GAUTIER, Miss. -- A 16-acre medical complex is coming to the city. Bienville Orthopedic Specialists revealed its $10 million development plan during the Gautier Business Association meeting Monday night. The developers' vision is a medical park similar to the one on...
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Contract: S&M, $45M
S&M and Associates Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded a $45 million firm-fixed- price contract for emergency temporary roof repairs (residential structures) in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster response....
HII to enter energy field
Huntington Ingalls Industries of Newport News, Va., parent of Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., announced today that it entered an agreement to acquire UniversalPegasus International Holdings, a provider of engineering and project management services to the...
Contract: Ingalls, $12.2M
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $12,168,588 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2312) to exercise options for DDG 51 class follow yard services (FYS). The FYS provides necessary engineering, technical, material...
County supports rail study
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Jackson County supervisors on Monday decided to join the Southern Rail Commission's effort to study whether expanding passenger rail service along the northern Gulf Coast is feasible or economical. The Board of Supervisors voted to send a letter...
Ingalls launches WMSL 754
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding launched the U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter James (WMSL 754) on Saturday. It’s the company's fifth NSC. Ingalls' launch process moves the ship on rail cars over to the company's drydock. The dock is moved away from...
MQ-8C ready for EM testing
In preparation for ship-board flights this spring, the MQ-8C Fire Scout will be tested at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., for its ability to operate safely in the intense electromagnetic environment aboard U.S. Navy ships. The MQ-8C uses specially-designed...
Contract: Northrop Grumman, $10.8M
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $10,833,670 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development and integration of a Multi Capability Pod (MCAP) onto the MQ-8C Fire Scout, including the purchase of two MCAPS and one MCAP...
County OKs port loan
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The Jackson County Board of Supervisors came out of executive session with the Port of Pascagoula on Monday and approved a loan, not to exceed $5 million, to improve a wharf on Bayou Casotte. Port Director Mark McAndrews said the money will be...
Terminal poised to be player
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The nationwide shale boom has given the United States the potential of being a major player in the world natural gas market, exporting a product it once imported. And that could be good for the $1.1 billion Gulf LNG in Pascagoula. It opened near...
DHS chief tours Ingalls
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, visited Ingalls Shipbuilding Thursday with Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss. They toured the shipyard and the National Security Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753). "Today was a great opportunity to show Secretary...
Contract: Alion, $25M
Alion Science and Technology Corp., Washington, D.C., is being awarded a $25,002,968 modification to previously awarded contract for additional professional support services in support of the Surface Warfare Directorate. This modification will continue...