Future shipyard bond bill signed

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Gov. Phil Bryant visited Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding division Thursday to participate in a ceremonial signing of a $20 million bond bill supporting Ingalls' "Shipyard of the Future" project. The investment will go toward current building improvements, new covered facilities providing better work areas for shipbuilders, and enabling more work to be accomplished out of the weather. The infrastructure improvements also include a new dry dock that will allow Ingalls to translate and launch ships from various locations in the shipyard. HII will match the state's investment on a 2:1 scale. (Source: Ingalls, 05/28/15)