Kari Wilkinson

Ingalls lays keel of future USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133)

The keel for the future USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was laid during a ceremony on Nov. 22 at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division The ship’s name honors Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr., a former U.S. senator from Georgia and co-founder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Nunn was in attendance for the ceremony and was joined by his daughter and ship sponsor, Michelle Nunn.

Today a keel laying ceremony represents the joining together of the ship’s first major...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/ingalls-lays-keel-of-future-uss-sam-nunn-ddg-133/

HHI names Kari Wilkinson next NNS president

Kari Wilkinson is to become president of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, effective Jan. 1, 2025. She will succeed Jennifer Boykin, who is retiring at year’s end after 37 years with the company.

Wilkinson, who has served as president of HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division since 2021, becomes the 21st president of NNS, which was founded in 1886.

“I have asked Jennifer to stay on in an advisory capacity through March to support a seamless transition to Kari,”...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/hhi-names-kari-wilkinson-next-nns-president/

VIDEO: Ingalls Shipbuilding launches first LPD Flight II

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that, on Oct.5, its Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched the first LPD Flight II, San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Harrisburg (LPD 30), marking one of the first major milestones in the ship’s journey towards operational readiness.

The Ingalls team translated Harrisburg from land to the company’s floating dry dock using translation railcars to support the ship’s movement across the pier. While in the dry dock, the...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/video-ingalls-shipbuilding-launches-first-lpd-flight-ii/

Navy takes delivery of LPD 29 from Ingalls

The U.S. Navy yesterday accepted delivery of the future San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) from Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding division.

The Navy’s PEO Ships says that San Antonio-class ships, including the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr., are foundational to enabling the USMC to conduct amphibious operations essential for national defense and global security. These vessels serve as the backbone of expeditionary warfare providing...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/navy-takes-delivery-of-lpd-29-from-ingalls/

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/

Ingalls Shipbuilding christens LHA 8

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the U.S. Navy’s third America-class amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8), December 2.

“Today is not only a day to celebrate our namesake, representatives of the successful outcome of a World War II campaign, but also the team work and collaboration of our United States Navy and Marine Corps that enabled it,” Ingalls Shipbuilding president Kari Wilkinson said. “To fulfill our mission here in the shipyard, our sailors...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/ingalls-shipbuilding-christens-lha-8/

U.S. Flight III Destroyer Multiyear Deal Grows to 10 Ships, 3 Hulls Awarded in FY 2023

The future Flight III Arleigh Burke USS Ted Steves (DDG-128) launches at Ingalls Shipbuilding in August. HII Photo

The Navy is set to buy 10 Flight III Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers over the next five years after the service elected to award an extra Fiscal Year 2023 option ship to Ingalls Shipbuilding, USNI News has learned.

This month Naval Sea Systems Command awarded three detailed design and construction contracts for destroyers as part of a five-year deal to build the ships – two...

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/15/u-s-flight-iii-destroyer-multiyear-deal-grows-to-10-ships-3-hulls-awarded-in-fy-2023

Navy Awards Ingalls 6 Flight III Arleigh Burke Destroyers, Bath Iron Works 3 as Part of 5 Year Deal

Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) underway in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2023. HII Photo

HII Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works won contracts to build nine Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyers (DDG-51) in a five-year deal, according to a Tuesday Pentagon announcement.

The Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding will build six of the nine Burkes from Fiscal Year 2023 to 2027 in the contract while BIW will build the other three, according to the announcement. The...

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/01/navy-awards-ingalls-6-flight-iii-arleigh-burke-destroyers-bath-iron-works-3-as-part-of-five-year-deal

Navy Takes Delivery of First Flight III Destroyer Jack H. Lucas

Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) underway in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2023. HII Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy on Tuesday formally took delivery of the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) delivered to the Navy after wrapping up acceptance trials in May in the Gulf of Mexico.

“On DDG-125, with the new combat system, new Spy-6 radar, we had four trials at sea to demonstrate the requirements of the ship and the mission...

https://news.usni.org/2023/06/27/navy-takes-delivery-of-first-flight-iii-destroyer-jack-h-lucas

Navy awards BIW and Ingalls DDG(X) design and engineering contracts

DDG(X) rendering

The Navy is awarding both General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding contracts for shipbuilder engineering and design analysis in order to produce design products in support of the DDG(X) Guided Missile Destroyer preliminary design and contract design.

The Navy says the specific contract award amounts are considered source-selection sensitive information and will not be made public at this time.

The work is expected to be completed by July...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/navy-awards-biw-and-ingalls-ddgx-design-and-engineering-contracts/

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