Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being issued a $10,362,211 modification (P00001) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract (N00019-16-C-0055) for production of one MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned air system. Work will be...
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Munro finishes acceptance trials
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division said the company’s sixth Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) has successfully completed acceptance trials. Munro spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico proving the ship’s...
Senators praise Northrop over contract
MOSS POINT, Miss. – Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker praised Northrop Grumman and the city for two separate contracts to build additional unmanned systems at Northrop’s Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point. The Navy awarded Northrop a $108.1 million contract for...
Contract: HII, $120M
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $120,000,000 fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2427 for additional long lead time material in support of Landing Helicopter...
Navy orders more MQ-8Cs
Northrop Grumman is set to build 10 additional MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters for the U. S. Navy, giving maritime commanders persistent, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). It brings to 29 the total number of MQ-8C Fire Scouts...
Ingalls contract wins
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., this week was awarded two separate contracts. One was a $19.1 million modification to previously awarded contract N00024-14-C-2410 for LX(R) Amphibious Ship Replacement Program design acceleration. Work will be done in...
County to take free skimmer boat
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality called Jackson County and offered the county’s Emergency Management a $500,000 oil skimmer boat, at no cost. EMS Director Earl Etheridge checked it out and on Tuesday convinced the Jackson County...
First set of builder’s trial completed
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The first round of sea trials for the guided missile destroyer John Finn (DDG 113) has been completed. The Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) ship, built at Ingalls Shipbuilding, spent three days in the Gulf of Mexico testing the ship’s main propulsion...
Contract: Lockheed, $19.6M
Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Training, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $19,569,891 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-15-C-5151 to exercise an option for ship integration and test of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) for AWS Baselines...
Contract: Austal, $8.6M
Austal, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $8,629,606 cost-plus-award-fee order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00024-15-G-2304) to provide engineering and management services for advance planning and design in support of the post shakedown...
Contract: HII, $13.7M
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., had been awarded a $13,748,952 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-2410) for LX(R) Amphibious Ship Replacement Program contract design engineering support. On June 30,...
Marine commandant visits Ingalls
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding hosted Gen. Robert Neller, the 37th commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, on Wednesday. Neller met with Ingalls leaders and toured the shipyard, including two amphibious warships currently under construction. During his tour he...