Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday in Hampton, Virginia, for its center of excellence for development, production and test of unmanned systems.

Andy Green, president of the technical solutions group at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a 2020 Wash100 winner, said HII's equity investment in autonomous technology developer Sea Machines Robotics offers an opportunity for the miltary shipbuilder to help the U.S. Navy explore the potential of unmanned platforms.

The technical solutions division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has made an equity investment in Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has finalized its acquisition of Pocasset, Mass.-based marine robotics provider Hydroid from Kongsberg Maritime for approximately $350M as part of efforts to expand its capabilities in the autonomous and unmanned maritime systems market. HII said Thursday it will operate Hydroid as part of unmanned systems business unit within its technical solutions division, which now includes capabilities in small and medium unmanned underwater vehicles with the addition of Hydroid’s Remus and Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicles.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 20, 2020 — Andy Green, president of the technical solutions division at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), said that HII seeks to offer new technology with its planned acquisition of robotic systems manufacturer Hydroid and strategic alliance with the latter's parent company Kongsberg,  ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 12.

Titan Acquisition Holdings has agreed to acquire Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) San Diego shipyard for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its ship repair capabilities to better meet the needs of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and other defense customers. The transaction will give HII a minority stake in Titan and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 11, 2019 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) appointed shipbuilding industry veteran Carlos Aguayo earlier this month to serve as general manager of its San Diego shipyard, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Aguayo, who succeeded the recently retired Daniel Flood, is now in charge of strategy development, quality, …

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has agreed to acquire Fulcrum IT Services for an undisclosed sum in a move to grow predictive threat analytics and situational awareness offerings for the government sector. The deal is expected to be completed in February and would add cybersecurity, software development, big data, special operations and engineering …

Garry Schwartz, formerly vice president and general manager of the training, cyber and engineering business at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) mission driven innovative solutions group, has been promoted to president of the MDIS business. He will work at the company’s Fairfax, Va. office and will oversee the MDIS’ culture, growth and performance …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 5, 2018 — A joint venture of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and KBR business units will help establish and oversee a naval shipbuilding college in Australia in support of government efforts to bolster the country’s shipbuilding sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. HII said Tuesday the Naval Shipbuilding Institute …