Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding’s new president, said the Pascagoula shipyard is looking to hire 2,500 craft workers this year. He made the comment during a Huntington Ingalls Industries overview at the Navy League Sea Air Space 2014 Expo in Washington. “We’re...

LONDON -- Britain's Ministry of Defence is sending a team to train on Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned system in preparation for a decision next year on whether to re-establish a maritime patrol capability. The government said that four personnel are scheduled...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The Jackson County Economic Development Foundation Inc. announces that Brian Cuccias, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding and corporate vice president of Huntington Ingalls, and Jim Estabrook, president of Estabrook Motor Co., joined the...

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $6,726,406 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) for fabrication and assembly of a live fire test module in support of the Navy's Independence variant littoral combat ship survivability testing...

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $43,781,216 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0059) for the production and delivery of five MQ-8 Fire Ccout vertical take-off and...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – Capt. Joseph M. Tuite relieved Capt. Stephen W. Mitchell as Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIP) Gulf Coast in a ceremony at the Ocean Springs Civic Center March 28. Tuite previously served at Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast (SSGC) in...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $497 million fixed-price, incentive-fee contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a seventh Legend-class National Security Cutter (WMSL 756). Construction on the ship will begin in January 2015....

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- At the 25th annual Jackson County Industrial Trade Show, several vendors said their businesses indicate the economy is back on sound footing. They expect steady business through the year, with growth anticipated for 2015. More than 100 vendors...

SAN DIEGO -- Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy successfully completed the first major milestone of the Triton unmanned aircraft system flight test program, clearing the aircraft to fly at various altitudes, speeds and weights. During the test program, known as...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Tom Kovar has seen a lot during his time as manager or the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery, the company’s largest in North America. He’s seen hurricane, ice storms and a $1.4 billion expansion. Kovar is just 58, and retiring after 36 years with...

MOBILE, Ala. -- The Navy will christen its newest littoral combat ship, the future USS Jackson (LCS 6), in a ceremony at the Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile Saturday at 10 a.m. CDT. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, a Mississippi native, will deliver the...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division hosted U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi at its facility on Monday. Cochran visited various areas of the shipyard and toured the National Security Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753)....