HII (NYSE: HII) reports that shipbuilders at its Newport News Shipbuilding division have successfully installed the first valve manifold assembly created by 3D printing (additive manufacturing technology) on a new construction aircraft carrier.
NNS continues to integrate additive manufacturing printing, into the shipbuilding process. The use of certified 3D-printed parts has the potential to accelerate construction and delivery of vessels to the U.S. Navy by cutting lead times and improving...
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,”...
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has delivered the stern of the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine stern to General Dynamics Electric Boat. Transported on GD Electric Boat’s Bollinger-built 400-foot-long ocean transport barge Holland to its facility in Quonset Point, R.I., the first Columbia-class stern delivery marked a significant milestone in the Columbia class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program.
The first Columbia-class...