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.

Julia Jones, most recently director of operations integration at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), has been named vice president of manufacturing and facilities within the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division. HII said Monday it also promoted Gary Fuller, former director of test engineering for the company's nuclear propulsion unit, as VP of fleet support programs at Newport News Shipbuilding.

BAE Systems’ San Diego ship repair business, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary NASSCO have received a $171.9M multiple-award contract modification from the U.S. Navy for ship maintenance services.

Chad Boudreaux, corporate vice president of litigation and chief compliance officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), will assume new roles as executive VP and chief legal officer of the company beginning on April 1.

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.

Maria Silsdorf, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former program manager within Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE: HII) technical solutions business, has been named director of equal employment opportunity and diversity at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division.

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.

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary a one-year, $275.1M contract modification to continue maintaining surface combatant ships homeported in San Diego.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has agreed to acquire Pocasset, Mass.-based marine robotics provider Hydroid from Kongsberg Maritime for approximately $350M to expand its capabilities in the autonomous and unmanned maritime systems market.

Brandi Smith, an 18-year executive at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been appointed program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the division.