Port receives $14M TIGER Grant

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The Port of Pascagoula will use a $14 million federal grant to create a more direct and efficient rail connection into the Port of Pascagoula.  This allows the Port to accept deliver from longer trains, ultimately opening up new Mississippi...

Euro Hawk sets record

MANCHING, Germany -- The Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system set an endurance record last month when it flew for 25.3 hours in European airspace. Built by Northrop Grumman, operating through its subsidiary Northrop Grumman ISS International Inc. and Cassidian, the...

Edenzon talks workforce

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding President Irwin F. Edenzon spoke with the Pascagoula Rotary Club Wednesday about the long-term future of the Pascagoula shipyard, the effects of sequestration and workforce development. While the Pascagoula shipyard has a list...

Downtown goes Wi-Fi

PASCAGOULA -- A downtown that is both historic and industrial has been transformed into a high-tech hot spot. Pascagoula's entire downtown has been equipped with Wi-Fi, from the Pascagoula River to Pascagoula Street and from U.S. 90 south to Dupont. A couple of years...

Contract: Lockheed $18.2M

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded an $18,175,946 modification to previously awarded contract for cruiser and destroyer modernization testing efforts associated with the Aegis Combat System. Fifteen percent of the work...

Fire Scout hits milestone

The Northrop Grumman-built MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed 5,000 flight hours while providing surveillance to field commanders in Afghanistan. Since deploying to Afghanistan in 2011, the MQ-8 Fire Scout system has provided real-time airborne...

Ingalls launches 4th NSC

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding on Saturday launched Hamilton (WMSL 753), the company's fourth Legend-class national security cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard. Ingalls in 2010 received a $480 million contract to build Hamilton, slated to be delivered to the...

STEM at an early age

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The Pascagoula School District doesn't wait for students to get in high school to start touting math and science. A STEM room at the Aaron Jones Family Interactive Center is designed to build excitement at a young age. The room, sponsored by...

Hospital renovations underway

JACKSON COUNTY – Renovations are underway at Singing River Health Systems hospitals in both Pascagoula and Ocean Springs. Ocean Springs Hospital's $17 million renovations include a three-floor tower expansion. The first floor will house the expansion of the pre- and...

The Shed becomes TV star

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – The Shed, a popular barbecue restraurant north of Ocean Springs, will debut as television’s latest reality show Monday evening. The Food Network show will focus on the Orrisons, who run the barbecue. For eight weeks the family ran the...

Contract: Lockheed, $39.4M

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $39.4 million contract to provide flight test, technical, management, and process support services necessary to update and maintain operational software, vendor software, maintenance-related...

County’s best asset: the people

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ask a roomful of elected officials and business leaders what is the best asset Jackson County has to offer potential employers and they say it’s people. That’s the response Pascagoula Mayor Jim Blevins got Aug. 1 during a business roundtable with...