Ingalls Shipbuilding in May 2019. HII Photo
Huntington Ingalls has tapped the first woman to lead its naval shipyard in Mississippi, the company announced on Friday.
Kari Wilkinson, currently Ingalls’ vice president, program management, will take charge of the yard on April 1 as the president of HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding. She will replace outgoing president Brian Cuccias, who has served as the head of the shipyard since 2014.
She started at HII in 1996 as a naval architect on a variety of...