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  • Chris Kastner: Huntington Ingalls Finds Buyer for Avondale Shipyard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Kastner: Huntington Ingalls Finds Buyer for Avondale Shipyard

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has signed an agreement to sell its Avondale shipyard near New Orleans to an undisclosed buyer, The Maritime Executive reported Wednesday. HII Chief Financial Officer Chris Kastner said Wednesday during a conference call the company expects to wrap up the sale after the buyer completes a due diligence process. Northrop Grumman had operated Avondale until […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Division to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Dwight Eisenhower Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Division to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Dwight Eisenhower Carrier

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has secured a $36.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support maintenance and modernization work on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. NNS will aid nuclear ship alterations and propulsion plant maintenance during the fiscal 2017 planned incremental availability of USS Dwight Eisenhower at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the Defense […] More

  • HII Subsidiary Completes Builder's Sea Trials of 'Ralph Johnson' Destroyer Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Subsidiary Completes Builder’s Sea Trials of ‘Ralph Johnson’ Destroyer Ship

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding unit has conducted builder’s sea trials on an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer built for the U.S. Navy. HII said Tuesday it tested the combat, main propulsion and other systems of USS Ralph Johnson for more than three days in the Gulf of Mexico. “DDG 114’s sea trials showcase the skill of our […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls-Built Amphibious Transport Dock Completes Initial Sea Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls-Built Amphibious Transport Dock Completes Initial Sea Trials

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has evaluated systems that have been installed on the U.S. Navy‘s 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship during a series of sea trials. HII said Monday its Ingalls Shipbuilding division operated USS Portland (LPD 27) in the Gulf of Mexico for four days and performed anchor-handling, ballast and deballast, detect-to-engage, full power ahead, astern and […] More

  • HII Lands Navy Contract Modification for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Flight III Updates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Lands Navy Contract Modification for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Flight III Updates

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a contract modification from the U.S. Navy to install Flight III baseline updates aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125). The modification covers the installation of the SPY-6 air and missile defense radar system as well as electrical power and cooling upgrades to the ship under the DDG […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Segment Gets NAVSEA Engineering Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Segment Gets NAVSEA Engineering Support Task Order

    A business segment of Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a potential five-year, $40 million task order from the Naval Sea Systems Command for engineering support services to NAVSEA’s Combat Direction Systems Activity-Dam Neck in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The company said Monday its technical solutions business will provide global readiness and training engineering services intended to help the […] More

  • HII Subsidiary to Update, Maintain Navy Guided Missile Cruiser Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Subsidiary to Update, Maintain Navy Guided Missile Cruiser Systems

    A Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiary has been awarded a $37.8 million delivery order by the U.S. Navy to conduct special selected restricted availability work on a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser ship. The Defense Department said Monday HII subsidiary Continental Maritime of San Diego will provide depot-level maintenance, alteration and modification services to update military and technical systems of the Navy’s USS […] More

  • Defense Security Service Picks 36 Company Facilities for Industrial Security Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Security Service Picks 36 Company Facilities for Industrial Security Award

    The Defense Security Service has given the 2017 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award to 36 company facilities for maintaining high standards for industrial security. DSS said Thursday the winning facilities represent various large and small companies such as BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Camber subsidiary, CGI Group, Concurrent Technologies Corp., General Dynamics, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Modern Technology […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Transfers 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Final Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Transfers 16th Virginia-Class Submarine for Final Testing

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has launched the U.S. Navy‘s future Indiana submarine into James River and transferred the watercraft from a construction facility to a pier managed by the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in preparation for final crew certification, outfitting and testing. Indiana, dubbed as SSN 789, will represent the 16th Virginia-class submarine of the Navy and the eighth unit Newport […] More

  • Boeing-Huntington Ingalls Team to Chase Navy Large UUV Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Huntington Ingalls Team to Chase Navy Large UUV Program

    Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries have partnered to design and build unmanned undersea vehicles as part of a joint pursuit of the U.S. Navy‘s Extra Large UUV program. The partnership will use HII’s design and production facilities in Huntington Beach, California; Newport News, Virginia; and Panama City, Florida, Boeing said Thursday. The Navy announced in January it plans […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Hands Over USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Hands Over USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier to Navy

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding unit has delivered a first-of-class aircraft carrier to the U.S. Navy following the platform’s completion of acceptance trials. The company said Thursday the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier, dubbed CVN 78, is the first in the Ford class of carriers that serves as successor to the Nimitz-class ships. CVN 78 is equipped […] More

  • Navy Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Washington Submarine; Matt Needy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Washington Submarine; Matt Needy Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the USS Washington submarine to the U.S. Navy after the underwater vehicle  completed a round of Board of Inspection and Survey sea trials. The company said Friday that USS Washington, dubbed SSN 787, received the highest score among all new construction Virginia-class submarines under the Figure of Merit scoring system. “The score is a reflection […] More