The wings on the Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft are strong enough to descend from high altitudes, even in poor weather, Northrop Grumman said Monday. Based on the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, Triton's wings are made by Triumph Aerostructures...
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DDG 113 keel authenticated
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding held a keel authentication ceremony Monday morning for the destroyer John Finn (DDG 113). The $783.5 million ship will be the 29th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built at Ingalls. DDG 113, which is now about 20 percent...
S. Korea Global Hawk buy nears
S. Korea Global Hawk buy nearing South Korea plans to buy four Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for about $848 million, an official at the country's defense acquisition agency confirmed Monday. The contract will be signed next year, officials said. The...
Chevron shows off plant
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- When Chevron's $1.4 billion base oil plant comes on line at the Pascagoula refinery next year, there's little doubt the product will sell. It will produce about 25,000 barrels per day of Group II premium base oil, which goes into...
Larger Fire Scout takes flight
POINT MUGU, Calif. -- The Navy's newest variant of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter completed its first day of flying Thursday at Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu. At 12:05 p.m. PDT the MQ-8C Fire Scout, built by Northrop Grumman, flew for seven minutes in...
Station Pascagoula work set
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Haskell Co. of Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $4.6 million U.S. Coast Guard design-build contract for infrastructure work needed to support Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) at Coast Guard Station Pascagoula. The work will ensure that Station...
NSC to be christened
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753), will be christened at Ingalls Shipbuilding Saturday. Hamilton is the fourth of eight planned ships in the Legend-class of technologically advanced multi-mission cutters. The ship is...
Chevron celebrates employees
MOSS POINT, Miss. -- Chevron Pascagoula Refinery is honoring the contributions of employees and retirees with a series of dinners. The recognitions coincide with the refinery's 50thanniversary and have included formal presentations by state and local elected officials...
Construction of tug underway
PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Construction of Signet Maritime’s seventh ASD tug in less than four years, M/V Signet VIGILANT, is underway at Signet Shipbuilding & Repair in Pascagoula. The 30 metric ton vessel will be the first Castleman Maritime design for Signet with...
Ingalls celebrates 75 years
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding held a Family Day on Saturday to commemorate 75 years of building ships on the banks of the Pascagoula River. Mississippi's largest private employer builds Aegis-guided missile destroyers, amphibious assault ships and...
Somerset delivered to Navy
AVONDALE, La. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding has delivered the amphibious transport dock Somerset (LPD 25) to the U.S. Navy. The DD 250 document officially signifying custody transfer of the ship was signed by officials on the ship at the company's Avondale facility....
Contract: Lockheed, $21.3M
Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Training, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $21,350,270 modification to previously awarded contract for DDG 51 Combat System Ship Integration Technical Data Packages and Design Budget Engineering Team Packages associated with...