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

A shipbuilding division of Huntington Indalls Industries has introduced a program to offer startup funds for nonprofit organizations that aim to address key community needs in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region. HII said Friday its Newport News Shipbuilding business will support projects in the areas of education and workforce development, environmental stewardship, inclusion and diversity, and health, wellness, safety and human services […] More

General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary commenced the construction of a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer on May 17 in Bath, Maine. The start of DDG 124 or the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.‘s construction is marked by the cutting of the ship’s first 100 tons and a commemorative ceremony,  the U.S. Navy said Thursday. The destroyer takes the name of retired […] More

A partnership between Fluor, Honeywell and SN3 Stoller Newport News Nuclear has been awarded a 22-month contract extension to continue to help the Energy Department  manage the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will continue its operation and maintenance  services at the nuclear reservation facility after DOE exercised an option under a contract originally awarded in January 2008, Fluor […] More