Mississippi Business Journal » helicopter http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FAA grounds state agency’s toy helicopter http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/19/faa-grounds-state-agencys-toy-helicopter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faa-grounds-state-agencys-toy-helicopter http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/19/faa-grounds-state-agencys-toy-helicopter/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:40:08 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=71718 BILOXI — A toy helicopter the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources planned to use to fly over marshland to monitor invasive species has been grounded. The Federal Aviation Administration said its regulations for a toy helicopter under such circumstances are the same as those for a military predator drone. MDMR’s project manager Mike Pursley told [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/19/faa-grounds-state-agencys-toy-helicopter/feed/ 1 Navy awards $71M contract for more unmanned helicopters http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/navy-awards-71m-contract-for-more-unmanned-helicopters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=navy-awards-71m-contract-for-more-unmanned-helicopters http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/navy-awards-71m-contract-for-more-unmanned-helicopters/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:34:43 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71156 MOSS POINT — The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. The Navy plans to purchase a total of 30 aircraft under a rapid development effort. Northrop Grumman is currently under contract to produce 14 Fire Scouts that [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/navy-awards-71m-contract-for-more-unmanned-helicopters/feed/ 0 Military officials to show off new training facility http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/22/military-officials-to-show-off-new-training-facility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=military-officials-to-show-off-new-training-facility http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/22/military-officials-to-show-off-new-training-facility/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:20:54 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68514 FORREST COUNTY — Camp Shelby is scheduled to unveil Thursday new high-tech trainings areas for urban combat maneuvers and operations. The $10.5-million Combined Arms Collective Training Facility features 35 buildings on 14 acres equipped with 193 cameras, 30 Human Urban Terrain targets, 15 Stationary Infantry Targets and On-Screen “After-Action Review” capabilities. The fully automated Live-Fire [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/22/military-officials-to-show-off-new-training-facility/feed/ 0 Burkhalter honored for valor http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/burkhalter-honored-for-valor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=burkhalter-honored-for-valor http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/burkhalter-honored-for-valor/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:20 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=53281 The U.S. Coast Guard has presented a Certificate of Valor to Gulfport firefighter Lawrence Burkhalter. The Coast Guard says in a news release that Burkhalter is being honored for his efforts in the rescue of a State of Mississippi port employee. Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Ponte, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Gulfport, says on [...]

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