Huntington Ingalls

DDG 121 sails away from Ingalls Shipbuilding

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) departed from Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division on April 8. The destroyer will be commissioned next month in Charleston, South Carolina, before sailing to its homeport at Hawaii’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

“I’m very grateful for the resilient and dedicated shipbuilders on our team, each is world class,” said Kari Wilkinson, president of the Ingalls Shipbuilding.

“Watching Frank...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/ddg-121-sails-away-from-ingalls-shipbuilding/

Head of Ingalls Shipyard Stresses Investment in Workforce

Ingalls Shipbuilding in May 2019. HII Photo

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Predictability is the best possible scenario for shipbuilders, the president of Ingalls Shipbuilding said Monday, in part because naval shipbuilding is a low-margin business and heavily reliant on Congress.

Kari Wilkinson, who also serves as executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, told attendees at Sea Air Space 2022 symposium one lesson the pandemic for shipbuilders is the need for greater investment in...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/04/head-of-ingalls-shipyard-stresses-investment-in-workforce

Navy awards $41.9 million in Large Unmanned Surface Vessel study contracts

The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded six companies contracts totaling $41,985,112 for studies of a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel.

Each contract includes an option for engineering support. If all options were exercised, the cumulative value for all awards would be $59,476,146

The companies awarded the contracts and the award amounts are as follows:

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss. – $7,000,000
Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md. – $6,999,978
Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC,...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/navy-awards-41-9-million-in-large-unmanned-surface-vessel-study-contracts/

Huntington Ingalls gets $930.8 million contract for national security cutters

Coast Guard cutter Stratton, the third in the National Security Cutter class, during sea trials. USCG photo.

Just as the federal government headed toward a shutdown, Mississippi lawmakers announced Friday that the Coast Guard has awarded a $930.8 million contract for Huntington Ingalls to build two more national security cutters.

It is the first time two of the 418’x54’22.5’ high seas cutters have been included on the same contract, which calls for the 10th vessel of the class to be delivered in January 2023 and the 11th one year later. Altogether the NSC program has a potential value of $1.7 billion...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/huntington-ingalls-gets-930-8-million-contract-for-national-security-cutters/

Destroyer Paul Ignatius Passes Acceptance Trials Ahead of Early 2019 Delivery

The Ingalls-built destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) launched at first light Saturday morning, Nov. 12, 2016. Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.

Guided-missile destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) has completed its acceptance trials ahead of an expected early 2019 delivery to the Navy, Naval Sea System Command announced on Friday.

The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico working through a series of demonstrations and tests for the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/21/destroyer-paul-ignatius-passes-acceptance-trials-ahead-early-2019-delivery

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