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

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has received the Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve’s ProPatria award for its support to employees who are members of the U.S. National Guard and Reserve forces. HII said Thursday Jeff Bruno, manager of risk management at the company and a recipient of ESGR’s 2014 Patriot Award, accepted the award on behalf of Ingalls Shipbuilding during a ceremony. […] More

Boeing could receive $15.6 billion over the next five years to fund the production of modified 767 jets for the U.S. Air Force‘s aerial refueling operations, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Tony Capaccio writes that the Defense Department is requesting $2.95 billion for fiscal 2016, $3.22 billion for fiscal 2017 and $3.1 billion for fiscal 2018 through 2020 for its KC-46 tanker program. […] More

The U.S. Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries strive to build the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier without exceeding the authorized budget, said HII CEO Mike Petters, the Daily Press reported Thursday. Hugh Lessig writes Petters was responding to a Government Accountability Office report that predicts the Navy’s supercarrier project would not meet the $12.9 […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiary Ingalls Shipbuilding looked to strengthen its pre-employment program and Alabama’s technical workforce with a recent donation to Bishop State Community College. “This donation will help grow the number of skilled professionals in Alabama and support workforce development through technical education,” Brian Cuccias, HII corporate vice president and Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said Sept. 10. According to HII, the […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding arm has handed the national security cutter Hamilton to the U.S Coast Guard nearly three months ahead of its scheduled commissioning. The Coast Guard officially took possession of the 418-foot-long NSC Hamilton on Monday and is slated to commission the ship in Charleston, South Carolina on Dec. 6, HII said Monday. […] 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

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has christened the USS John Warner (SSN 785), the first Virginia-class submarine to be named after a living person – former Senator and Navy Secretary John Warner. Warner’s wife Jeanne led the christening ceremony as the ship’s sponsor, the company said Monday. “American technological innovation and manufacturing skill have always been some of our most […] More

Jim Gildea and Charles Neff of Huntington Ingalls Industries have received recognition from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve for assisting employees with their military commitment. Gildea, vice president and chief counsel of HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, and Neff, HII senior staff counsel, were nominated for the Patriot Awards by Leila Garcia, an NNS […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding arm demonstrated its continued support to ensure skilled professions for high school undergraduates with a $53,640 donation to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. HII said Wednesday that the money will be used to purchase welding machines for the school’s Transitions Academy at West Harrison County Center in Long Beach, Mississippi. “Ingalls […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries unit Ingalls Shipbuilding is set to hold a christening ceremony for the Legend-class National Security Cutter James (WMSL 754) over the weekend, with U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger scheduled as the keynote speaker The event will be held on Saturday at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Visitor Control Center, a day after Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias, Capt. Andrew Tiongson, […] More

Kevin Amis, DDG 1000 Program director at Ingalls Shipbuilding, highlighted the company’s latest contribution to the new generation of warships as it delivered the composite deckhouse for the U.S. Navy’s latest destroyer. The Huntington Ingalls Industries division manufactured the USS Michael Monsoor’s 900-ton carbon fiber structure at its Composite Center of Excellence facility in Gulfport, […] More