The Australian government has announced its intention to buy the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance system, the first foreign customer for the maritime variant of the Global Hawk. Prime minister Tony Abbott made the announcement on March 13 at the...

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being provided funding in the amount of $601,990,190 under previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-2307) to fund construction and exercised options for one DDG 51 class ship in fiscal 2014. The modification also provides...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding has announced that Mike Lipski will be the company's vice president of business development, effective April 1. Lipski will be responsible for coordinating capture team efforts for new contracts and managing all business...

MOSS POINT, Miss. -- If you want an industry firmly entrenched in the future, it’s hard to pick one better than unmanned systems. It’s on track to grow dramatically. And if you want a leader in the field, Northrop Grumman is at the front of the high-tech pack. Moss...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries recently donated $25,000 to Special Olympics of Mississippi. The check was presented at an event in Jackson and will help with travel expenses for Mississippi athletes and families to attend the Special Olympics USA...

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., which owns shipyards in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss., and Avondale, La., reported $91 million in fourth-quarter profits, up from $50 million in the same period of 2012. Adjusted profits were up nearly 26 percent, from...

Community College Week has named Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on its list of Fastest Growing Community Colleges based on data provided by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. MGCCC, which serves Jackson County and...

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia -- Huntington Ingalls Industries, which owns the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, announced today that it will offer a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share. The dividend is payable March 14 to shareholders of record as of the...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Jackson County Board of Supervisors President Troy Ross gave the annual State of the County address before Pascagoula Rotarians today and said residents should be encouraged by the overall state of Jackson County. "Even in an economy that has been...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s nearly half-trillion dollar defense budget proposes retiring the U-2 spy plane in favor of the unmanned Northrop Grumman Global Hawks. It also calls for a smaller Army but does keep 11 Navy carriers and allows the Navy to buy two...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- As part of Engineering Week 2014, Ingalls Shipbuilding on Friday will host students from three middle schools, who will learn about engineering as it pertains to shipbuilding. The students will also be involved in hands-on competition involving...

Northrop Grumman and the Navy successfully flew the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for the first time this week. Conducted at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif., the flight will allow the team to ramp up testing efforts to prepare the system...