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  • Coast Guard Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built 'Munro' National Security Cutter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Receives Huntington Ingalls-Built ‘Munro’ National Security Cutter

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has handed over a sixth company-built national security cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard. Munro belongs to the military branch’s Legend class and is scheduled for commissioning in Seattle by April 1, 2017, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “We have a mission statement in the NSC program that says during the construction of each […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Gets Navy Contract Funds for Amphibious Transport Dock Engineering Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets Navy Contract Funds for Amphibious Transport Dock Engineering Work

    A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has secured a $51 million contract modification to provide life cycle engineering services for the U.S. Navy‘s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding business will also provide post-delivery planning, integration, research, material support, supply chain management, maintenance and training support for certain San Antonio-class shipboard systems. Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said the company […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Joins Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Joins Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance Board of Directors

    Lockheed Martin has joined the Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance at the sponsor level and received a seat on the global membership funded organization’s board of directors. AREA said Tuesday Lockheed will work with AREA enterprise members such as Bosch, Boeing, Huawei and Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding subsidiary to develop an ecosystem and establish best practices for […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Hands USS Finn Missile Destroyer Ship to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Hands USS Finn Missile Destroyer Ship to Navy

    Huntington Ingalls Industries turned over the USS John Finn guided missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy during a ceremony held on the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division signed the DD 250 document that represents the  official transfer of the ship’s custody to the military service, the company said Wednesday. “Years of working with the DDG 51 program has created a team […] More

  • General Dynamics, Navy to Christen Virginia-Class Nuclear Attack Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Navy to Christen Virginia-Class Nuclear Attack Submarine

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary will host a christening ceremony at its shipyard Saturday for the U.S. Navy‘s 15th Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus will be a principal speaker at the event and his daughter Annie Mabus will serve as the sponsor of USS Colorado, the company said Thursday. Virginia-class submarines are designed to provide international multi-dimensional […] More

  • Northrop Ships First Set of Lightweight Wide Aperture Array for Navy Submarine; Alan Lytle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Ships First Set of Lightweight Wide Aperture Array for Navy Submarine; Alan Lytle Comments

    Northrop Grumman has shipped a first set of lightweight wide aperture arrays to the U.S. Navy for Block IV of the Virginia class submarine. The new delivery is the 19th shipset Northrop has supplied for the VCS program and the Navy will use the fiber-optic passive hull mounted sensor array to operate its VCS fleet, the company said […] More

  • Aerospace Industries Association Appoints New Board of Governors Members for 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerospace Industries Association Appoints New Board of Governors Members for 2017

    The defense sector trade group Aerospace Industries Association has elected new members its executive board of governors for 2017 that includes at least 20 government contracting industry leaders. AIA said Thursday Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was chosen to serve as the association’s chairman of the board and Raytheon chief executive Thomas Kennedy was elected vice chairman. David Melcher was reappointed […] 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

  • Report: US Defense Sector Expects Donald Trump’s Presidential Win to Drive Weapons Spending - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US Defense Sector Expects Donald Trump’s Presidential Win to Drive Weapons Spending

    The U.S. defense industry expects Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election combined with Republicans retaining their majorities in both House and Senate to result in an increase in weapons spending, Forbes reported Wednesday. Loren Thompson writes that Trump has announced plans to update the country’s aging nuclear weaponry that includes long-range bombers, ground-based missiles and […] More

  • Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits HII's Ingalls Shipyard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Visits HII’s Ingalls Shipyard

    U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Mississippi to address the shipyard’s leaders and staff workers. HII said Friday Mabus was accompanied by Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Mississippi) during his tour of the shipyard. Ingalls Shipbuilding-built vessels support the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps as they conduct missions and […] More

  • Minact CEO Augustus Leon Collins Elected to Huntington Ingalls Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Minact CEO Augustus Leon Collins Elected to Huntington Ingalls Board

    Augustus Leon Collins, CEO of Mississippi-based government contractor Minact, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ board of directors. HII said Tuesday Collins brings to the board 35 years of previous experience in the U.S. Army and the Mississippi National Guard. “[Collins’] proven leadership, long and distinguished service to our country as an Army officer, combined with his […] More