Friday, 05 April 2019 06:57
NSC completes acceptance trials
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding said the National Security Cutter (NSC) Midgett (WMSL 757) successfully completed acceptance trials. Midgett, the eighth Coast Guard NSC built by Ingalls, spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico proving...
Tuesday, 02 April 2019 06:48
Contract: Northrop, $12.9M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $12,872,342 modification (P00012) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract (N00019-17-C-0018). This modification upgrades three MQ-4C Triton aircraft from a baseline Integrated Functional...
Tuesday, 02 April 2019 06:46
Contract: Northrop, $7.2M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $7,241,880 advance acquisition contract modification (P00002) to a previously awarded cost-reimbursable contract (N00019-18-C-1028). This modification extends the period of performance and provides additional...
Friday, 29 March 2019 15:51
Future DDG named
WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG 131) in honor of Korean War veteran, Navy Cross Recipient, and Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class George M. Neal. Neal served with Helicopter Utility Squadron...
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 22:00
Contract: HII, $1.5B
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded a $1,471,290,677 fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2406 for the procurement of the detail design and construction of Landing Platform Dock (LPD) 30, the first LPD 17 Flight...
Friday, 22 March 2019 05:46
HII kicks off expansion
Huntington Ingalls Industries Shipbuilding is kicking off a $79 million expansion development project to reopen facilities on the east bank of the Pascagoula River. It's the biggest project planned for South Mississippi in 2019. Permits have been issued for $68 million for three...
Friday, 22 March 2019 05:37
Trade show marks 30th year
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Tuesday commemorated 30 years the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce brought businesses across the county together for their annual industrial trade show. The show was held at the B.E. “Mac” McGinty Civic Center, where businesses intermingled with one...
Saturday, 16 March 2019 03:36
New tug-barge delivered
The new articulated tug-barge (ATB) unit Evening Breeze/B. No. 252 has been delivered to Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc. in Melville, N.Y. It was built by VT Halter Marine and Bollinger Shipyard. The 112-foot 4,000-hp tug Evening Breeze left VT Halter Marine's...
Friday, 15 March 2019 06:03
Keel laying for LHA 8
PASCAGOULA, Miss - The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Bougainville (LHA 8) was held at the Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Pascagoula shipyard Thursday. The ship’s sponsor, Ellyn Dunford, wife of Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the...
Monday, 11 March 2019 03:29
Jackson first county to use powerful tool
A powerful economic tool called tax increment financing has been used by Mississippi cities for years to attract new business, and now Jackson County is the first county in the state to receive that tool. It's all thanks to historic legislation passed Thursday by the state...
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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