PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Wednesday that Fletcher Construction has been awarded the contract to renovate the building that will be the new Huntington Ingalls Industries Family Health Center at Ingalls Shipbuilding. The health center,...
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Call for entrepreneurs
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The city of Pascagoula is now accepting applications to fill vacancies at Anchor Square, a start-up business incubator in downtown. There are currently two one-bedroom units available for lease, officials said. Anchor Square was established as a...
Contract: Huntington Ingalls, $6.7M
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $6,730,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-2221) for the first increment of the Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List (COSAL) in support of USS America (LHA 6). The items from the...
Ocean Springs one of the happiest
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- Coastal Living magazine named Mississippi's Ocean Springs one of the Top 10 Happiest Seaside Towns in the country, a 2015 unranked list that includes top beach destinations across the United States. The story will be published in the...
Contract: Bath Iron Works, $13M
Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $13,027,540 cost-plus-award-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2313) for DDG 51 Class Flight III upgrade design services and associated data. The main goal of the Flight III...
Contract: Ingalls, $13.5M
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $13,503,584 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2312) for DDG 51 Class Flight III upgrade design services. The main goal of the Flight III upgrade is...
Governor visits Ingalls
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant visited Ingalls Shipbuilding, meeting with shipyard officials on workforce development and training initiatives and touring Ingalls' Maritime Training Academy, the company said Monday. The 70,000 square-foot Haley...
Old pallet mill to be revamped
MOSS POINT, Miss. – Moss Point is spending $30,000 to $40,000 to turn a vacant building into multi-purpose space with a store that sells fishing supplies, drinks and other items. The old pallet mill is just south of the overpass bridge on Mississippi 613 near the...
Work to begin on drones for Korea
Northrop Grumman will begin production of four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems for the Republic of Korea's air force. The systems will provide wide-area intelligence gathering capabilities to military commanders. Under a contract awarded Dec. 16, the...
HII buys UUV maker
Huntington Ingalls Industries said today that it's buying Panama City, Fla.'s Engineering Solutions Division of The Columbia Group, a designer and builder of unmanned underwater vehicles for domestic and international customers. As a previous...
Signet delivers tug
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Signet Maritime has taken delivery of its ninth technologically advanced ASD tug in less than four years, company leaders said. The Signet Vigilant was constructed at Signet Shipbuilding and Repair in Pascagoula. The 30-metric-ton bollard pull,...
Keel ceremony held for ship
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — VT Bollinger has laid the keel for the first of two liquefied natural gas-powered combination container roll-on/roll-off ships for Crowley Maritime Corp. A ceremony was held Wednesday at the Pascagoula shipyard. The keel laying marks the ceremonial...