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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[...]

In March 2021, General Dynamics was awarded a $2.4 billion contract option to build a 10th Virginia-class submarine in collaboration with Newport News Shipbuilding. Photo by Ashley Cowan/Newport News Shipbuilding
Oct 11, 2023

HII, General Dynamics sued by marine engineers

A group of naval engineers filed a federal class action lawsuit on Oct. 6 against 20 large government contractors and shipbuilders, including Virginia-based General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries, claiming that the corporations have for decades “maintained an illegal agreement not to actively recruit, or ‘poach,’ each other’s employees,” thus depriving nav[...]

Oct 11, 2023

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 […]

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 20: A "danger" sign is posted at a work site on the East Plaza of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
Sep 27, 2023

Federal shutdown could have deep impacts in Va.

In late 2018, the last time the federal government shut down for an extended period, Eric Ingram was furloughed from his job at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for six weeks. He used that time to co-found a startup focused on space safety, Scout Space. Launched in 2019, the Alexandria-based technology startup now has several […]

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze arrives in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 3, 2023. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cryton Vandiesal/U.S. Navy
Sep 7, 2023

General Dynamics, HII subsidiaries receive $14.58B in Navy contracts

Reston-based General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary and Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding will construct Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers for the Navy during the next 10 years under contracts valued up to $14.58 billion. The Pentagon announced the contracts Aug. 1 but did not specify the total until Wednesday. The fixed-price ince[...]

Kastner
Aug 30, 2023

Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CHRISTOPHER D. KASTNER

Kastner has now completed his first year as head of the nation’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries, which owns Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia’s largest industrial employer. He was tapped as HII‘s president and CEO in March 2022, after previously serving as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. In fiscal 2022, the company [&he[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JENNIFER BOYKIN

After receiving her bachelor’s degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a master’s in engineering management from George Washington University, Boykin began her career at Newport News Shipbuilding in 1987 in the nuclear engineering division, moving up the ranks, before becoming president in 2017. She’s the first woman to lead the […]

Aug 18, 2023

HII’s Mission Technologies names new chief growth officer

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division has hired Ahmed Ayad to serve as chief growth officer. Ayad joins the organization from Herndon-based ManTech, where he served as vice president and growth lead for the defense sector since 2019. In his new role, Ayad will be responsible for shaping and developing Mission Technologies’ growth strategy […]

Jun 6, 2023

HII Mission Technology promotes two execs

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s McLean-based Mission Technologies division has promoted Garry Schwartz, formerly a group president, to chief operating officer on June 1. At the same time, the company also promoted Todd Gentry to president of the division’s C5ISR (command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) [...]

Jun 1, 2023

NNS announces senior leadership changes

Newport News Shipbuilding is promoting three employees to its senior leadership team, as well as restructuring programs as the company plans for upcoming retirements. Rob Check will become vice president of in-service aircraft carrier programs; Thomasina Wright will assume the role of vice president of fleet support programs, and Les Smith will take over as […]

Feb 27, 2023

The 2023 Heavy Hitters list

Virginia Business’ annual list of the commonwealth’s 50 most powerful and influential leaders provides our editors’ take on the heaviest-hitting of heavyweights in business, government, nonprofits and higher education. Think of it as an executive committee for the leaders populating our annual Virginia 500 issue — the top 10% of the state’s power elite. And […]

Eric Chewning. Photo courtesy HII
Jan 31, 2023

HII taps former DOD chief of staff as EVP

Eric Chewning, who was chief of staff for two acting defense secretaries in the Trump White House, became Newport News-based Fortune 500 shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s executive vice president of strategy and development on Monday. Chewning will guide corporate strategy and identify opportunities for growth, cross-division collaboration and potential investment. He reports [...]

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