Saturday, 24 August 2019 04:50
ANCHOR awards presented
The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce presented its 11th annual ANCHOR Awards. One recipient was named from each of four categories. The program was created to honor, reward, and celebrate the achievements of small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the community. This...
Thursday, 22 August 2019 04:14
Northrop to hike UAV production
Northrop Grumman plans to more than double production capacity for the RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to 12 aircraft per year in anticipation of growing demand for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. Northrop is adding...
Tuesday, 13 August 2019 13:32
Contract: Austal, $23M
Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Ala., is awarded $23,099,311 for cost-plus fixed-fee task order N6931619F4002 against previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00024-15-G-2304 to accomplish advance planning, material procurement and accomplishment of work in support of the post...
Friday, 09 August 2019 11:06
Terminal planned at port
Enviva Holdings, producer of industrial wood pellets, is exercising an option with the Jackson County Port Authority to lease property in the Bayou Casotte Harbor in the Port of Pascagoula, Miss. Enviva plans to invest some $60 million to build the terminal, expected to directly...
Friday, 02 August 2019 11:23
Contract: BAE, $8.4M
BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, Minneapolis, Minn., is awarded an $8,411,293 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for MK38 Gun Weapon System Repair Program support. This contract action is for labor, material and services required to support the Gun Weapon System Repair...
Thursday, 25 July 2019 05:26
LHA 7 completes builder's trials
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The large-deck amphibious assault ship to be named USS Tripoli completed its builder's trials, shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced. The ship designated LHA 7, the second ship in the America class, completed four days of trials in the Gulf of...
Wednesday, 24 July 2019 05:30
Contract: Northrop, $33.8M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is awarded $33,755,229 for firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order N00019-19-F-0272 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-15-G-0026) in support of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system....
Wednesday, 24 July 2019 05:29
Contract: Northrop, $14.2M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is awarded $14,187,994 for modification P00037 to a previously awarded fixed-price, incentive-fee contract (N00019-15-C-0002) in support of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. This modification incorporates integrated...
Wednesday, 24 July 2019 05:28
Port gets MDOT funding
The Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced $10.1 million in grants from the Mississippi Transportation Commission for intermodal projects for regional and municipal airports, ports, railroads and public transit systems throughout the state. Eight ports received...
Friday, 19 July 2019 03:57
FERC OKs LNG project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave Kinder Morgan the go-ahead to build its billion-dollar Gulf liquid natural gas (LNG) export project in Pascagoula, Miss., overcoming Democrat opposition concerns about the impact on climate change. Kinder Morgan originally...
Halter Marine awarded fifth Navy berthing barge
Pascagoula, Miss., July 30, 2021 – Halter Marine, a company of ST Engineering North America, has been awarded a contract option for the U.S. Navy’s fifth Auxiliary Personnel
$6.7M grant goes for runway improvements
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced the

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