HII division to boost intel sharing for Five Eyes alliance

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division has received a three-year contract to provide information sharing capabilities between the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.

Newport News-based HII announced the award Nov. 21; information about the award was not disclosed.

The Pegasus contract is administrated by the Secretary of the Air Force’s Concept, Development and Management Mission Partner Capability Office and calls on Mission Technologies to provide email, phone, video and chat capabilities between the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand at the national and international levels.

“Pegasus is an important capability that will help U.S. military forces and Five Eyes members with critical war planning and execution,” Grant Hagen, president of Mission Technologies’ cyber, electronic warfare and space business group, said in a statement.

The work will be performed by HII, with Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology serving as a major subcontractor.

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.