HII‘s Newport News Shipbuilding division has christened Massachusetts (SSN 798), the U.S. Navy’s 25th Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine built to conduct open-ocean and littoral missions. SSN 798 is the 12th submarine in the Virginia class that NNS built for the service branch, HII said Saturday. The christening ceremony was held outside of the module outfitting […] More

Adam Overstreet, former senior counsel at HII, has been named vice president of legal affairs and chief compliance officer at Austal USA. His new responsibilities include overseeing legal issues in employment, labor and commercial transactions, as well as leading continuous implementation and enhancement of Austal USA’s compliance activities, the company said Tuesday. Overstreet’s law background […] More

HII‘s mission technologies business unit will provide advisory and assistance services to U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa under a $995 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Wednesday it will assist USAFE-AFAFRICA personnel in conducting information analyses, evaluations and training activities across European Command and Africa Command areas of responsibility. Andy […] More

An HII shipbuilding division has booked a $567.6 million subcontract modification to obtain long lead items needed to build Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines for the U.S. Navy. General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded the funds for HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding arm to begin material procurement and advance construction work for two new submarines, the military shipbuilder said Tuesday. “This contract modification underscores the […] More

HII‘s Newport News Shipbuilding unit has received additional approval to use additive manufacturing to produce stainless steel pipefittings for the Naval Sea Systems Command’s ships and other platforms. NNS was previously authorized to fabricate other vessel components using 3D printing, HII said Tuesday. NAVSEA initially approved additive manufacturing technical standards in 2018, and installed the first […] More

HII and Ocean Aero will work together to bolster their respective unmanned maritime platforms and autonomy software offerings. Under the strategic agreement, the companies will work on improving platform capabilities, including the operational reach and duration of the platforms, autonomy behaviors and share sensor fusion and perceptions, the military shipbuilding company said Thursday. HII and […] More

An HII business has won a five-year, $70.8 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide professional and engineering support for key secure storage programs at a nuclear-focused center within Air Force Materiel Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price and cost reimbursement task order covers program management, engineering and other specialized support […] More

HII broke ground on the multi-class submarine production facility at its Newport News Shipbuilding division, marking the first phase of construction on the facility. The new naval platform manufacturing plant is one of three new facilities being developed to further support the construction and delivery of Columbia- and Virginia-class submarines., the shipbuilding company said Thursday.  […] More

HII’s Mission Technologies unit has secured a five-year, $21 million recompete contract to help the Defense Logistics Agency simplify the process of delivering products and materials to American warfighters. The company said Monday it will research and develop strategies to improve the defense system logistics services, supply chains, materials and products that the DLA manages to maximize […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries business has completed production services for the U.S. Navy’s program of record on the MK 18 Mod 2 unmanned underwater vehicle and delivered more than 90 systems to the fleet since 2012. Hydroid, which HII acquired in 2020, received multiple contracts throughout the effort managed by the expeditionary missions office under the […] More

Laura Drummer, who previously held director positions at HII and Novetta, has formed her own company with the goal of developing technology products and services to help government customers unlock data-based insights. Drummer said Wednesday in a LinkedIn post Wednesday that she is now the founder and CEO of TAS Labs.  The newly created company’s […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a unit of HII, will assist the U.S. Navy in planning the modernization work on two Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers under a $10.5 million contract. The advanced planning period will support updates and improvements for the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) and USSS Micheal Monsoor (DDG 1001), HII and the Defense Department said Friday. […] More