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Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a third contract modification from the U.S. Navy for $145 million to provide long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9.

ST Engineering North America, Inc. announces that Robert (Bob) L. Merchent is named President and CEO of VT Halter Marine, Inc. (Halter Marine) effective today.

Singing River Health System has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire Garden Park Medical Center in Gulfport from HCA Healthcare.

Following recent announcements that federal funds are available for economic recovery efforts, the Mississippi Small Business Development Center, housed at the University of Mississippi, is offering counseling and guidance to those interested in applying.

Ocean Springs’ hottest new housing is open and ready for anyone looking for an upscale experience that’s one-of-a-kind here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division moved destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) to Pier Four on the east bank of the Pascagoula River today, signifying the reopening of a facility decimated in Hurricane Katrina.

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Mississippi’s casinos reopened just in time for the Memorial Day weekend and what a weekend it was.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division will host a drive-in hiring event for job seekers from 9 a.m. until noon on Friday, May 22 on Singing River Island.

Halter Marine Inc., a company of ST Engineering North America, cut the first plate of steel on the fourth Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) that the company is designing and building for the U.S. Navy.

Hundreds of bankers worked non-stop to provide more than 12,000 businesses the financial support needed to remain open and serve local communities.

“This contract allows us to maintain the health of our critical nationwide shipbuilding supplier base while continuing our serial production of large-deck amphibs,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said.

In support of NASA’s Artemis Program to return America to the Moon, Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a $1.79 billion contract modification for the production of an additional 18 RS-25 engines to support future deep space exploration missions.

The Mississippi Department of Labor has approved an apprenticeship program between VT Halter Marine and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Emotions ran high among a sellout crowd during the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting Feb. 18.