation Center of Excellence (hangar M7, opened 2025)
UH-60L Black Hawk deliveries to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (with the Army's Utility Helicopters Project Office and the PIF)
Redstone Test and Engineering Services (RTES), through the Joint Technical Solutions joint venture with AI Signal Research Inc. (awarded 2024)
U.S. Space Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal: owner's advisor (awarded 2026)
Army technical, logistics and program management support contract through Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal (awarded 2026)
Missile Defense Agency missile defeat kill webs digital engineering ecosystem (awarded 2024, initial work in Huntsville)
Redstone Test Center Other Transaction Agreement (networking, test, modeling and simulation and lab modernization; announced 2022)
Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office services contract (awarded 2024; work at Redstone Arsenal, Fort Belvoir and Aberdeen Proving Ground)
Vulcan Centaur
Atlas V
Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1), the Army's Next-Generation Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Missile: integration, manufacturing and production in Huntsville
Prototype test environments for next-generation missile defense sensor testing at Redstone Arsenal
MQM-170 Outlaw aerial targets for the U.S. Army
MQM-171 Broadsword unmanned aerial targets for the U.S. Army
Standard Missile-6 second-stage rocket motor development and testing (Navy, awarded 2024)
Marine Corps Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Engagement System (Anduril Federal with Invariant, awarded 2024)
Precision munitions and aircraft survivability technology (Huntsville facility)
Engineering services to the Army's Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC)
Environmental control units and power control modules for DLA Aviation (contract awarded September 2025)
Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) seeker, made at the Huntsville site
International Space Station
Research and development support to DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center (task order, awarded 2023)
Software mission assurance support to the DEVCOM AvMC S3I Directorate (2020 to 2026)
Programmatic support task order (awarded 2023)
Design and production of flight vehicles for DLA Aviation at Huntsville (awarded 2025)
Support to PEO Aviation at Redstone Arsenal
Fixed-wing aircraft modification and support at Huntsville International Airport (hangar opened February 2025)
HQ Army Materiel Command medical logistics labor support (2021 to 2026)
Environmental planning support, HQ Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal (2024 to 2025)
AMC strategic planning support (2023 to 2024)
Senior and intermediate analyst support (2021 to 2026)
Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) for the Space Development Agency, on the Kratos-led team (2024; work in Huntsville)
Support to the U.S. Army Contracting Command Chief Information Officer at Redstone Arsenal
Army engineering and additive manufacturing (Javelin Command Launch Unit handgrip redesign, Apache main rotor blade fold kit prototype)
IRES (Missile Defense Agency test, training and operations support; locations include Redstone Arsenal)
CH-47 Chinook avionics modernization and sustainment engineering (awarded August 2026; work in Huntsville and Cedar Rapids)
Army Future Vertical Lift support (Customer Experience Center)
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)
Missile Defense Agency cybersecurity test and risk assessment (Rothe/ARES joint venture ROAR JV, from 2023; work in Huntsville)
Land electronics: C4I network computing, embedded diagnostics, vehicle power management and combat vehicle integration (Huntsville site)
Field support for Vehicle Intercom Systems and Battle Management Systems (Huntsville-based field service roles)