Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding unit has conducted builder’s sea trials on an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer built for the U.S. Navy. HII said Tuesday it tested the combat, main propulsion and other systems of USS Ralph Johnson for more than three days in the Gulf of Mexico. “DDG 114’s sea trials showcase the skill of our […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has evaluated systems that have been installed on the U.S. Navy‘s 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship during a series of sea trials. HII said Monday its Ingalls Shipbuilding division operated USS Portland (LPD 27) in the Gulf of Mexico for four days and performed anchor-handling, ballast and deballast, detect-to-engage, full power ahead, astern and […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a contract modification from the U.S. Navy to install Flight III baseline updates aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125). The modification covers the installation of the SPY-6 air and missile defense radar system as well as electrical power and cooling upgrades to the ship under the DDG […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has started to fabricate an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy at the company’s shipyard in Mississippi. The Lenah H. Sutclifee Higbee destroyer represents the fourth of five vessels Huntington Ingalls will build for the military branch’s DDG 51 program as part a contract awarded in 2013, the company said Thursday. Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said that […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has secured a $51 million contract modification to provide life cycle engineering services for the U.S. Navy‘s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding business will also provide post-delivery planning, integration, research, material support, supply chain management, maintenance and training support for certain San Antonio-class shipboard systems. Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said the company […] More

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Mississippi to address the shipyard’s leaders and staff workers. HII said Friday Mabus was accompanied by Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Mississippi) during his tour of the shipyard. Ingalls Shipbuilding-built vessels support the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps as they conduct missions and […] More

Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, has visited a shipyard run by Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Ingalls executives briefed Neller on the four classes of military ships the division is currently building for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, HII said Wednesday. Neller also toured the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) and […] More

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

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has christened the U.S. Navy’s 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship at the former’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Ingalls Shipbuilding division held the christening ceremony for Portland (LPD 27) Saturday with U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Christopher Owens, director of the expeditionary warfare division at the Navy, as the keynote speaker, HII […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division and the U.S. Coast Guard held a keel authentication ceremony for the service branch’s seventh Legend-class National Security Cutter at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Friday. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft served as the keynote speaker during the ceremony for the NSC Kimball (WMSL 756), HII said Friday. The […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Coast Guard christened the agency’s sixth National Security Cutter ship during a christening ceremony Saturday at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division unveiled the Legend-class NSC ship’s name as Munro at the ceremony attended by nearly 600 guests, HII said Saturday. Munro, a 418-foot-long vessel, is named after Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division is set to hold a christening ceremony for the USS John P. Murtha amphibious transport dock on Saturday, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi scheduled as a featured speaker. The event will take place at Ingalls Shipbuilding‘s Visitor Control Center a day after division President Brian Cuccias, Navy Capt. Kevin […] More