HII (formerly Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the

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as well as a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. HII, ranked No. 371 on the Fortune 500, was formed on March 31, 2011, as a spin-off of

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. HII comprises three divisions: Newport News Shipbuilding,

Ingalls Shipbuilding Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States, originally established in 1938, and now part of HII. It is a leading producer of ships for the United States Navy, and at 12,500 employees, the second largest ...

, and Mission Technologies. HII's Newport News and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi, respectively, have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII's Mission Technologies division provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet Support, Mission Driven Innovative Solutions/Defense and Federal Solutions, Nuclear and Environmental, and Oil and Gas groups. In April 2022, Huntington Ingalls Industries officially changed its name to HII.

History

When it spun off as a new company on March 31, 2011, Huntington Ingalls Industries comprised

’s shipbuilding businesses in Newport News, Virginia, and Pascagoula, Mississippi. Since its creation, HII has built and expanded its professional and government services through the acquisitions o
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, Novonics, the Columbia Group's Engineering Solutions division, G2 Inc., and Fulcrum IT Services. In 2016, HII established a third division, Technical Solutions, comprising the company's services capabilities. Huntington Ingalls Industries is named for the founders of its shipbuilding divisions:

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, who founded

Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of United States Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy ...

, and Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr., who established

Divisions

* Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia (U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers, submarines, refueling and complex overhaul, carrier inactivation) *

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(U.S. Navy surface combatants, amphibious warships, and U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters) * Mission Technologies, (U.S.

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support, U.S. Navy fleet support,

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and Air National Guard training support, software engineering and IT solutions, cybersecurity, other DoD training, unmanned systems, intelligence analysis,

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nuclear operations, nuclear fabrication, oil and gas services)

Facilities

HII operates facilities in several key locations across the US: * Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia (nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines, refueling and complex overhaul, aircraft carrier inactivation) *

(U.S. Navy surface combatants, amphibious assault ships; U.S. Coast Guard national security cutters) *

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(fleet support, training) *

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(fleet support and repair) *

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(modeling and simulation, training, professional services) *

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(IT and cybersecurity services)

Former facilities

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(composite R&D, composite components) *

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(closed in 2011) *

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(amphibs, auxiliaries, closed in October 2014)

Projects

HII's 2019 order backlog amounts to $41 billion.

''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carriers

HII is to build ten ''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carriers for the US Navy. It is scheduled to deliver one carrier every five years starting in 2015. In 2019, the U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $15.2 billion block contract for the detail design and construction of ''Enterprise'' (CVN-80) and ''Doris Miller'' (CVN-81).

Aircraft carrier Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH)

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) is the only shipyard to perform RCOH work on ''Nimitz''-class aircraft carriers. The nearly four-year project is performed once during a carrier's 50-year life and includes refueling of nuclear reactors, as well as significant repair, upgrade and modernization work. NNS completed RCOH work on the fifth ship, USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' (CVN-72), in May 2017, and USS ''George Washington'' (CVN-73) arrived in August 2017 to begin its RCOH. NNS is currently supporting the pre-advanced planning effort for the USS ''John C. Stennis'' (CVN-74) RCOH.

Aircraft carrier inactivation

Newport News is the only shipyard to provide for the inactivation of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Once the service life of a carrier is complete, the ship comes to the shipyard for defueling of its nuclear reactors. The inactivation of the USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65) is complete, and is the first nuclear carrier to undergo the process.

''Virginia''-class attack submarines

Newport News is one of only two US shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Currently, NNS is building the most advanced attack submarines in the world—the ''Virginia'' class. NNS has delivered 17 Virginia-class boats and work continues on 11 boats. ''Indiana'' (SSN 789) was delivered to the U.S. Navy in June 2018.

Submarine design and engineering

Newport News Shipbuilding designs and provides on-site installation of state-of-the-art technologies for the ''Los Angeles''-class and ''Seawolf''-class attack submarines. NNS also supports Electric Boat on the ''Columbia''-class ballistic missile submarine program.

''America''-class amphibious assault ships

USS ''America'' (LHA 6) was delivered in April 2014 and commissioned October 11, 2014. It is first in the new class of amphibious assault ships for the U.S. Navy, replacing USS ''Tarawa'' (LHA 1). Ingalls’ next ship in the class, ''Tripoli'' (LHA 7), is scheduled to be delivered in 2019. The ship was christened on Sept. 16, 2017. On June 16, 2017, Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded $3.1 billion contract to build ''Bougainville'' (LHA 8). Construction started on LHA 8 on October 15, 2018, and the ship's keel was laid on March 13, 2019.

''Arleigh Burke''-class destroyers

On September 27, 2018, Ingalls Shipbuilding won a $5.1 billion multi-year contract to build an additional six DDG-51s. These destroyers are equipped with the Navy's Aegis Combat System. The first Flight III ship, ''Jack. H. Lucas'' (DDG-125), started fabrication on May 7, 2018. Ingalls has built and delivered 31 ships to the U.S. Navy, with four more under construction. ''Paul Ignatius'' (DDG-117), is scheduled for commissioning on July 27 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

''San Antonio''-class landing platform docks (LPDs)

Ingalls Shipbuilding is building the entire ''San Antonio'' class of ships, the newest addition to the Navy's 21st century amphibious assault force. LPDs 17 to 27 have been delivered to the U.S. Navy. Ingalls currently has two ''San Antonio''-class ships under construction. The keel of ''Fort Lauderdale'' (LPD-28) was authenticated in the fall of 2017, and the ship is scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of 2020. The keel of ''Richard M. McCool'' ''Jr.'' (LPD-29) was authenticated on April 12, 2019. On March 26, 2019, Ingalls received a $1.4 billion detailed design and construction contract for the first Flight II ship, LPD-30.

U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters

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, also referred to as the Legend Class, are the flagships of the Coast Guard's cutter fleet, and are designed to replace the 378-foot ''Hamilton''-class high-endurance cutters, which entered service during the 1960s. The current

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is for 11 ships, of which the first eight have been successfully delivered to the

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. Construction is underway on the company's ninth NSC, Stone (WMSL 758). On December 21, 2018, Ingalls received two contracts from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a 10th and 11th NSC. The contracts are valued at $468.75 million and $462.13 million, respectively.

Technical Solutions contracts

* Technical Solutions’ Mission Driven Innovative Solutions group (HII-MDIS) is providing the U.S. Army's Product Manager Force Protection Systems maintenance, repair, supply support, fielding, engineering, configuration management and training. * Technical Solutions' Fleet Support Group is providing engineering, technical, repair and logistical support to the U.S. Navy's Coastal Riverine Forces. * Through a joint venture (as N3B) to manage the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). * In a joint venture with Kellogg Brown and Root's (KBR) Government Services division, HII's Technical Solutions division to establish and manage Australia's new Naval Shipbuilding College.

References

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* {{Authority control Companies based in Newport News, Virginia Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange 2008 establishments in Virginia American companies established in 2008 Corporate spin-offs Manufacturing companies established in 2008 Manufacturing companies based in Virginia Defense companies of the United States