Autonomous drive-and-fly vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

UAH and ASKA sign memorandum of agreement to explore collaboration on autonomous drive-and-fly VTOL technologies

Feb 24, 2026

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, and ASKA have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) establishing a framework to explore collaborative research and development opportunities in advanced hyb...

Successful launch of UAH Pegasus rocket near Marshall Space Flight Center.

UAH student team places third in 25th NASA Student Launch Challenge

Jun 26, 2025

A student team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, placed third in the 2025 NASA Student Launch Challenge – University Student Launch Initiative (USLI). ...

NGC 4696, a galaxy within the Centaurus galaxy cluster, 170 million miles from Earth.

UAH physics undergrad co-authors breakthrough study in the journal Nature probing motion of gas in a galaxy cluster

Feb 12, 2025

Kokoro Hosogi, a physics student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has achieved a rare honor for an undergraduate: her contributions are being recognized in a study published in the journal Nature. ...

Claude Blue, research lead and EPC president; Noa Milivojevic, EPC chief mechanical engineer Ella Hazle, aerospace engineering sophomore; Dmitri Tsahelnik, aerospace engineering and physics sophomore. 

UAH Electric Propulsion Club seeks patent for experimental ion thruster developed by EPC students; presents at International Astronautical Congress in Italy

Jan 07, 2025

The Electric Propulsion Club (EPC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), recently traveled to Milan, Italy, to present STARGATE, an experimental gridded ion thruster developed by the group, at the 75th International Astronautical Congre...

Joe Baldwin, Manager, Dassault Systèmes North America – Academics, and Col. John W. Jones, Director of the Aviation Test Laboratory at UAH, seated signed an agreement Standing behind them are Bill DeVries, Vice President Industry Transformation and Customer Success at Dassault Systèmes; Dr. David A. Puleo, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at UAH, and Dr. Robert Lindquist, Vice President for Research and Economic Development at UAH

UAH signs MOU with Dassault Systèmes to bolster workforce development for high-demand technology and manufacturing sectors

Dec 12, 2024

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will provide its students and faculty with world-class applications for product design, simulation and collaboration through an MOU with Dassault Systèmes ...

Artistic view of a NASA plane flying over gamma ray-glowing clouds in the Caribbean

UAH scientists help unveil dynamic gamma-ray emissions in tropical thunderclouds

Dec 06, 2024

Researchers from the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have partnered with atmospheric scientists from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to make groundbreaking discoveries about gamma-ray e...

Steve Johnson and Paul Nakasone setting in chairs during an interview.

UAH Distinguished Lecture Series hosts former NSA Director, General Paul Nakasone

Oct 09, 2024

UAH hosted retired four-star General Paul M. Nakasone, former commander of the United States Cyber Command and former leader of the U.S. National Security Agency, as part of UAH’s 2024 Distinguished Lecture Series. ...

The FARM team collecting data in a tornado.

UAH becomes the largest mobile radar facility in the U.S. with the addition of the FARM to its deployable weather research fleet

Oct 04, 2024

With the addition of the Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) team to its deployable weather research fleet, the Severe Weather Institute – Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) at UAH will be the largest and most comprehensive mobile...

Dr. Chaity Banerjee Mukherjee with computer science students. The researcher is developing frameworks for artificial neural networks that will help combat RF “spoofing” attacks.

UAH researcher gains $1M Air Force grant to develop artificial neural networks to combat dangerous radio frequency spoofing

Sep 10, 2024

With the ever-increasing use of wireless communication technologies and cellular networks, radio frequency (RF) based attacks such as “spoofing” have become a significant concern due to the privacy and security risks in both military and civili...

Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket carrying RockSat-X.

UAH TERMINUS student team successfully launches NASA RockSat-X payload into space

Aug 28, 2024

Team TERMINUS from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, successfully launched a student-developed payload aboard a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that featured two experiments designe...