Posted on 03/13/2013 3:21:41 AM PDT by Islander7
Tuesday was a banner day for Gulf Coast industry as the U.S. Navy announced it awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $71.6 million contract to produce the next generation of Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, assembled in Moss Point.
In addition, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Lockheed Martin Corp. will invest $3 million and create 166 new jobs to build tanks for liquefied natural gas at the Michoud Assembly plant in New Orleans, where the space shuttle tanks were built. The initial 88-foot-long tanks will be used to fuel ships and transport fuel.
And at Chevron's 2013 Security Analyst Meeting on Tuesday, company officials said the base oil plant in Pascagoula is scheduled for startup later this year.
"When the Pascagoula plant comes online, we will be the largest supplier of premium base oils in the world," Mike Wirth, executive vice president for downstream and chemicals at Chevron, told investors. The transcript of the meeting was released by Seeking Alpha.
Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/03/12/4524269/northrop-grumman-gets-716b-fire.html##storylink=cpy
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That’s 71.6 million with a ‘B’.
Hey, it’s the Sun Herald!!
Mississippi, Hey is there an upset Union or two around. What about those jobs in New England..... Could it of been cost?
No... It’s millions. I work this contract as an “Evil Contractor” for the government.
Specifications
Length ...................................................................41.4 ft (12.6 m)
Width ......................................................................... 7.8 ft (2.4 m)
Blades Folded Hangar................................7.8 x 34.7 x 10.9 ft
(2.4 x 10.6 x 3.3 m)
Height ..................................................................... 10.9 ft (3.3 m)
Rotor Diameter .................................................... 35 ft (10.7 m)
Gross Takeoff Weight ............................................... 6,000 lbs
Engine ................................................... Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
with Full Authority Digital Electronic Control
Performance
Speed ................................................................. 140 knots (max)
Operational Ceiling ....................................................... 17,000 ft
Maximum Endurance ....................................................... 14 hrs
Maximum Payload (Internal) ................................... 1,000 lbs
Typical Payload ......................... 600 lbs (11 hrs endurance)
Maximum Sling Load ................................................. 2,650 lbs
Defense spending Keynesianism is as bankrupt an ideology as infrastructure spending Keynesianism or social spending Keynesianism. They’re all a drag on the economy.
They ought to put some windows in it cause it just don’t look right...
With a longer boom it would look almost identical to a Bell Ranger.
And the encrypted radio frequencies are?
Every one of these has it’s weakness, and the Chinese already likely have a hacking program to take these over in midflight and send them crashing back into the control location.
Well...that would explain a lot. =;^)
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