Huntington Ingalls Industries

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) last week posted strong second quarter results driven by sales gains across its shipbuilding segments and operating earnings related to work on aircraft carriers and joint ventures in the nuclear and environmental markets. Net income soared 37% to $208 million, $5.27 earnings per share (EPS), from $152 million (3.86 EPS) a […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) last week posted strong second quarter results driven by sales gains across its shipbuilding segments and operating earnings related to work on aircraft carriers and joint ventures in the nuclear and environmental markets. Net income soared 37% to $208 million, $5.27 earnings per share (EPS), from $152 million (3.86 EPS) a […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy at its Newport News Shipbuilding Charleston Operations facility in Goose Creek, S.C. July 27, with aims to underscore cooperation under the AUKUS security partnership. Under the tripartite AUKUS agreement, the U.S. government plans to sell three to five nuclear-powered attack submarines, or SSNs, […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy at its Newport News Shipbuilding Charleston Operations facility in Goose Creek, S.C. July 27, with aims to underscore cooperation under the AUKUS security partnership. Under the tripartite AUKUS agreement, the U.S. government plans to sell three to five nuclear-powered attack submarines, or SSNs, […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has made Michael DeBernardis vice president and chief counsel of its Mission Technologies division to oversee legal strategy for the defense contractor’s fast-growing national security business. HII announced Tuesday that DeBernardis will advise senior management and oversee the delivery of legal services across the business in his new role. Mission Technologies […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has made Michael DeBernardis vice president and chief counsel of its Mission Technologies division to oversee legal strategy for the defense contractor’s fast-growing national security business. HII announced Tuesday that DeBernardis will advise senior management and oversee the delivery of legal services across the business in his new role. Mission Technologies […]

Retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Frederick Roegge has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Mission Technologies division as vice president of operations for its Nuclear and Environmental team, the company announced Tuesday. In the role, Roegge will oversee the company’s subsidiary HII Nuclear’s management and operation of Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) […]

The Navy told lawmakers last week it found a dry dock at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can be used for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship. in between aircraft carrier sequencing. However, several armed services and appropriations committee members continue to express skepticism or outright opposition to the new […]

The Navy told lawmakers last week it found a dry dock at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can be used for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship. in between aircraft carrier sequencing. However, several armed services and appropriations committee members continue to express skepticism or outright opposition to the new […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has exercised its second two-year option period with the Huntington Ingalls Industries-led legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a DOE spokesperson confirmed Monday. As a result, Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) will stay on the job through April 29, 2028, the spokesperson […]

Delayed multi-ship contracts for 15 attack and ballistic missile submarines are finally expected in the second quarter of 2026, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) CEO Chris Kastner said in a company earnings call Tuesday. Kastner said the company is “making good progress on the [Virginia-class submarine] Block VI and the next Columbia contract with awards expected […]

Delayed multi-ship contracts for 15 attack and ballistic missile submarines are finally expected in the second quarter of 2026, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) CEO Chris Kastner said in a company earnings call Tuesday. Kastner said the company is “making good progress on the [Virginia-class submarine] Block VI and the next Columbia contract with awards expected […]

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), whose district abuts Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said this week he plans to resign from Congress and withdraw from the California governor’s race following a series of sexual misconduct allegations. At this point at least four women, including a former staffer, accused Swalwell, with one saying he drugged her before assaulting […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said Tuesday it selected Christie Miller and Christian Ortego as two new vice presidents at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Starting April 1, Miller will be vice president of communications, and Ortego will be vice president and NNS chief counsel, the company release said. Miller will succeed Jennifer Dunn, who […]

The Navy last week awarded General Dynamics’ (GD) Electric Boat Corp. a $15.38 billion modification in more Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) work related to industrial base development support. This award covers additional Columbia-class submarine design, lead yard support and sustainment, “integrated enterprise plan initiatives for the class, and submarine industrial base supplier development […]

Michael Budney, who formerly led Department of Energy operations at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, has accepted a director post at Mission Technologies, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in Canberra, Australia. Budney announced the appointment Friday March 13 on his LinkedIn page. In the new role Budney will work with the […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said March 12 all five labor union bargain units at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., ratified new collective bargaining agreements running through March 2031.  The company announced the labor agreements in a press release.  Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiaries are part of major joint ventures doing business in the Department […]

The Department of Energy is reviewing responses to a draft request for proposals (RFP) for the Legacy Cleanup Contract at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The deadline for responding to the draft RFP was Thursday Feb. 26. The DOE Office of Environmental Management plans to eventually issue a final RFP to continue legacy remediation at […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) last week posted strong fourth quarter and full-year results on strength across its shipbuilding and mission systems businesses. Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiaries are part of major joint ventures doing business in the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons complex, including the legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) last week posted strong fourth quarter and full-year results on strength across its shipbuilding and mission systems businesses. Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiaries are part of major joint ventures doing business in the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons complex, including the legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New […]

Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls (HII) , a shipbuilder and major contractor for the Department of Energy and Department of Defense, will hold a quarterly earnings call with financial analysts this week. HII President and CEO Chris Kastner and other company officials will discuss fourth quarter 2025 financial results with Wall Street analysts starting at 9 a.m. […]

The Huntington Ingalls Industries-led legacy waste contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico won 95% of its total available fee from the Department of Energy in fiscal 2025. Newport News Nuclear BWXT)-Los Alamos (N3B) earned more than $15.8 million out of a potential $16.7 million in fee for its 12 months of […]

The top lawmaker on the House’s Navy acquisition oversight panel on Wednesday backed the Donald Trump administration’s plan to build a new fleet of battleships, calling the initiative a “great idea.” Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), chair of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee also offered his support for the Trump administration’s recently […]

The Navy accepted delivery of the future Virginia-class USS Idaho (SSN-799) from General Dynamics (GD) Electric Boat this week, marking the second attack submarine delivery of the year. The boat will now undergo a set of tests and trials before being commissioned into active service, expected in the spring of 2026. SSN-799 is the 26th […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted an Australian delegation at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division last week in support of the trilateral AUKUS agreement, the company announced on its website. Richard Marles, Australia’s deputy prime minister and minister for defence, led the delegation.  “It was fantastic to see the U.S. submarine industrial base on display […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and Babcock International Group have agreed to a contract expanding a partnership to support construction of Virginia-class submarines through HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. The HII press release on Tuesday said this is the first Virginia-class outsourced contract to Babcock for submarine work with NNS. However, the two entered a […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) hosted a ceremony Tuesday to lay down the keel, or backbone, for the Virginia-class attack submarine Barb (SSN 804), the company announced in a release. The Barb is the 31st Virginia-class attack submarine and the 15th that will be delivered by NNS. “Our reason to come together […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) hosted a ceremony Tuesday to lay down the keel, or backbone, for the Virginia-class attack submarine Barb (SSN 804), the company announced in a release. The Barb is the 31st Virginia-class attack submarine and the 15th that will be delivered by NNS. “Our reason to come together […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) on Nov. 21 announced its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Division has delivered the future USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to the U.S. Navy.  The company noted this is the 12th Virginia-class boat NNS has delivered to the service. SSN-798 was first christened in May 2023 and is the fifth Navy […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) last Thursday Oct. 30 posted strong third quarter results on ample top and bottom-line performance at its shipbuilding operations combined with a solid contribution from the Mission Technologies segment. Net income jumped 44% to $145 million, $3.68 earnings per share (EPS), from $101 million ($2.56 EPS), handily topping consensus estimates by […]