An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built by HII for the U.S. Navy has sailed from the Ingalls Shipbuilding location to prepare for its commissioning ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, in May. The shipbuilder said Wednesday Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) is the 33rd ship it constructed for the destroyer fleet of the Navy and […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has begun fabrication activities for George M. Neal, a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer it will deliver to the U.S. Navy. The ship follows 33 existing Arleigh Burke-class destroyers the shipbuilder already hander over to the service branch, HII said Monday. George M. Neal’s name honors a veteran […] More

The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer made by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division. The Frank E. Petersen destroyer, also known as DDG 121, underwent a signing ceremony on Tuesday to become formally owned by the Navy, HII said Thursday. Arleigh Burke-class ships are designed to support […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Pascagoula, Mississippi-based division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, launched on Friday the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), which is the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy. HII said Friday DDG 125 will be equipped with Raytheon Technologies-built AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar arrays to provide the ship with ballistic […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division has cut the first 100 tons of steel of the future USS Jeremiah Denton to mark the start of the fabrication phase for the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.

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The U.S. Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer sailed away from a Huntington Ingalls Industries construction yard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Friday for the ship's home base in Mayport, Florida.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries has started fabrication activities for the construction of a new Arleigh Burke­-class destroyer.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division held a keel-laying ceremony for the 32nd Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer that HII built for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday the Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) is named after the first master chief petty officer of the Navy who was aboard USS Maryland during the Pearl Harbor attack. Black’s wife, Ima […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters joined nearly 1,000 guests during the christening of the John Finn (DGG 113) guided missile destroyer at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, May 2. The 29th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was named after the World War II Medal of Honor recipient who died in 2010 at the age of […] More

Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Stevens of the U.S. Navy will be the keynote speaker at Ingalls Shipbuilding’s christening of the John Finn (DDG 113) this weekend. The ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer will be held in Pascagoula, Mississippi, with Mike Petters, president and CEO of Ingalls parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries, in […] More

Seven GovCon industry leaders have joined the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s board of directors to provide direction, strategic guidance and business oversight as INSA works to drive collaboration to advance national security priorities. INSA said Wednesday six of the newly elected board members will serve three-year terms while one will serve a two-year term.

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Gerry Fasano, president of defense group at Leidos and a four-time Wash100 awardee, is slated to become chief growth officer as part of a recently announced key leadership changes and operating group realignment at the technology company. Leidos will be reorganized into five sectors: defense systems, digital modernization, health and civil, national security and commercial and international segments, effective Jan. 1.

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