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  • Huntington Ingalls Starts 'Lenah Higbee' Destroyer Ship Fabrication - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Starts ‘Lenah Higbee’ Destroyer Ship Fabrication

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has started to fabricate an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy at the company’s shipyard in Mississippi. The Lenah H. Sutclifee Higbee destroyer represents the fourth of five vessels Huntington Ingalls will build for the military branch’s DDG 51 program as part a contract awarded in 2013, the company said Thursday. Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said that […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Deploys 31st Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer; Brian Cuccias Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Deploys 31st Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer; Brian Cuccias Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Saturday deployed the 31st Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer the company built for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday it transported the USS Paul Ignatius to a floating dry dock using Ingall Shipbuilding’s rail car system, then moved the dock away from the pier and ballasted the structure to float the ship. […] More

  • Navy, Huntington Ingalls Finish Sea Trials of 'Finn' Guided Missile Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Huntington Ingalls Finish Sea Trials of ‘Finn’ Guided Missile Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Navy have completed a final round of USS John Finn trials that sought to test the performance of the guided missile destroyer’s systems. The company said Friday the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey assessed the new Arleigh Burke-class ship’s overall operation during the two-day trial held in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Friday. HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division […] More

  • Navy to Release Undersea Warfare Combat System Production RFP in December - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Release Undersea Warfare Combat System Production RFP in December

    The U.S. Navy has issued a draft statement of work on the production of a surface ship undersea warfare combat system and the service branch plans to seek proposals next month. The Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday that the USW combat system program will involve Advanced Capability Build software integration and Technical Insertion hardware development, […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Concludes 1st Sea Trials on USS John Finn Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Concludes 1st Sea Trials on USS John Finn Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the first round of at-sea tests that spanned three days in the Gulf of Mexico to test an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer’s main propulsion and other systems. HII said Friday the alpha trials on the USS John Finn (DDG 113) is part of a three-round test requirement by the U.S. Navy in support of the […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Unveils New Arleigh Burke-Class Guided Missile Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Unveils New Arleigh Burke-Class Guided Missile Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has unveiled the 30th Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson at the company’s shipyard on Dec. 12. The U.S. Navy said Monday the ship was transferred from the land-level facility to the drydock where it was floated. HII will also incorporate the Aegis Baseline 9 air and missile defense and ballistic missile defense […] More

  • Northrop to Add Navigation, Steering Gear Systems in Navy Arleigh Burke Destroyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Add Navigation, Steering Gear Systems in Navy Arleigh Burke Destroyers

    Northrop Grumman will add new systems into Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers under $41 million in new contracts from Huntington Ingalls Industries, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and the U.S. Navy. Northrop said Wednesday it will build and test five integrated bridge and navigation systems under an $11 million contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command. The company will also deliver […] More