Chris Kastner, president and CEO of HII, said the mission technologies business accounts for approximately 25 percent of the company’s sales and will “outpace shipbuilding from a growth perspective,” Defense News reported Monday. The Newport News, Virginia-based contractor’s Technical Solutions division became HII Mission Technologies in late March, operating with six business groups: command, control, […] More

The U.S. Navy selected Remus 300 unmanned underwater vehicle for the Lionfish small UUV program in March and Duane Fotheringham, president of unmanned systems at HII Mission Technologies, said the company is adopting an open systems architecture in UUV and autonomy software development to align with the service’s vision of fielding technologies that can plug […] More

HII‘s Ingalls Shipbuilding unit has wrapped up acceptance trials for Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer that is one of five ships for the U.S. Navy currently in the production phase. DDG 123 is set to be the second destroyer to be named after Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, the first woman […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of HII, will help the U.S. Navy ensure that combat systems are operational for the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) under a $41.6 million contract. The cost-incentive-fee contract provides for fleet industrial efforts to ensure the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer constructed for the service branch is ready to […] More

HII laid the keel for Enterprise (CVN 80), an Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier that is set to be the ninth U.S. Navy vessel to take on the USS Enterprise moniker. The Newport News Shipbuilding division of HII is responsible for CVN 80 construction and led the lowering of the 688-ton keel unit into the […] More

John Roman, former HII executive, has been appointed vice president of contracts and procurement at engineering and information technology company ECS. In his new position, Roman will leverage a three-decade career in government contracting to help expand ECS’ market reach as well as oversee its contracts, subcontracts and procurement efforts, the Fairfax, Virginia-headquartered company said Wednesday. John Heneghan, […] More

Aidis Zunde, chief operating officer of Yorktown Systems Group, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the transition he made from the U.S. military to the public sector as well as the core values of the company’s culture that drive the long term success of its workforce and growth initiatives in the federal landscape during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You […] More

HII plans to hire up to 2,000 additional full-time personnel to support shipbuilding operations at the company’s 800-acre facility in Mississippi. Ingalls Shipbuilding division is looking to recruit pipefitters, structural welders and other skilled people who can help the business construct vessels for national security customers, HII said Thursday. The business recently completed a project […] More

HII has won the right to compete for task orders to support U.S. Navy training systems under two multiple-award contract vehicles worth potentially $341 million combined. The company said Monday it can vie for work to help the service branch develop, engineer, update, test, integrate, secure and maintain threat systems intended for tactical and electronic […] More

HII has conducted a sea launching activity for a newly built U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class national security cutter from its Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula, Missouri. The launch of the USCG Cutter Calhoun came months before its scheduled christening in June and delivery to the Coast Guard in early 2023, HII said Sunday. USCGC Calhoun, […] More

Raytheon Technologies's missile and defense business has provided a new AN/SPY-6 radar array for integration onto the U.S. Navy's first Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer with the Flight III combat system configuration.

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The U.S. Navy will christen two of its future Virginia-class attack submarines on Saturday at General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries locations. The service branch will christen USS Vermont at a General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn., while USS Delaware will be christened at an HII Newport News Shipbuilding site in Newport News, Va., the […] More