PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Feb. 28 that Denise Jones, a talent management director at HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., was among the Top 10 of the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 50 Businesswomen of 2018. Jones...
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DDG 117 delivered to Navy
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries� (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) to the Navy on Feb. 22. The signing of the DD 250 completion document officially transfers custody...
Contract: Lockheed, $8.2M
Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, N.J., is awarded an $8,242,834 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-15-C-5151) to exercise options for ship integration and test of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) for AWS...
VT Halter gets NOAA contract
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - VT Bollinger of Pascagoula has been selected for a preliminary contract design for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) Variant (NAV) ship, according to the company. Naval Sea...
Contract: Northrop, $55M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is awarded $55,062,919 for modification P00011 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-16-C-0055). This modification provides for the procurement of five Fire Scout MQ-8C unmanned air...
Contract: Austal USA, $16.3M
Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Ala., is awarded a $16,322,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against previously awarded contract N00024-11-C-2301 to provide engineering, management, and production services in support of prefabrication efforts, material procurement, and execution...
HII expanding veteran, spouse hiring
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is expanding efforts to create employment opportunities for military veterans and spouses. HII announced Jan. 16 that it has joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation�s �Hiring 100,000 Military Spouses� campaign to raise...
Cronin named to panel
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - Greg Cronin of Ocean Springs, president/CEO of Charter Bank, has been appointed to the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund committee. The panel will assist the Mississippi Development Authority with the distribution of funds from the settlement with BP...
Old Kmart getting new occupant
GAUTIER, Miss. - The long-empty Kmart here is about to become headquarters for a company expected to bring more than 200 jobs. Roy Rogers Communications Inc. a national AT&T dealership, will operate a call center out of the location, said company president Robert...
Contract: Austal, $21M
Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $21,070,175 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N6931619F4000) against previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00024-15-G-2304) to accomplish the post shakedown availability (PSA) execution for the littoral combat ship,...
Contract: Raytheon, 21.7M
Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is awarded a $21,678,728 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-15-C-2414) to exercise Option Year Four for life cycle engineering and support (LCE&S) services for LPD 17...
Contract: HII, $39.4M
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $39,395,512 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N0024-16-C-2415 to exercise Option Year 3 for life cycle engineering and support services for the LPD 17 class amphibious transport...