Ingalls Shipbuilding’s President to Retire

Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced that Irwin F. Edenzon will retire on Dec. 1, 2014. Edenzon is currently corporate vice president and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Although Edenzon will not officially retire until December 2014, he will step down as president on March 31, 2014, and the HII Board of Directors has elected Brian Cuccias to succeed Edenzon in the position of corporate vice president and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, effective April 1, 2014.

Edenzon was named as Ingalls Shipbuilding president in 2011 and is responsible for all programs and operations at Ingalls Shipbuilding. Prior to this position and since 2008, he served as sector vice president and general manager for Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Gulf Coast.

After Edenzon steps down as Ingalls Shipbuilding president, he will assist with the transition and continue to report to Petters until his retirement.

Brian Cuccias, who will report to Petters effective April 1, 2014, currently serves as the vice president, amphibious ship programs, for Ingalls Shipbuilding and will become vice president, program management, effective Jan. 6, 2014, until he assumes the president role in April.

In this role, he will have responsibility for all program and financial aspects, including solicitations, program execution and financial performance of all Ingalls Shipbuilding programs, to include large-deck amphibious ships (LHA 6, LHA 7 and capture of LHA 8) as well as LPD and LPD variant ships production, surface combatants and U.S. Coast Guard ship programs.

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Press Release, December 16, 2013