Northrop Grumman Corp., Aerospace Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $433,518,021 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for contractor logistics support for the RQ-4 Global Hawk fielded weapon system. The location of the performance is San Diego, Calif. Work is...

MOSS POINT, Miss. – Chevron gave a $1 million donation to the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, Mississippi Flyway and National Audubon Society in a ceremony Thursday. The donation will be used to expand Audubon's work, programs and facilities, including a new 5,000...

PRICHARD, Ala. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries plans to hire about 3,000 people for its Pascagoula, Miss., facility over the next 12 months to fulfill existing ship orders. A job fair to help fill those positions will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at the Sunlight District...

A new study by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) finds that more than 70,000 new American jobs will be created in the first three years following integration of unmanned systems into the national airspace. For Mississippi, it will...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The 24th Jackson County Industrial Trade Show is slated for March 19 at the B.E. “Mac” McGinty Civic Center. The industrial business-to-business show is sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. The show is open to the public from 9:30...

Three announcements Tuesday indicate the region is showing a lot of momentum. That’s according to George Freeland, executive director of the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation in Pascagoula, Miss. One was a $71.6 million modification of a previously...

The National Math and Science Initiative said Monday that its advanced placement program for military families is being expanded this fall to a public high school serving families stationed at Kessler Air Force Base, Biloxi, thanks to a $982,000 grant from the Office...

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $71,623,427 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for the modification and delivery of six vertical take-off and landing tactical unmanned aerial...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding's amphibious transport dock Arlington left the Pascagoula yard Friday morning, headed toward Norfolk for an April 6 commissioning. LPD 24 is a 684-foot-long vessel designed to transport up to 800 Marines, their fighting...

Northrop Grumman designated five centers of design and integration excellence in a reorganization of the Aerospace Systems sector's manned aircraft, unmanned systems and electronic attack businesses. Current activities in Moss Point, Miss., and New Town, N.D., are not...

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft program was recently awarded the 2012 Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence Award for the most improved performance in aircraft maintenance and logistics readiness. Capable of flying for more than 30 hours at...

Northrop Grumman completed early delivery of two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. In 2012, three new Global Hawks were delivered to the Air Force and five previously delivered aircraft completed installation of additional sensors that will allow...