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HII closes on South Carolina plant acquisition
Jan 27, 2025

HII closes on South Carolina plant acquisition

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Monday it has closed on its purchase of a metal fabrication manufacturing facility in South Carolina, which will now be part of its subsidiary Newport News Shipbuilding. The company did not disclose financial terms. In December 2024, HII said it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all […]

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Dec 5, 2024

HII division lands $6.7B Air Force contract

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ McLean-based Mission Technologies division a $6.7 billion contract to provide electronic warfare engineering and technical services support, according to a Thursday announcement from the defense contractor.  The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract is the largest Mission Technologies has yet landed, according to HII.[...]

Todd Gentry, president of the All-Domain Operations group in HII's Mission Technologies division
Nov 1, 2024

HII’s Mission Technologies secures $3B DOD contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division won a $3 billion contract to provide the Department of Defense logistics and intelligence support and technology. Under the Logistics Services, ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance] Operations and Next-Gen Technology (LOGIX) task order, the HII division will provide strategy-level support to the DOD and i[...]

HII’s Mission Technologies secures $305M DIA contract
Oct 1, 2024

HII’s Mission Technologies wins $458M DOD contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division won a $458 million federal defense contract to modernize information technology architecture. Under the five-year task order, which HII announced Tuesday it had won, the division will use model-based systems engineering to develop, assess and implement technical solutions to improve cybersecurity, add capabilities and [...]

NNS aims to grow workforce
Jun 27, 2024

NNS aims to grow workforce

Virginia’s largest industrial employer, Newport News Shipbuilding, hopes to grow its 26,000-person workforce by 3,000 this year to tackle its backlog of projects. NNS, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is building modular components for 12 Columbia-class subs and then handing them off to partner General Dynamics’ Connecticut-based Electric Boat, and the two companies have [&[...]

HII’s Mission Technologies secures $305M DIA contract
Mar 19, 2024

HII’s Mission Technologies secures $305M DIA contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division won a $305 million Defense Intelligence Agency contract to provide intelligence analysis and operational support services for the Joint Intelligence Operations Center – Korea, assisting the United States Forces Korea (USFK), HII announced Tuesday. Under the recompeted task order, HII will also assist USFK with organi[...]

HII names two legislative affairs execs
Jan 11, 2024

HII names two legislative affairs execs

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries has promoted Peter Courtney to corporate vice president of legislative affairs and hired Betsy Bina Benedict as director of legislative affairs. Courtney was previously HII‘s director of legislative affairs and takes the place of Carolyn Apostolou, who retired in December 2023. He will work from the Arlington County office and […]

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Nov 30, 2023

HII’s Mission Technologies names new CIO

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Marc Sosa as chief information officer for its McLean-based Mission Technologies division, the Fortune 500 contractor announced Thursday. Sosa will be responsible for all aspects of information technology, including guiding the division’s day-to-day leadership of  information systems and aligning enterprise cybersecurity and IT goal[...]

Nov 27, 2023

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, Developm[...]

Retired British Army Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant. Photo courtesy Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Oct 25, 2023

HII names new VP of engagement, intl. gov relations

Huntington Ingalls Industries has named retired British Army Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant corporate vice president of engagement and international government relations, the Newport News-based shipbuilder announced Wednesday. Tennant will be located in HII‘s Arlington office and will work on national security policy and future force capabilities by engaging with think tanks, professional organizat[...]

Jennifer Boykin (L), president of Newport News Shipbuilding and executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, and Old Dominion University President Brian O. Hemphill.
Oct 24, 2023

NNS funding helps launch ODU engineering program

Newport News Shipbuilding will be the lead industry sponsor of Old Dominion University’s program to graduate more engineers, the two organizations announced Tuesday. NNS, a division of Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries, will make a five-year financial commitment to the Monarch Accelerator Program to Engineering (MAP-to-E), ODU’s program t[...]

An Air and Marine Operations crew aboard a King Air 350 uses the Minotaur. Photo by Ozzy Trevino.
Oct 17, 2023

HII secures $244M software integration contract

A McLean-based division of Huntington Ingalls Industries received a $244 million contract integrating software for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, the Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder announced Tuesday. Under the five-year, Naval Air Systems Command task order, HII‘s Mission Technologies division will perform research, development, testing and evaluation to help in[...]

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