by MBJ Staff Published: March 11,2013
Tags: bill, defense, energy, export, exporter, exporting, federal government, foreign market, international trade, legislation, legislative, military, natural gas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is co-sponsoring legislation to broaden natural gas exports to U.S. allies in order to advance American national security interests. The Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013 (S.192) would require the secretary of energy to allow approve exports of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 7,2013
Tags: defense, federal contract, forecast, geospatial, MAP, mapping, meterology, military, small business, technology, Weather
HANCOCK COUNTY — Geocent has been selected to provide Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) the ability to display its forecasted ocean weather data and observations of current ocean weather data on a geospatial map so that it can be viewed on tools such as Google Earth and other Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) based map viewers. The [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 1,2013
Tags: defense, electricity, energy, energy conservation, environment, federal agency, green, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, military, naturall gas, utility, water
BILOXI — Keesler Medical Center has been awarded the Energy Star award by the Environmental Protection Agency. In a message to 81st Medical Group commander Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, Col. Rex Langston, chief of the health facilities division in the office of the surgeon general, said, “The receipt of an Energy Star serves as [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 14,2013
Tags: culture, damage, hertiage, history, military, Museum, race, tornado, tourism, tourist, visitor, Weather
SOIUTH MISSISSIPPI — President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in the State of Mississippi following a massive tornado that destroyed or heavily damaged more than 800 homes in the southern part of the state. Obama signed the declaration yesterday and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in Forrest and Lamar [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: air force base, award, environment, garbage, green, military, pollution, recycle, recycling, trash
BILOXI — Keesler Air Force Base has been named an environmental hero in Mississippi for its comprehensive recycling efforts. The Sun Herald reports the Mississippi Recycling Coalition chose Keesler as the recipient of its 2012 Environmental Hero Award as the state or federal government recycler of the year. The base recycled nearly 2,700 tons of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 22,2013
Tags: Army, defense, facility, grand opening, helicopter, infantry, military, soldier, tank, train, training, troop
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 15,2013
Tags: aerodefense, aerospace, aid, college, defense, development, funding, grant, high technology, military, public university, research, researcher, rocket, science, scientist, space, space exploration, spaceship
STARKVILLE — NASA has awarded grants to nine universities for advanced development activities for the nation’s next heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). The agency is providing approximately $2.25 million that will be shared by all the proposals under this NASA Research Announcement to seek solutions to evolve the launch vehicle from its initial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 9,2013
Tags: air defense, air power, Aircraft, aviation, defense, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, military, unmanned aircraft, war, warfighting
MOSS POINT — Northrop Grumman Corp. has delivered 2 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force earlier than expected. Company officials told The Mississippi Press both aircraft were delivered ahead of schedule in late November. Northrop Grumman builds fuselages for the Global Hawks and other aircraft at its 70-employee Unmanned Systems Center [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: defense, drone, fuselage, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, military, production, surveillance, unmanned aerial vehicle, war
MOSS POINT — Production has begun at a Northrop Grumman plant in Moss Point on fuselages for a new line of surveillance drones. Officials marked the development yesterday with a ceremony at Northrop’s Unmanned Systems Plant. The Triton high-altitude surveillance drone being built for the Navy will be able to stay aloft for 24 hours, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 13,2012
Tags: Air Force, airplane, aviation, community development, culture, defense, education, Heritage, history, jet, military, Museum, pilot, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
VICKSBURG — The Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum held its grand opening over the weekend at the Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport in Mound, La. The museum will be open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and at other times by appointment. The museum is closed on major holidays. “The inspiration for this museum [...] [...]
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