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Did you know?
The Port Bienville Industrial Park is the
largest developed industrial park in Mississippi.
The Stennis International Airport has the
3rd-longest runway in the State.
Some of the satellites now orbiting the Earth were
assembled at Lockheed Martin at the NASA Stennis
Space Center.
Port Bienville is home to the 38th largest shipper
of containers in the world.
The Port Bienville Industrial Park operates its own
rail road.
Within the last 45 years, Hancock County has become
the focal point for some the state’s most technical
and progressive advancements.
Industrial leaders have come to the county to take
advantage of its vibrant workforce, proximity to the
Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf of Mexico, its
expansive airport, and its readiness to support
development.
The Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission
manages the 3,600-acre waterfront Port Bienville
Industrial Park in which more than 20 industrial and
business tenants do business. The largest
fully-developed industrial in the state, the Park
includes a shallow-draft port, short line railroad,
rail and truck cleaning facility, 24-hour security,
and on-site emergency services center and clinic.
The Stennis International Airport boasts an
8,500-foot lighted and grooved runway, the third
longest in the state, and over 70,000 square-feet of
hangar space. Its Instrument Landing System affords
aircraft all-weather operational capabilities.
Located on the airport grounds, the Stennis
International Airpark consists of 100 acres adjacent
to 4-lane state Hwy. 603 and Interstate 10.
Begun in 2004, the Stennis Technology Park is
a privately-owned, 1,000-acre high technology
business park located adjacent to Interstate 10.
It’s ready access to three International airports,
three ports, and the Stennis Space Center makes it a
premier site for new high-tech company locations or
expansions.
The Mississippi Enterprise for Technology
operates a high-tech business incubator at the
Stennis Space Center. Supporting nearly 50
companies, MsET graduated 20 companies employing in
excess of 150 people in its first 10 years.
The Center of Excellence for Geospatial
Technologies at SSC supports the Geospatial
Technologies Cluster that has grown from 6 companies
to over 30 in five years.
Within the last 45 years, Hancock County has become
the focal point for some the state’s most technical
and progressive advancements.
NASA’s Stennis Space Center, located in the
southwestern region of the county, is responsible
for NASA's rocket propulsion testing and for
collaborating with industry to develop and implement
remote sensing technology. The space center is also
home to more than 30 federal and state agencies,
academic programs and private companies. Ranking
among the world leaders in supercomputing
capabilities, the Naval Meteorology and
Oceanography Command is also located at Stennis.
Visitors can tour the world’s largest rocket testing
complex and some times experience the shake, rattle
and roar of test firings of the Space Shuttle’s Main
Engines.
The Stennis Space Center Aerospace Park is
among the space center’s newest endeavors. The
industrial park provides more than 1.6 million
square feet of manufacturing and office space.
Industry and industrial leaders have come to the
county to take advantage of its proximity to
Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf of Mexico, its
expansive airport, and its readiness to support
development.
The Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission
was established in 1963 to develop and manage ports,
harbors, airports, industrial parks, and related
facilities. Today, the commission is the economic
development authority for Hancock County.
The commission manages the 3,600-acre waterfront
Port Bienville Industrial Park---home to more than
20 industrial and business tenants. The Stennis
International Airport has the third longest runway
in the state and over 50,000 square-feet of hangar
space as individual airplane storage. The Stennis
International Airpark, located on the airport
grounds, consists of 600 acres accessible by Highway
603 and Interstate 10. Recently, a 1,000 acre High
Tech Park was established at the airport site.
Already, five high tech tenants have filled the new
facility and future expansion is expected. (insert
info on other tech park). As a port authority, the
commission
NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC), located near Bay
St. Louis, is America's largest rocket test complex.
SSC is a unique federal and commercial city
comprised of NASA and more than 30 other resident
federal, state, academic and private organizations,
and numerous technology-based companies engaged in
space, environmental and national defense programs.
The center was established in the early 1960s to
test the huge Saturn V engines for the Apollo
spacecraft to go to the Moon. Today, all Space
Shuttle Main Engines are test fired and proven
flight-worthy at SSC. Components of rocket engines
for future spacecraft are tested also. The
125,000-acre acoustical buffer zone surrounding the
test complex is considered a national asset.
SSC plays a key role in NASA's Earth Science
Enterprise, which is dedicated to understanding the
total Earth system and the effects of changes on the
global environment, particularly in the areas of
agricultural efficiency, coastal management,
homeland security and disaster management.
SSC’s Technology Development and Transfer Office
researches and develops new technologies, as well as
assessing, certifying and acquiring technologies
from the commercial, academic and government
sectors.
SSC, under the leadership of Center Director Adm.
Thomas Q. Donaldson V, USN (Ret.), currently employs
approximately 4,500 employees, with about 22 percent
residing in Hancock County. |
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