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  • Raytheon Eyes T-100 Production Facility in Mississippi for Air Force Trainer Jet Program; Rick Yuse Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Eyes T-100 Production Facility in Mississippi for Air Force Trainer Jet Program; Rick Yuse Comments

    Raytheon plans to set up a facility in Meridian, Mississippi, to produce a training aircraft should the U.S. Air Force select the company’s bid for the Advanced Pilot Training program. Raytheon said Monday it has teamed up with Leonardo-Finmeccanica, CAE‘s U.S. arm and Honeywell’s aerospace business to propose the T-100 Integrated Air Training System for the program. […] More

  • NIST to Fund Organizations in 11 States to Operate Manufacturing Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST to Fund Organizations in 11 States to Operate Manufacturing Centers

    The Commerce Department‘s National Institute of Standards and Technology has begun the fourth round of competitions for cooperative funding agreement opportunities for Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers across 11 states. NIST said Thursday it will provide a potential $60 million to fund organizations in Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Wyoming to operate the MEP […] More

  • NIC Partners With Utah, Mississippi to Unveil Amazon Echo Govt Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIC Partners With Utah, Mississippi to Unveil Amazon Echo Govt Apps

    NIC has partnered with Utah and Mississippi to unveil a new series voice-activated state government apps for the Amazon Echo designed to allow users to receive license alerts and take practice exams through the Alexa Voice Services. NIC subsidiary Utah Interactive worked with the Utah’s departments of public safety and technology services to create a voice-based app that works to […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Division Awards STEM Grants to Mississippi, Alabama Schools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Division Awards STEM Grants to Mississippi, Alabama Schools

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has awarded grants worth approximately $100,000 to support 25 science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects at elementary, middle and high schools in Alabama and Mississippi. “These grants allow students to implement STEM knowledge into these projects, while having fun in learning and interacting with each other,” Edmond Hughes, vice president […] More

  • Adm. John Richardson Visits Huntington Ingalls’ Mississippi Shipyard; Brian Cuccias Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Adm. John Richardson Visits Huntington Ingalls’ Mississippi Shipyard; Brian Cuccias Comments

    Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson paid a visit to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Thursday. HII said Friday the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division provided Richardson updates on the four classes of military vessels that it currently constructs for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. “This trip allowed me to […] More

  • Northrop Renews Lease for Mississippi UAV Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Renews Lease for Mississippi UAV Plant

    Northrop Grumman has agreed to renew its lease on an unmanned aerial vehicle plant at Moss Point in Jackson County, Mississippi, Sun Herald reported Wednesday. Karen Nelson writes Northrop Grumman will continue to produce drone parts at the Moss Point Unmanned Systems Center for another eight years under the agreement. The company manufactures components for the […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Name Legend-Class Cutter ‘Munro’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Name Legend-Class Cutter ‘Munro’

    Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Coast Guard christened the agency’s sixth National Security Cutter ship during a christening ceremony Saturday at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division unveiled the Legend-class NSC ship’s name as Munro at the ceremony attended by nearly 600 guests, HII said Saturday. Munro, a 418-foot-long vessel, is named after Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, […] More

  • Northrop's Unmanned Systems Center Expects More Gov't Contracting Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Unmanned Systems Center Expects More Gov’t Contracting Work

    Northrop Grumman‘s unmanned aircraft systems facility in Moss Point, Miss. is expected to bring growth, investment and jobs to the area, according to the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation’s executive director, the Mississippi Business Journal blog reported Monday. JCEDF’s George Freeland said the $30 million Unmanned Systems Center also brings economic diversity because it adds to the shipbuilding and petrochemical industries in […] More

  • Scott Forney: General Atomics Aims to Grow Product Lines Through Mississippi Site Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Forney: General Atomics Aims to Grow Product Lines Through Mississippi Site Expansion

    General Atomics has moved to expand its manufacturing facility in its Shannon, Miss.-based site and plans to open 80 new positions there. Product portfolios for defense, nuclear, oil and energy storage clients will be relocated to the Heritage Bag building at the Tupelo/Lee Industrial Park South, the Mississippi Development Authority said Monday. “There is significant […] More

  • General Atomics to Add 80 Jobs at Mississippi Campus - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Add 80 Jobs at Mississippi Campus

    General Atomics will spend $11 million to expand manufacturing operations in Lee County, Miss. and plans to create about 80 new jobs there, The Clarion-Ledger reported Monday. The publication reports GA will transfer production of defense, energy and nuclear equipment to an 87,650-square-foot building at the company’s existing campus in the Tupelo Lee Industrial Park. […] More

  • Intel-GE JV Signs Up for Mississippi Telehealth Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel-GE JV Signs Up for Mississippi Telehealth Program

    Intel and General Electric‘s joint healthcare venture and Mississippi’s government have partnered to offer telemedicine services to people with diabetes in underserved communities. The Diabetes Telehealth Network includes Intel-GE Care Innovations, C Spire, GE Healthcare, the North Sunflower Medical Center and University of Mississippi Medical Center, the university said Thursday. Gov. Phil Bryant said this […] More