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| PART II: AEROSPACE OVERVIEW |
| Jackson County Aviation Technology Park focus: unmanned aerial vehicles, aviation |
...A 300-acre park adjacent to Jackson
County's Trent Lott International
Airport is new, but it's already helping
to define the future for this part of
Mississippi, and perhaps the rest of the
Gulf Coast.
...The first tenant is Northrop
Grumman, which is building
unmanned aerial vehicles at the park.
In the summer of 2009, the aviation
park was designated "Project Ready,"
meaning its shovel ready for any new
tenants.
County's Trent Lott International
Airport is new, but it's already helping
to define the future for this part of
Mississippi, and perhaps the rest of the
Gulf Coast.
...The first tenant is Northrop
Grumman, which is building
unmanned aerial vehicles at the park.
In the summer of 2009, the aviation
park was designated "Project Ready,"
meaning its shovel ready for any new
tenants.
Former Northrop Grumman CEO Ron Sugar,
left, and former Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., look
at a Fire Scout during the grand opening of the
Unmanned System Center in Moss Point in
April 2006. Northrop Grumman photo
left, and former Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., look
at a Fire Scout during the grand opening of the
Unmanned System Center in Moss Point in
April 2006. Northrop Grumman photo
...The most industrialized county in Mississippi, humbled in the earlier part of
this decade by the closing of several mills, has managed to leap-frog into the
future in a modest, though significant way.
...At the Northrop Grumman Unmanned System Center, aerospace workers
perform fuselage work on the Global Hawk fixed-wing UAV and handle the
final electronics work for the Fire Scout, the helicopter drone being built for the
military. It has also performed some work on Hunter UAVs.
...Northrop Grumman officials have said they envisioned more activities for this
part of Mississippi, and in fact it could well go beyond the Fire Scouts and
Global Hawks.
this decade by the closing of several mills, has managed to leap-frog into the
future in a modest, though significant way.
...At the Northrop Grumman Unmanned System Center, aerospace workers
perform fuselage work on the Global Hawk fixed-wing UAV and handle the
final electronics work for the Fire Scout, the helicopter drone being built for the
military. It has also performed some work on Hunter UAVs.
...Northrop Grumman officials have said they envisioned more activities for this
part of Mississippi, and in fact it could well go beyond the Fire Scouts and
Global Hawks.
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