The U.S. Navy placed its 12th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock into active service at a commissioning ceremony held Saturday in Florida. HII built USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and delivered the vessel to the military branch Nov. 30 last year, the Navy said Saturday. Meredith Berger, assistant […] More

HII’s mission technologies division has secured a potential five-year, $44 million task order from the Department of Defense for electromagnetic spectrum assessment support services. The company said Monday it will perform spectrum assessments across technical, policy and strategy areas in support of the DOD CIO’s Electromagnetic Spectrum Enterprise, Policy and Programs. Electromagnetic spectrum operations across […] More

The U.S. Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship has sailed to its commissioning site in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Mississippi. USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) will be commissioned on July 30 and join a U.S. Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force to support disaster relief and humanitarian assistance missions […] 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 demonstrated coordinated operations of manned and unmanned maritime vehicles as part of an internal research and development initiative meant to advance mission-critical technology platforms to support national security clients. The launch and recovery demonstration held on June 8 in the Pascagoula River in Mississippi involved the use of HII’s Pharos prototype platform and the […] More

Jeff Jackson, formerly of Booz Allen Hamilton, has joined HII as senior director of talent development for the mission technologies business unit. In the position, Jackson will oversee team-strengthening efforts including fostering leadership, coaching and mentoring and assisting with career path direction, the defense contractor said Friday. Jackson will be working directly under Melanie Anderson, senior vice president of […] More

HII christened the U.S. Coast Guard’s 10th Legend-class national security cutter during a ceremony held at a facility of the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding subsidiary in Pascagoula, Mississippi. USCGC Calhoun (WMSL 759) will join the military branch’s flagship fleet and support manned and unmanned aircraft during national security and defense support missions, such as preventing the […] 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

The Newport News Shipbuilding division of HII has launched the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class submarine New Jersey (SSN 796) into the James River in preparation for its final outfitting, testing and crew certification activities. HII said Thursday the construction of New Jersey, a 7,800-ton nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, is about 92 percent complete. General Dynamics‘ Electric […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2022 — HII, formerly Huntington Ingalls Industries, has renamed its Technical Solutions division to Mission Technologies and tapped Andy Green, a company executive vice president, to lead the new division as its president, GovCon Wire reported. The rebranding effort and Green’s appointment followed HII’s expansion of national security capabilities and […] More

An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built by HII for the U.S. Navy has sailed from the Ingalls Shipbuilding location to prepare for its commissioning ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, in May. The shipbuilder said Wednesday Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) is the 33rd ship it constructed for the destroyer fleet of the Navy and […] More

Military shipbuilder HII has rolled out a suite of products designed to make vehicles operate autonomously.  The Odyssey offering has features from multiple platforms such as the company’s REMUS unmanned underwater vehicle and can support system health monitoring, perception, sensor fusion and collaborative autonomy between multiple vehicles, HII said Monday. Duane Fotheringham, president of the […] More