The U.S. Navy plans to commission USS Indiana (SSN 789) at Port Canaveral in the third quarter of this year, Florida Today reported Wednesday. The report said the service branch will conduct sea trials of the Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine ahead of the planned commissioning ceremony. Other locations considered for the event were Groton, Connecticut and […] More

Andy Green, president of technical solutions division at Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been elected to the Professional Services Council’s board of directors. Green is one of the 11 newly elected members who will serve three-year terms on the trade group’s board starting Jan. 1, PSC said Monday. He will work with other new and re-elected […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary will host a christening event for the U.S. Navy’s future nuclear-powered attack submarine USS South Dakota on Saturday at a company shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard will be a principal speaker at the ceremony and Deanie Dempsey, wife of former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey, will […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received a potential $20.6 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy plan and execute post-delivery activities for the service branch’s latest Virginia-class submarine. The Defense Department said Wednesday Electric Boat will procure long-lead time materials needed to alter, maintain, repair and test USS Washington throughout the post-delivery work period. Huntington Ingalls […] More

The U.S. Navy has begun to consider whether to switch to Huntington Ingalls Industries to build the Flight III version of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer due to a disagreement between the service branch and a General Dynamics subsidiary over a fixed-price contract, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher P. Cavas writes General Dynamics’ Bath […] More

Lockheed Martin has joined the Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance at the sponsor level and received a seat on the global membership funded organization’s board of directors. AREA said Tuesday Lockheed will work with AREA enterprise members such as Bosch, Boeing, Huawei and Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding subsidiary to develop an ecosystem and establish best practices for […] More

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News facility to carry out a tour of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. HII said Thursday Newport News Shipbuilding president division Matt Mulherin and Ford Commanding Officer Capt. Richard McCormack officiated the tour for Mabus. Mabus recognized efforts by the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps over the last seven […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division continues its work on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy with the placement of a 900-ton superlift into dry dock. HII said Monday work on the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is on track with the launch date slated for 2020 and delivery to the service branch in 2022 […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed a 30-day endurance test of the Proteus unmanned undersea vehicle built by the company’s Undersea Solutions Group subsidiary and Battelle. HII said Tuesday Proteus was put in a tank at USG’s Florida facility where nearby computers fed navigational and depth data to the UUV’s autonomy and vehicle control systems to mimic an open water mission. Proteus was submerged […] 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

Research and Markets has released a new report that provides analysis of the naval vessels and surface combatants market worldwide. The report gives details of the market’s projected size and growth from 2015 through 2025, Research and Markets said Sept. 3. It profiles the following companies in the report: ASC Pty Ltd. Austal BAE Systems Daewoo Shipbuilding and […] More

A new Research and Markets report predicts the worldwide market for surface combatants and naval vessels will be worth $47.2 billion in the next 10 years. The market research firm said Friday the market is poised to grow from $35.9 billion in 2015 at a compound annual growth rate of 2.79 percent by 2025. The […] More