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  • Huntington Ingalls, Navy Christen Delbert D. Black Guided Missile Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, Navy Christen Delbert D. Black Guided Missile Destroyer

    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

  • Huntington Ingalls to Support Post Shakedown Availability for USS Ralph Johnson Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls to Support Post Shakedown Availability for USS Ralph Johnson Destroyer

    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 Gets $65M Contract Modification for USS Helena Dry Docking Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets $65M Contract Modification for USS Helena Dry Docking Services

    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' Mike Petters Joins Board at National Association of Manufacturers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls’ Mike Petters Joins Board at National Association of Manufacturers

    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

  • Navy Taps General Dynamics for USS Washington Submarine Post-Delivery Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics for USS Washington Submarine Post-Delivery Support

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received a potential $20.6 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy plan and execute post-delivery activities for the service branch’s latest Virginia-class submarine. The Defense Department said Wednesday Electric Boat will procure long-lead time materials needed to alter, maintain, repair and test USS Washington throughout the post-delivery work period. Huntington Ingalls […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Lands Navy C4ISR Training Support IDIQ; Andy Green Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Lands Navy C4ISR Training Support IDIQ; Andy Green Comments

    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-Ivis Team to Offer Compliance Mgmt SaaS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls-Ivis Team to Offer Compliance Mgmt SaaS

    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 Awarded Navy Aircraft Carrier Support Contract Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Awarded Navy Aircraft Carrier Support Contract Options

    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 Turns Over USS Portland to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Turns Over USS Portland to Navy

    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, Navy Launch Delbert D. Black Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, Navy Launch Delbert D. Black Destroyer

    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

  • Patriot Shipping to Transport USS Fitzgerald to HII Facility in Mississippi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patriot Shipping to Transport USS Fitzgerald to HII Facility in Mississippi

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Patriot Shipping a $3.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to transport the damaged guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald to Pascagoula, Mississippi, for repairs. The company will heavy-lift the ship from Yokosuka, Japan, to Pascagoula to undergo repairs by Huntington Ingalls Industries, the Navy said Friday. USS Fitzgerald suffered damages as a result of its collision with […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Begins Construction of 3rd Navy Gerald R. Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Begins Construction of 3rd Navy Gerald R. Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier

    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