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  • Daniel Marks named VP contracts and pricing at Ingalls

    Daniel Marks named VP contracts and pricing at Ingalls HII (NYSE: HII) reports that Daniel Marks has been appointed vice president of contracts and pricing at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division. He succeeds Stephen Fitts, who has been appointed vice president of supply chain management at Ingalls, succeeding Scott Weldon who retired at the end of…

  • NNS Charleston Operations celebrates its first anniversary

    NNS Charleston Operations celebrates its first anniversary HII (NYSE: HII) last week marked the first anniversary of its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Charleston Operations in Goose Creek, S.C. The company hosted community and Navy leaders at the facility and a town hall event for all NNS Charleston Operations shipbuilders. Operations underway at Newport News Shipbuilding…

  • Ingalls delivers USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128)

    Ingalls delivers USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) HII (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128) to the U.S. Navy. The ship is the second Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be delivered by Ingalls shipbuilders. The delivery of DDG 128 marks the…

  • Navy’s new frigate class will be based on Legend-class national security cutter

    Navy’s new frigate class will be based on Legend-class national security cutter In a post on X, Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan said today: “I have directed a new frigate class as part of @POTUS Golden Fleet. Built on a proven American design, in American shipyards, with an American supply chain, this effort…

  • HII in new MOA with HD Hyundai Heavy

    HII in new MOA with HD Hyundai Heavy In another sign of the growing cooperation by leading U.S, and Korean shipbuilders, HII (NYSE: HII) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) Sunday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2025 forum. The MOA aima to advance the objectives of the shipbuilding…

  • HII names Roger Kelly VP of contracts and pricing at NNS

    HII names Roger Kelly VP of contracts and pricing at NNS HII (NYSE: HII) reports that Roger Kelly has been promoted to vice president of contracts and pricing at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. He succeeds Matt Mulherin Jr., who has been appointed vice president of supply chain and strategic sourcing at NNS. Kelly will…

  • Ingalls completes DDG 128 builder’s sea trials

    Ingalls completes DDG 128 builder’s sea trials HII (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has successfully completed builder’s sea trials for guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128), marking a major milestone in the construction of the second Flight III destroyer built at the Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard. The trials were conducted over several…

  • HII gives Eric Chewning a new expanded role

    HII gives Eric Chewning a new expanded role HII (NYSE: HII) has named Eric Chewning to a new position, executive vice president of maritime systems and corporate strategy, broadening his responsibilities to lead the company’s strategy around maritime and advanced technology development. Chewning’s expanded role advances HII’s years-long strategy to bolster U.S. maritime power by…

  • HII partners with enterprise AI specialist to use artificial intelligence at Newport News and Ingalls

    HII partners with enterprise AI specialist to use artificial intelligence at Newport News and Ingalls HII (NYSE: HII), America’s largest military shipbuilder, and enterprise AI application software specialist C3 AI (NYSE: AI), have formed a strategic partnership to expand digital technologies and apply artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate shipbuilding throughput at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding…

  • Noem cancels HII order for eleventh National Security Cutter

    Noem cancels HII order for eleventh National Security Cutter Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said yesterday that she had successfully saved the American taxpayer over $260 million by canceling the order for the Coast Guard’s eleventh National Security Cutter. DHS said that Huntington Ingalls (HII) began production of the Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC)…

  • HD Hyundai Heavy Industries leaders visit Ingalls Shipbuilding

    HD Hyundai Heavy Industries leaders visit Ingalls Shipbuilding HII (NYSE: HII) hosted HD Hyundai Heavy Industries leaders at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss, this week, advancing joint goals of the memorandum of understanding signed by the two companies earlier this month. The visit focused on identifying near-term opportunities and exploring the implementation…

  • NNS installs 1,000 pound 3D-printed unit in carrier pump room

    NNS installs 1,000 pound 3D-printed unit in carrier pump room HII (NYSE: HII) reports that shipbuilders at its Newport News Shipbuilding division have successfully installed the first valve manifold assembly created by 3D printing (additive manufacturing technology) on a new construction aircraft carrier. NNS continues to integrate additive manufacturing printing, into the shipbuilding process. The…

  • Ingalls starts fabrication of LPD 32

    Ingalls starts fabrication of LPD 32 HII (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division began fabrication of the U.S. Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Philadelphia (LPD 32) Monday. The start of fabrication signifies that the first 100 tons of steel have been cut for the ship. “From the earliest planning stages to…

  • Operations underway at Newport News Shipbuilding Charleston Operations

    Operations underway at Newport News Shipbuilding Charleston Operations HII (NYSE: HII) reports that it has closed on its acquisition of an advanced manufacturing facility and assets and begun work at what is now its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) — Charleston Operations site in South Carolina. HII to acquire W International assets “HII is committed to…

  • Jennifer Childs named VP quality and engineering at Ingalls

    Jennifer Childs named VP quality and engineering at Ingalls HII (NYSE: HII) reports that Jennifer Childs has been named vice president of quality and engineering of the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, effective Jan. 6, 2025. She succeeds Brian Blanchette, who is to succeed Kari Wilkinson as president of Ingalls Shipbuilding (and become an HII VP)…

  • VIDEO: HII christens Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800)

    VIDEO: HII christens Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) HII (NYSE: HII) christened the Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, Dec, 7. The ship’s sponsors are the six women of the historic group known as the Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to attend all-white Central High School…

  • HII to acquire W International assets

    HII to acquire W International assets HII eports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of W International SC, LLC and Vivid Empire SC, LLC (collectively “W International”), a South Carolina-based complex metal fabricator specializing in the manufacture of shipbuilding structures, modules and assemblies. On completion of…

  • Huntington Ingalls celebrates National Apprenticeship Week

    Huntington Ingalls celebrates National Apprenticeship Week Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week from Nov. 17-23, honoring the essential role of apprenticeships in workforce development and skills training. National Apprenticeship Week is a nationwide celebration established by the U.S. Department of Labor to showcase and promote high-quality and in-demand career pathway opportunities…