TYSONS CORNER, VA July 24, 2015 — Ingalls Shipbuilding has begun fabrication work on its 32nd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, dubbed the Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The multimission ship will undergo modular construction at its Pascagoula, Mississippi, facility, with prefabricated parts to...

Huntington Ingalls Inc. (NYSE: HII) has been awarded a potential $564, 023, 324 contract to perform technical and logistics services for various U.S. Navy submarine classes. The company will work to engineer, design, configure and update the Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia and Ohio-class submarines, special mission submersible interfaces and submarin...

TYSONS CORNER, VA June 25, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) company Newport News Shipbuilding has broken ground on a new facility at the Virginia shipyard for the manufacture of submarines and aircraft carriers, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. HII said Monday the planned Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility will b...

TYSONS CORNER, VA June 24, 2015 — ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday on the U.S. Navy awarding $23.8 million to Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) subsidiary Newport News Shipbuilding for modernization work on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) aircraft carrier. Chris Miner, vice president for in-service aircraft carrier programs ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA June 9, 2015 — ExecutiveBiz reported Monday on Ingalls Shipbuilding handing over the national security cutter James (WMSL 754) to the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday. Huntington Ingalls Industries said the 418-foot Legend-class cutter, the fifth to be constructed for the service by the HII business, is set to be commis...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) a $3.3 billion contract for detail design and construction work and a $941.2 million modification for additional labor for the future USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier. The Defense Department said Friday the contracts co...

TYSONS CORNER, VA June 1, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has received $20 million from the Mississippi state government in support of its Shipyard of the Future initiative. The financial investment will go toward the development of a new dry dock and covered facilities for the companyâ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 21, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has unveiled its Proteus submersible designed to adapt to different naval missions and sea operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Daily Press reported April 13 that the craft, created by H...

TYSONS CORNER, VA April 17, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) President and CEO Mike Petters has credited Irwin Edenzon’s efforts during his tenure as president of Ingalls Shipbuilding to the current state of the HII subsidiary’s portfolio. Pett...

The GovCon Index ended the week at 69.436 on Friday,  up 0.173 points from the previous day’s close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 98.92 points to 18, 057.65, the Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index rose 10.88 points to 2, 102.06 and the N...