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.

Matt Needy, vice president of operations at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, will assume the role of VP of Navy programs at the division on March 1.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has received two contracts worth $907.5M combined to provide planning yard support services for the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines, cruisers and destroyer ships.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has received a $136M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue to restore, maintain and update the USS Columbus submarine.

A Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) division has received a potential four-year, $129.7M contract to provide hull planning yard, technical and engineering support for the U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-class (CVN 78) and Nimitz-class (CVN 68) nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

Bret Griebenow, a veteran project management leader, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) technical solutions division as vice president of business development for nuclear and environmental services.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has promoted Premo Sabbatini, amphibious assault ship program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding division, to vice president of central planning and process excellence at the division.

A new McAleese & Associates report says Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) saw its sales rise 8 percent to $2.2B, primarily driven by a 7 percent revenue growth at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division and a 38 percent sales increase at technical solutions segment.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) veterans Damon Saetre and Brian Fields have been promoted to new leadership roles at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division as part of business transformation efforts. Saetre will serve as VP of integrated planning and production control, while Fields be chief transformation officer and VP for business transformation.

Jaime O’Keefe Orlando, formerly director of strategic communications at Peraton, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) as senior director of communications for the technical solutions division.