Mississippi State University Selected for National Center of ExcellenceUnmanned aircraft systems are known by a lot of names – drones, robot planes, remotely piloted vehicles, and unmanned aerial...
Lawmakers Pledge Ongoing Support for FAA Center of Excellence for UAS
Senators, Congressmen, FAA Head Laud New Unmanned Aircraft System Research Consortium, Speak to Its Next Steps and GoalsWASHINGTON -- Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives today...
Wicker & Cochran Honor Fallen Mississippi Police Officers
Mississippi’s Fallen Officers Among the Honored at National Police Week 2015WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today offered tributes as part of National...
Mississippi to Lead National Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of Excellence
Cochran, Wicker Praise Mississippi State University Selection by FAA, Culmination of Years of EffortWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today announced that Mississippi State...
Wicker Supports Bill to Review Iran Agreement
Miss. Senator Says Congress, American People Deserve Chance to Weigh InWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today supported...
Wicker: Congress Passes First Balanced Budget Since 2001
Miss. Senator Says Agreement Is a ‘Significant, Substantive Achievement’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today voted in favor of the first...
Wicker Opposes Lynch Nomination
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement regarding his vote against Loretta Lynch’s nomination to be U.S. Attorney General:“The responsibility of the...
Wicker Appointed to Budget Conference
House, Senate Leaders Set to Negotiate Final Federal Spending FrameworkWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget Committee, has been appointed to be a conferee...
Success! Miss. Delegation Helps Keep ‘Flying Jennies’ In Mississippi
U.S. Air Force Abandons Attempt to Deactivate 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Relocate C-130J AircraftWASHINGTON – Following more than three years of working with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Senators...
Wicker Applauds Ingalls Shipbuilding Contract
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after it was announced that Huntington Ingalls Industries, located in Pascagoula, was awarded a $499.8 million...