TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 30, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has concluded the initial sea trials of the Virginia-class USS Indiana submarine, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. HII said Friday SSN 789 performed its first submergence and demonstrated high-speed maneuvers above surface and underwater during the alpha testing. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 14, 2018 — A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) division has entered into a partnership with 3D Systems to jointly develop additive manufacturing technologies that could potentially support naval shipbuilding operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. HII said Thursday Newport News Shipbuilding will help deploy the 3D printing approach with the …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 9, 2018 — A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) business unit is currently building the U.S. Navy‘s future USS Jack H. Lucas guided-missile destroyer, which will be the first Arleigh Burke-class ship to feature the Flight III design, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Ingalls Shipbuilding has begun fabrication of the destroyer, …

Eric Crooker, formerly director of contract administration at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has been named vice president of contracts and pricing in the same division. He succeeds Don Perkins, who is due to retire on July 1, and will oversee contracts, pricing and estimating, import and export functions …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 17, 2018 — The U.S. Navy has granted Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division a $65 million contract modification for the acquisition of additional long lead time material for the future USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The full amount of the modification …

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a potential five-year, $181.4 million contract to provide follow-yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s DDG 51 class guided-missile destroyers. FYS efforts will include engineering, technical, material procurement and production support, as well as data and logistics management, lessons learned analysis, acceptance trials and post-delivery tests, the Defense Department said …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 16, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) will reactivate its shipbuilding facilities on the Pascagoula River’s east bank in Mississippi in preparation for future naval ship construction and modernization programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. HII said Thursday the two-year project, which will restore the original Ingalls …

Jon Arena, former senior counsel of Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) global services segment, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) as vice president and chief counsel of its Newport News Shipbuilding division. He succeeds Jim Gildea and will advise the division’s senior management on legal matters in his new position, HII said Friday. Kellye Walker, …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 — Matt Mulherin, retired president of Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding business, has received recognition from the Navy League for his work on ship construction and maintenance projects, GovCon Executive reported Tuesday. HII said Monday the Navy League presented the Fleet Admiral …

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 …