by Associated Press Published: June 4,2013
Tags: contract, defense, federal government, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, military, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, shipyard, warfighting
PASCAGOULA — The Navy says Huntington Ingalls Inc. has been awarded a $3.3-billion contract to build five Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in five years at the company’s Pascagoula shipyard. One of the DDG 51 class ships is scheduled to be built each year. That begins with the current federal budget year, which started Oct. 1. The [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — The U.S. Department of Defense has ordered 70 BAE Systems lightweight M777 howitzers to begin equipping the U.S. Army’s Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs). Valued at $134 million, the order takes the U.S.-UK production program to Oct. 2013 and a total of 1,071 guns. The M777 is the world’s first artillery weapon to [...] [...]
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