Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has received a $504 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract extension to continue engineering work associated with construction of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The company’s Newport
Rear Adm. James Murdoch has been named the program executive officer for the newly established Program Executive Office, Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS).and E. Anne Sandel has been named as the executive
Aquitaine, the first frigate Aquitaine in the Italian-French FREMM program recently completed sea trials. Built at DCNS’s shipyard in Lorient, France, the ship has a hybrid CODLOG (COmbined Diesel eLectric Or Gas)
The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) has taken the final investment decision on the Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Project in Australia (100% Shell), building the world’s first FLNG
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says that Ukraine is serious about reviving and further developing of its ship-building industry in the Mykolaiv region. President Viktor Yanukovych made the commitment in a visit to
Osama bin Laden received a Muslim ceremony as he was buried at sea, a senior defense official said in Washington, D.C., today, reports Navy News Service. The religious rites were performed aboard
The Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) Board of Directors has approved Irwin F. Edenzon (left in picture) as corporate VP and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Matthew J. Mulherin as corporate VP
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) has begun operating as a new, independent and publicly traded company as trading of its shares commenced this morning. Huntington Ingalls Industries, America’s largest military shipbuilder, was
A hearing on “Navy Shipbuilding Acquisition Programs and Budget Requirements” held March 9 by the House Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces produced some interesting testimony. The good news to emerge for
Britain’s A&P Group, which has three shipyards specializing in ship repair, conversion and fabrication, is under new ownership. It has been acquired by Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services Ltd. whose shareholders include
