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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.

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.

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.

Jason Brown, who has held managerial positions within the information technology organization supporting Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has taken new roles as the division's vice president and chief information officer.

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.

General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has received a potential $24.1B contract modification to build nine Block V Virginia-class submarines. Electric Boat will work with Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division to build the submarines under the multiyear contract, which includes an option for one additional vessel with the Virginia Payload Module.

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.

Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and a 2019 Wash100 award winner, said the Reston, Va.-based defense contractor expects to start building the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine by the end of 2020, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.

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.