Jackson County's population grew 2.6 percent between 2010 and 2018, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The counties along the coast were among the few areas of Mississippi that experienced growth. Harrison County grew 10.4 percent...
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Contract: HII, $931.7M
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-award-fee contract with a potential total value of $931.7 million for planning yard services in support of in-service...
WMSL 757 delivered
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the National Security Cutter (NSC) Midgett (WMSL 757) to the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday. Midgett is scheduled to sail away in June and will be commissioned later this...
High schools make best list
Jackson County's Ocean Springs High School is among the 10 best high schools in the state, according to a 2019 ranking published by U.S. News & World Report in its annual list of best high schools in the U.S. Ocean Springs is ranked 7. Other Jackson County high...
Contract: VT Bollinger, $745.9M
VT Bollinger Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $745,940,860 fixed-price incentive-firm contract for the detail design and construction of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Polar Security Cutter (PSC) (formerly the Heavy Polar Ice Breaker). The PSC program is a multiple...
DDG 62 continues repairs pier-side
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) took another step toward returning to the fleet as a combat-capable ship. The ship achieved a milestone in its complex repair and restoration as it successfully launched and moored pier-side at...
Contract: HII, $28.4M
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $28,375,637 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2312 to exercise options for accomplishment of Follow Yard Class services for the DDG 51-class destroyer program. The...
LPD 29 keel authenticated
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding authenticated the keel of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) on April 12. Ship's co-sponsors Shana McCool and Kate Oja, granddaughters of Richard...
Contract: HII, $7.9M
Huntington-Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $7,889,490 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-2473 to exercise an option for the accomplishment of emergent work as required, including...
Education grants awarded
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Chevron on Friday handed out more than $92,000 in grants for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education as part of its Project Lead the Way initiative. The grants went to 17 schools in Jackson and George counties. Amy Brandenstein...
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...
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...