Huntington Ingalls Industries business Ingalls Shipbuilding has turned over the Legend-class cutter James to the U.S. Coast Guard. The service received the national security cutter Friday and is scheduled to commission the vessel in Boston on Aug. 8, HII said Friday. Jim French, NSC program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding, said the NSC program “continues to prove the benefits of […] More

The U.S. Navy is examining the potential of a contract competition to help the branch dispose of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher Cavas writes that the Naval Sea Systems Command is considering the use of commercial services to dismantle the Enterprise due to potential capacity or cost limitations with the service’s current arrangement at […] More

Several technology companies are developing power generation systems and methods to operate unmanned undersea vehicles for an extended period of time, National Defense Magazine reports. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes Rich Granger, business development lead at Battelle‘s maritime systems business, told the magazine that the company has designed a platform that aims to transfer power and data […] 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

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

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

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

Navy League of the U.S. has presented the 2015 Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Award to retired Irwin Edenzon, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding from 2011 to 2014, citing his decades-long work on sea services for the military branch. Edenzon was nominated for the prize by Mike Petters, president and CEO of Ingalls parent company Huntington […] 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

Huntington Ingalls Industries executives Mike Petters and Barbara Niland are scheduled to present at a JP Morgan conference on March 3. Petters, HII president and CEO, and Niland, corporate vice president of business management and chief financial officer, will tackle topics around aviation and transportation at the event set to take place in New York, the company […] More

Gerald Boyd, vice president of southeast operations for Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Stoller Newport News Nuclear subsidiary, will elevate to the role of VP for business development at SN3. He will be managing acquisitions and partnerships as well as the company’s work with the departments of Energy and Defense and other federal and commercial customers, HII said Monday. “Gerald brings a wealth of knowledge […] 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