The Navy expects to begin operations of its unmanned fixed-wing Triton and the larger version of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter in 2018. That’s according to Pat Buckley, the Navy’s deputy program executive officer for unmanned aerial systems. He said the MQ-4C...
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Ingalls workers help cities
About 90 Ingalls Shipbuilding workers scattered throughout Jackson County's four cities to offer help for various municipal projects. The workers volunteered their time as part of Ingalls' third-annual Day of Caring. During the inaugural year, Ingalls worked with...
S. Korean RQ-4Bs on track
Northrop Grumman will deliver the first pair of South Korea’s four RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft in 2018, and the second pair in 2019. Speaking with Flightglobal at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX), Global Hawk...
Sessions visits Ingalls
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries today hosted Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., for a tour of Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Sessions toured several areas of the shipyard and also walked through the amphibious transport dock John P. Murtha (LPD 26)....
Audubon Center opening
MOSS POINT, Miss. -- The new $2.3 million Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point will open Thursday with a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting. The grand opening is spread out over three days for the 10-acre facility, with events scheduled every day. The center has been...
Global Hawk contract won
Northrop Grumman has won a contract worth up to $3.2 billion for continued development, modernization and maintenance of Air Force variants of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. The contract will allow the Air Force to order parts and services as needed through Sept....
Contract: Austal, $13.4M
Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $13,398,209 cost-plus-award-fee order under previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00024-15-G-2304 to provide all supplies, services, labor and material in support of the pre-shock trials emergent availability for PCU...
Defense spending by states released
The Department of Defense's Defense Spending by State report for fiscal year 2014 shows Mississippi ranks No. 7 in the nation for spending as a percentage of state GDP at 5.1 percent. In the nation it's 2.4 percent of GDP. In Mississippi,...
Ingalls launches NSC Munro
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the U.S. Coast Guard's newest National Security Cutter, Munro (WMSL 755) on Saturday. Munro is the company's sixth NSC and is expected to deliver by the end of next year....
Contract: HII, $12.5M
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $12,511,359 cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to previously awarded contract N00024-12-C-4323 to provide long lead-time material procurement and planning yard services for CG-47-class cruisers and...
Contract: Lockheed, $26.5M
Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Training, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $26,523,481 cost-plus-incentive-fee with award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee with performance-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-only contract for ship integration and test...
Groundbreaking held for center
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – The University of Southern Mississippi held a ground breaking for the Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. The facility replaces the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005....