Huntington Ingalls Industries
American shipbuilding company
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., (HII) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States as well as a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. HII was formed on 31 March 2011, as a divestiture from Northrop Grumman.
HII comprises three divisions: Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi, and Mission Technologies.
In April 2022, Huntington Ingalls Industries changed its branding name to HII.
History
When it spun off as a new company on 31 March 2011, Huntington Ingalls Industries comprised Northrop Grumman’s shipbuilding businesses in Newport News, Virginia, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Avondale, Louisiana; Avondale was closed in 2014.
Since its creation, HII has built and expanded its professional and government services through the acquisitions of UniversalPegasus International, the S.M. Stoller Corporation, Camber Corporation, Novonics, the Columbia Group's Engineering Solutions division, G2 Inc., Alion Science and Technology, and Fulcrum IT Services.
In 2016, HII established a third division, Technical Solutions (now Mission Technologies), comprising the company's services capabilities. HII’s Mission Technologies division is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with more than 100 facilities across the globe.
HII is named for the founders of its shipbuilding divisions: Collis Potter Huntington, who founded Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, and Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr., who established Ingalls Shipbuilding.
On 10 October 2024, the People's Republic of China announced sanctions on three U.S. military-industrial companies and 10 Americans, including Huntington Ingalls Industries and its president and CEO Christopher D. Kastner, for participating in arms sales to Taiwan.
Divisions
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia (U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers, submarines, refueling and complex overhaul, carrier inactivation)
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi (U.S. Navy surface combatants, amphibious warships, and U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters)
Mission Technologies, (U.S. unified combatant command support, U.S. Navy fleet support, USAF and Air National Guard training support, software engineering and IT solutions, cybersecurity, other DoD training, unmanned systems, intelligence analysis, Department of Energy nuclear operations, nuclear fabrication, oil and gas services)
Ingalls Shipbuilding
In 1938, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation was founded by Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr.
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