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Huntington Ingalls Wraps Up Frank Petersen Jr. Destroyer’s Acceptance Trials

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed the final acceptance trials of the U.S. Navy’s future Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. Kari Wilkinson, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, said in a statement published Friday the recent milestone brings the DDG 121, named after the Marine Corps’ first African-American general officer, one step […] More

by Angeline Leishman September 20, 2021, 11:34 am
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HII-Built Delbert D. Black Destroyer Heads to Florida Homeport

The U.S. Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer sailed away from a Huntington Ingalls Industries construction yard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Friday for the ship's home base in Mayport, Florida.

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by Matthew Nelson September 8, 2020, 5:28 am
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Lockheed Eyes Laser Weapon Integration Into Sixth-Gen Fighter Jet
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Huntington Ingalls to Continue Navy Destroyer Follow Yard Services

Huntington Ingalls Industries received a one-year, $28.4M contract modification for follow yard services in support of the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program.

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by Nichols Martin April 17, 2019, 2:14 am
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HII Hands Over USS Paul Ignatius Missile Destroyer to Navy

Huntington Ingalls Industries has handed over the USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially transferred responsibility over the ship to the military service with the signing of the DD 250 delivery document.

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by Matthew Nelson February 25, 2019, 12:06 am
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BAE Ship Repair Business to Work on Navy’s USS Thomas Hudner Destroyer

A BAE Systems business unit has secured a potential $55.4 contract to accomplish post-shakedown availability for the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class USS Thomas Hudner destroyer.

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by Matthew Nelson February 22, 2019, 1:33 am
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Paul Lemmo: Lockheed Eyes HELIOS Laser Weapon Initial Design Review in FY 2019

Paul Lemmo, vice president of integrated warfare systems and sensors at Lockheed Martin, has said the preliminary design review for High-Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-Dazzler with Surveillance system is set to occur in fiscal year 2019, National Defense reported Tuesday. Lockheed plans to deliver two HELIOS platforms to the U.S. Navy by FY 2020 for integration with the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and installation at a ground-based testing site as part of a potential $942.8M contract awarded in January 2018.

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by Jane Edwards January 16, 2019, 1:19 am
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MDA, Navy Demo Lockheed's Updated Aegis Combat System in On-Land Missile Defense Test

The Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy have conducted an on-land test to demonstrate the capability of Lockheed Martin's latest Aegis Combat System to detect and counter an intermediate-range ballistic missile threat. Aegis Baseline 9.B2.0 or BMD 5.1 intercepted an IRBM target using ground-based remote sensor data derived from the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications system during […] More

by Jane Edwards December 12, 2018, 4:13 am
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BAE Awarded $79M Contract for USS Shoup FY19 Depot Modernization
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Huntington Ingalls Wins USS O’Kane Destroyer Ship Modernization Contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries' San Diego shipyard has won a potential $51.5M contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship. The project will also include maintenance and repair work on the USS O'Kane as part of fiscal 2019 DDG 77 extended selected restricted availability efforts, the Defense Department said Friday. Naval Sea Systems Command received three offers […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers October 29, 2018, 1:36 am
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Vigor Industrial Subsidiary to Help Repair USS Kidd Destroyer Ship

A Vigor Industrial subsidiary has received a $19.6 million contract to support repair and alteration work on a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer. Vigor Marine will support scheduled, selected restricted availability activities for the USS Kidd (DDG 100) as part of the service branch’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship repair program, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Contract work will occur in Everett, Washington, […] More

by Joanna Crews January 17, 2018, 2:22 am
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Navy Orders Additional Aegis Ship Comms Systems From Leonardo DRS Subsidiary

A subsidiary of Leonardo DRS has secured a contract from the U.S. Navy to supply four Integrated Voice Communications Systems for the military branch’s Aegis cruisers and destroyers. DRS Technologies Canada received the award through a larger IVCS contract with the Navy and will perform delivery in September 2018, Leonardo DRS said Wednesday. The IVCS, also called the Shipboard […] More

by Ramona Adams November 16, 2017, 10:03 am