Huntington Ingalls Industries

Jennifer Childs named VP quality and engineering at Ingalls

HII (NYSE: HII) reports that Jennifer Childs has been named vice president of quality and engineering of the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, effective Jan. 6, 2025.

She succeeds Brian Blanchette, who is to succeed Kari Wilkinson as president of Ingalls Shipbuilding (and become an HII VP) when Wilkinson becomes president of Newport News.

Childs is a former Navy surface warfare officer (nuclear), She has been with Ingalls for 17 years and previously served as director of technical & design...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/jennifer-childs-named-vp-quality-and-engineering-at-ingalls/

VIDEO: HII christens Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800)

HII (NYSE: HII) christened the Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, Dec, 7.

The ship’s sponsors are the six women of the historic group known as the Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas during desegregation. NNS honored all nine members during Saturday’s ceremony.

What a privilege to join the christening ceremony of one of our newest submarines the USS...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/video-hii-christens-virginia-class-submarine-arkansas-ssn-800/

Newly formed defence company to support Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine procurement

H&B Defence Executive Team

US naval shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and UK defence technology company the Babcock International Group have formed a new joint venture and entity to accelerate the development of critical sovereign capability for the AUKUS conventional armed, nuclear-powered submarine program. H&B Defence will combine nuclear submarine and shipbuilding experience from Australia, the United Kingdom,z and […]

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-submersibles/newly-formed-defence-company-to-support-australias-nuclear-powered-submarine-procurement/

AUKUS: HII makes two key appointments in Australia

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Mission Technologies division has appointed Tim Brown as vice president of operations and Terry Nichols as the managing director for two HII business areas in Australia that working to advance the goals of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral partnership on behalf of HII.

Brown and Nichols will work from HII’s Canberra office, and both will report directly to Michael Lempke, president of Mission Technologies’...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/aukus-hii-makes-two-key-appointments-in-australia/

US Navy’s fifth America-class amphibious ship to be named after Afghanistan’s Helmand Province

The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli

US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has confirmed that the US Navy’s fifth America-class amphibious assault ship (LHA) will be named USS Helmand Province. The LHA commemorates the multiple US Marine Corps operations that took place in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province as part of Operation...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/us-navys-fifth-america-class-amphibious-ship-to-be-named-after-afghanistans-helmand-province/

Attack submarine New Jersey delivered to US Navy

The US Navy Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine during alpha sea trials

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has delivered the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS New Jersey to the US Navy. The submarine is the eleventh Virginia-class boat delivered by NNS, and the 23rd built as part of the teaming agreement with General Dynamics...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/submersibles-naval/attack-submarine-new-jersey-delivered-to-us-navy/

US Navy takes delivery of amphibious ship Richard M. McCool Jr.

The US Navy amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool Jr. during acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, March 4, 2024

The US Navy took delivery of its newest amphibious transport dock (LPD), the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr., in a ceremony on Thursday, April 11. Built by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the ship honours US Navy veteran and Medal of Honor...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/us-navy-takes-delivery-of-amphibious-ship-richard-m-mccool-jr/

Ingalls completes acceptance trials of final Flight I LPD

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has successfully completed the acceptance trials of amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), the final Flight I LPD transition ship before Ingalls moves into serial production of the LPD Flight II line.

As we reported earlier, the vessel completed builder’s trials last month.

”We have had a successful trial and it is only through the efforts of our shipbuilders and our dedicated Navy and...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/ingalls-completes-acceptance-trials-of-final-flight-i-lpd/

SSN 796 successfully completes its initial sea trials

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully completed initial sea trials of the Virginia-class attack submarine New Jersey (SSN 796)

SSN 79 spent several days at sea to test the boat’s systems and components. Testing included submerging the submarine for the first time and conducting high-speed maneuvers while on the surface and submerged. NNS teams will continue the testing program ahead of delivering the boat to the U.S. Navy.

“T...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/ssn-796-successfully-completes-its-initial-sea-trials/

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