Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding division hosted a christening ceremony Saturday for the U.S. Navy‘s future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119). HII said Saturday approximately 1,200 people attended the event at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi and Steven Giordano, master chief petty officer of the Navy, delivered the keynote address. Ima Black, widow of World War II […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $9.9 million order for engineering, design, liaison, material procurement, program management and scheduling services to facilitate the post-shakedown availability of USS Ralph Johnson destroyer ship. Seventy-five percent of the work will occur in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and the remaining 25 percent will take place in Everett, Washington, the Defense Department said […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $65.1 million contract modification to provide dry docking services for the U.S. Navy‘s Los Angeles-class submarine USS Helena. The Defense Department said Friday HII will modernize, repair and maintain SSN 725 systems at a company shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, through April 2018. The Navy obligated $62.7 million at the time of award […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters has been appointed to the board of directors at the National Association of Manufacturers, which represents more more than 14,000 manufacturing companies in the U.S. NAM said Friday Petters will help advance the trade group’s manufacturing policy agenda as a board member. “I look forward to sharing my […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ technical solutions division has secured a potential five-year, $43 million contract to provide training support for multiple U.S. Navy tactical systems. HII said Thursday it is one of four contractors selected by the Navy to support training efforts for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems used on tactical afloat shipboard, ashore and submarine platforms. […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries and Ivis Technologies have forged an agreement to authorize the latter company to sell a compliance management software that the two firms jointly developed. HII said Tuesday it worked with Ivis to create a governance, risk and compliance system designed to simplify compliance management and apply human behavioral analysis to help mitigate employee […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $27.5 million in contract options from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of support services for the military branch’s Gerald R. Ford-class and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The Defense Department said Wednesday the exercised options cover technical, engineering, design, development, conversion, test, studies, operational and modernization support as well as material, spares, […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding unit has turned over the 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock of the U.S. Navy. USS Portland (LPD 29) was delivered during a ceremony wherein a DD 250 document was signed to formally transfer custody of the vessel to the service branch, HII said Monday. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries hosted a christening ceremony for the U.S. Navy‘s second America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli at a company facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Lynne Mabus, ship sponsor and wife of former U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, broke a bottle of wine over the ship’s bow as part of christening tradition, Huntington Ingalls said Saturday. The 45,000-ton LHA […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries on Friday launched the U.S. Navy‘s future Delbert D. Black guided missile destroyer at a company facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi. HII said Tuesday its Ingalls Shipbuilding division moved DDG 51 to a floating dry dock with a rail car system then flooded the dock until the vessel could stay afloat. USS Delbert B. Black is named after the Navy’s […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries will help the U.S. Navy procure and manage long lead-time materials for cruiser and destroyer ships under a one-year, $12.8 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Monday the company will help plan yard services for the service branch’s CG-47 cruisers and DD 63 destroyers. HII currently provides engineering, technical, planning, ship configuration, data and […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has kicked off the construction of the U.S. Navy‘s third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in Virginia. The company said Thursday that it cut a 35-ton steel plate as part of the construction of USS Enterprise (CVN 80), the ninth Navy ship to bear its name. […] More