A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has launched a new building in Newport News, Virginia, to provide work and training spaces for the crews of future Virginia-class submarines. The Newport News Shipbuilding division’s pre-commissioning unit facility houses office spaces, bunk rooms for sailors, hospital corpsmen’s offices, galleys, classrooms and a calibration laboratory, HII said Monday. “As we […] More

Stephen Wilson, an almost 30-year financial management veteran, has joined the board of directors at Huntington Ingalls Industries. “His vast and varied corporate financial background, combined with his business and board experience, make him a great addition to the HII board,” Chairman Thomas Fargo said Wednesday. Wilson previously held leadership roles at PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, Cadbury, […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary and Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division are awaiting the U.S. Navy‘s decision on their proposed teaming arrangement for the Ohio-class submarine replacement program, Defense News reported Monday. Christopher Cavas writes John Casey, executive vice president of marine systems at General Dynamics, said the companies submitted a work-sharing plan to […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has begun to test steam-powered engines and electrical generators of the U.S. Navy‘s USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. “Once the work and final testing, including sea trials, is complete, Lincoln will be redelivered to the Navy as one of the most technologically advanced Nimitz-class carriers in the fleet,” Chris Miner, […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has laid the keel for the future USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier at a ceremony in Newport News, Virginia. Sponsored by former President Kennedy’s daughter Caroline Kennedy, the carrier will be the second ship of the Gerald R. Ford carrier class, HII said Saturday. The carrier is designated CVN 79 and […] More

Karen Velkey, formerly director of corporate compensation at Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been promoted to corporate VP of benefits and compensation. She will report directly to Chief Human Resources Officer and Corporate VP Bill Ermatinger and oversee the company’s executive compensation, salary and wage administration, deferred compensation, health and welfare insurance, retirement and incentive programs, […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $23.8 million contract to help modernize the U.S. Navy‘s USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. Newport News Shipbuilding will help the military service procure, build and test systems for the modernization of the nuclear-powered vessel, HII said Monday. “We first delivered the ship in […] More

The Newport News Shipbuilding arm of Huntington Ingalls has selected United Technologies Corp. to supply the composite components for the next 10 Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines. UTC said Wednesday the company is tasked to deliver bow dome, rubber boot and various external fairing structures through 2020 under the agreement. Marc Duvall, president of UTC’s aerostructures segment, said […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has selected Ritchie-Curbow Construction to construct its planned health center for employees at the Newport News Shipbuilding division. The health facility will comprise exam rooms, physical therapy sections, X-ray and chemistry laboratories, and other rooms for education and meetings, Huntington Ingalls said Monday. Scheduled to open in the fall, the 21,894-square-foot facility on […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries unveiled its new submersible named Proteus, which was developed in partnership with Battelle and Bluefin Robotics, at the recent Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland, the Daily Press reported April 13. Hugh Lessig writes that HII highlighted Proteus’s “flexible” design as the company seeks to potentially deploy the submersible to support the U.S. Navy‘s undersea naval operations and warfare. […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a $23 million contract to help the U.S. Navy develop a construction plan for the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier, the Daily Press reported Thursday. Hugh Lessig writes the goal is for HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division to apply cost and efficiency measures the shipbuilder used during the […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has contracted healthcare provider QuadMed to establish and manage two clinics as part of a wellness program for its employees and their families. The health centers, to be located in proximity to HII’s shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Newport News, Virginia, will be able to cater to Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News Shipbuilding workers […] More