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Huntington Ingalls Industries

Mar 1, 2021

Huntington Ingalls wins $213.9M Navy contract

The U.S. Navy awarded Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries a $213.9 million follow-on contract to perform engineering services for San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the contract, HII‘s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Mississippi, will help the Navy manage engineering changes, integrate systems and pro[...]

The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) sits at Pier 3 at Newport News Shipbuilding division. Photo by Matt Hildreth, courtesy HII.
Feb 26, 2021

Newport News Shipbuilding lays off 314 employees

Newport News Shipbuilding has laid off 314 salaried employees and demoted 119 managers in its first workforce reduction since the shipyard laid off 1,218 employees in 2015, according to a letter sent to employees by the company’s president, Jennifer Boykin. “Today is a tough day as we say goodbye to 314 fellow shipbuilders as part […]

Feb 25, 2021

Huntington Ingalls promotes three VPs

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Wednesday three promotions in its technical solutions division. Grant Hagen has been promoted as vice president of business operations; Jaime Orlando has been promoted as vice president of communications; and Chris Walton has been promoted as vice president of information technology. They will all assume their positions March 1 […]

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Feb 22, 2021

HII lands $2.99B Navy contract

The U.S. Navy awarded Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division a $2.99 billion contract to refuel and overhaul USS John C. Stennis supercarrier, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the contract, Newport News Shipbuilding will perform work for the second half of the estimated five-decade service life of the aircraft […]

Jan 19, 2021

Navy awards HII $175M contact

The U.S. Navy awarded Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) a $174.9 million contract to maintain and repair elevator support units aboard the branch’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the Department of Defense announced Friday. HII will perform work on units stationed across the United States and other deployed locations, according to the DOD. Work is expected […]

Vice Adm. Thomas Moore (U.S. Navy, Ret.). Photo courtesy HII
Jan 15, 2021

Huntington Ingalls biz names nuclear operations VP

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Wednesday it has hired retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Moore as vice president of nuclear operations for its Nuclear and Environmental Services business group. Moore served 39 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring in August 2020 as the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command, where he managed […]

Rendering of Spatial Integrated Systems' unmanned systems solutions. Photo courtesy HII
Jan 5, 2021

HII acquires unmanned systems business

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Monday it has acquired Virginia Beach-based Spatial Integrated Systems Inc.’s (SIS) autonomy business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the acquisition expands HII’s unmanned systems capabilities, according to a company statement. Approximately 50 SIS employees will join unmanned systems business[...]

Dec 10, 2020

Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden to chair Aerospace Industries Association board

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) announced Tuesday it has named Northrop Grumman Chairman, President and CEO Kathy Warden to serve as the chair of the AIA’s board of governors for 2021. Mike Petters, president and CEO of Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, will serve as vice chairman. Since 1919, the AIA has served as the […]

An artist depiction of the Columbia-class submarine for the U.S. Navy. Photo courtesy General Dynamics
Nov 24, 2020

Newport News Shipbuilding lands $2.2B sub contract modification

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)’s Newport News Shipbuilding division received a $2.2 billion contract modification from Reston-based General Dynamics Electric Boat for construction of the first two Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, the company announced on Monday. The U.S. Navy in early November awarded Electric Boat a $9.474 billion contract modification to[...]

The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) sits at Pier 3 at Newport News Shipbuilding division. Photo by Matt Hildreth, courtesy HII.
Nov 3, 2020

HII lands $284.2M in contract modifications on USS JFK

The U.S. Navy awarded Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) $284.2 million in contract modifications to deliver the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) to the branch, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. The delivery will be done in one phase. The Navy decided to change the two-phase delivery approach that […]

Sep 22, 2020

Huntington Ingalls to establish unmanned systems center in Hampton

Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), the nation’s largest military shipbuilding company, will establish an unmanned systems center in Hampton, which will create more than 250 jobs. “Huntington Ingalls Industries is a national leader in advanced manufacturing, and this investment is a powerful testament to Virginia’s workers[...]

Sep 22, 2020

Huntington Ingalls lands $355M Navy contract modification

The U.S. Navy awarded Newport News-based contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) a potential $355 contract modification to help the branch prepare for an engineered overhaul of the USS Boise nuclear-powered submarine, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. Under the contract modification, HII will provide early production efforts including planning, execution services, production [...]

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