MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced the promotion of John Bell to chief technology officer (CTO) for its Mission Technologies division. Bell's appointment is part of the alignment between HII's Mission Technologies CTO office and the corporate CTO office, supporting the rapid growth of Mission Technologies, new cross-division opportunities, and the adoption of "Industry 4.0" capabilities, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, and Robotics. "As HII looks to th ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.'s (HII) business unit, Ingalls Shipbuilding, recently launched the USS Harrisburg, which is the 14th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, otherwise known as LPD 30. This should bolster HII's position in the naval shipbuilding industry. A Brief Note on HII's LPD 30 Amphibious Ship Landing Platform Dock (LPD) 30, the first LPD Flight II warship, is a versatile, durable and cost-effective warship that will meet the Navy and Marine Corps' needs. Using LPD 17's pro ...

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division will lead one of the four new microelectronics projects stemming from the CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to strengthen the nation's semiconductor manufacturing capabilities and reduce dependency on foreign sources of microelectronics. The projects are awarded in collaboration with the Silicon Crossroads Microelectronics Commons (SCMC) Hub, as part of the Microelectronics Commons initiativ ...

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was awarded a $75 million task order to provide systems engineering support for integrated training systems used onboard ships to enhance combat preparedness for sailors. Under the Integrated Training Systems—Systems Engineering task order, administered by the U.S. Navy Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity, the HII team will create interfaces between live, virtual ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII's (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched on Saturday the first LPD Flight II, San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Harrisburg (LPD 30), marking one of the first major milestones in the ship's journey towards operational readiness. The Ingalls team translated Harrisburg from land to the company's floating dry dock using translation railcars to support the ship's movement across the pier. While in the dry dock, the In ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Oct. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII's (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division hosted their second annual Project MFG Maritime Welding Competition, bringing together 19 local students from area high schools and career technical programs to showcase their welding skills. The competition served as an opportunity to highlight the vital role of skilled trades in the manufacturing industry and encourage students to pursue careers in trades critical to the nation's industrial base. "It's ess ...

Huntington Ingalls just landed contracts worth nearly a year's worth of revenue in a single day. One for you, two for me. $6.75 billion for you ... $9.5 billion for me. For the longest time, the U.S. Navy has been dependent upon just two large military shipbuilders to build the bulk of its fleet: General Dynamics (GD 0.35%) and Huntington Ingalls (HII 0.33%). Essentially every submarine and destroyer in active service in the Navy today came from one of these companies. Beyond those two classes, General Dyna ...

NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII's (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division is strengthening its collaboration and partnership with Old Dominion University. Leaders from both gathered today to mark the opening of the onsite NNS office located in the ODU Engineering Systems building on the university's main campus in Norfolk, Va. NNS President Jennifer Boykin and ODU President Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D. participated in a ribbon-cutting event Friday to open the new NNS office and highli ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) hosted Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division Thursday. "I firmly believe that honing our warfighting skills has primacy in all we do," Brown said. "It was great to see the hard work of the Navy's shipbuilding team alongside our defense industry partners ensuring we maintain our edge through the construction of the next Ford-class carrier and Columbia-class subm ...

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