Huntington Ingalls Industries executives Mike Petters and Barbara Niland are scheduled to present at a JP Morgan conference on March 3. Petters, HII president and CEO, and Niland, corporate vice president of business management and chief financial officer, will tackle topics around aviation and transportation at the event set to take place in New York, the company […] More

Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has urged government and business leaders to consider the long-term impact of investments in infrastructure and technology, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday. Tom Walsh writes that Petters told his audience at a recent Detroit Economic Club event that budget constraints and short-term mindsets affect both the industry […] More

Mike Petters, CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, identified the energy market as a potential area of growth for the shipbuilding giant in an address to the Atlantic Council, Reuters reported Wednesday. Petters told the think tank Wednesday that Huntington Ingalls has invested in the energy sector and established healthcare centers at its facilities as part of its long-term goals, Andrea Shalal […] More

The U.S. Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries strive to build the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier without exceeding the authorized budget, said HII CEO Mike Petters, the Daily Press reported Thursday. Hugh Lessig writes Petters was responding to a Government Accountability Office report that predicts the Navy’s supercarrier project would not meet the $12.9 […] More

Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, said the USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier project presents a challenge because the ship will incorporate newer technologies, the Daily Press reported Thursday. “We’re now at the point where we have to tie all this new technology together and test it,” Petters told an audience at […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters was awarded the Rear Admiral John J. Bergen Leadership in Industry Award on Tuesday by the Navy League of the United States New York Council. The award was given to Petters to honor his leadership of HII and the company’s designing and building of ships for the U.S. […] More

Mark Esper, secretary at the Department of Defense and a 2019 Wash100 winner, met with Mike Petters, president and CEO at Huntington Ingalls Industries and a 2017 Wash100 winner, during his visit at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding facility.

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Christopher Kastner, most recently chief operating officer of Huntington Ingalls Industries, officially assumed responsibilities as president and CEO of HII on Tuesday and plans to continue transforming HII from a shipbuilding company into a provider of defense technologies across the globe, Defense News reported. “HII’s unique capabilities are critical to America’s security, and we have […] More

Executives from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Huntington Ingalls Industries have expressed optimism on their financial performance in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, USNI News reported Monday.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries held a christening for the U.S. Navy’s future USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier at the firm’s shipyard in Newport News, Va.

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The U.S. Navy told Congress its plans to buy two Ford-class aircraft carriers in an effort to save billions of dollars as the military service pursues its 355-ship fleet goal, Reuters reported Tuesday. The service branch approached Huntington Ingalls Industries last year to obtain a detailed pricing on the potential cost of a block buy. Sen. Tim […] More

Matt Mulherin, former president of Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division, has received a 2018 Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Award from Navy League of the U.S. HII said Monday Mulherin has supported multiple ship construction and maintenance efforts, such as the U.S. Navy‘s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier program, during his 36-year career. “Very few shipbuilders can say […] More