CVN 78 starts sea trials as Congressional row simmers

After a 15-month pierside maintenance period (Post Shakedown Availability), the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) got underway from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) division October 25 for

Huntington Ingalls makes shipyard leadership changes

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has made leadership changes at its Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News Shipbuilding divisions. Premo Sabbatini has been promoted to vice president of central planning and process excellence at

Leadership changes at Newport News

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is making leadership changes at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. Damon Saetre has been promoted to vice president of integrated planning and production control. In this role, he

Huntington Ingalls pays $159,000 to resolve discrimination case

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. has agreed to pay $159,050 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination violations found in a routine compliance evaluation by the U.S. Department of

VIDEO: Newport News lands 588-ton JFK island

Digital technology marked the exact location where Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) landed the 588-ton island onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) during a ceremony held

Navy awards Newport News $15.2 billion two-carrier block buy

JANUARY 31, 2019 — The Navy is going ahead with its much anticipated block buy of two aircraft carriers. Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) said today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has received

Huntington Ingalls announces executive changes

JANUARY 8, 2019 — Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Vice Adm. Joseph E. Tofalo (U.S. Navy, Ret.) corporate vice president of program integration and assessment. He will report directly to Mitchell B.

Ingalls awarded contracts for two more National Security Cutters

DECEMBER 24, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received two fixed price incentive contracts from the U.S. Coast Guard to build two additional National

Avondale Shipyard sold by HII for redevelopment

OCTOBER 5, 2018 — Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, LA, one-time the largest private employer in Louisiana, has been sold to Avondale Marine, a joint venture between T.P. Host and Hilco Redevelopment Partners

Avondale to have a new life as a global logistics hub

OCTOBER 4, 2018 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has closed the sale of HII’s Avondale facility to Avondale Marine, a joint venture between T.P. Host and Hilco Redevelopment Partners. The Avondale facility,

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