HII’s Mission Technologies wins $347M Navy contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies will build nine undersea drones for the Navy’s Lionfish System program in a deal that could grow to as many as 200 vehicles during the next five years, with a total value of more than $347 million.

Newport News-based HII announced the contract Wednesday. The system is based on HII’s Remus 300, a portable, two-person small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV), which has an open architecture design and versatile payload options. The Navy picked Remus 300 as its official program of record for its next-generation SUUV in March 2022.

The contract includes delivery and support of the SUUVs, as well as afloat and auxiliary support equipment and engineering services.

“Lionfish provides increased capability and interoperability that aligns with the Navy’s undersea priorities and we look forward to delivering next-generation vehicles that can readily adapt to and support a variety of mission needs,” Andy Green, HII executive vice president and Mission Technologies president, said in a statement.

Mission Technologies received a $1.3 billion task order in April to provide a large-scale network of medical, rotary and fixed-wing solutions to support U.S. Africa Command’s Warfighter Recovery Network. Also that month, the company received a $995 million contract to advise and assist the U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is the nation’s largest military shipbuilder. The Fortune 500 company employs more than 44,000 workers and is Virginia’s largest industrial employer. Its Newport News Shipbuilding division is the United States’ only manufacturer of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.