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  • Ingalls Shipbuilding Begins Building USS San Antonio-Class Ship

    26 May 2011

      Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, announced today that it has begun construction on the U.S. Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, John P. Murtha (LPD 26). The company was recently awarded a $1.5 billion contract to build the USS San Antonio-class ship at the Pascagoula facility. “This is a significant milestone for […]

  • Ingalls Shipbuilding Starts Fabrication on USS San Antonio-Class Ship

    26 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, announced today that it has begun construction on the U.S. Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, John P. Murtha (LPD 26). The company was recently awarded a $1.5 billion contract to build the USS San Antonio-class ship at the Pascagoula facility. “This is a significant milestone for […]

  • HII Gets $602 mln Destroyer Deal

    18 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $602 million contract modification to fund construction of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer DDG 119 for the U.S. Navy. The yet-to-be-named ship is the second of five DDG 51 destroyers the company was awarded in June 2013. “The timely execution of this contract […]

  • USA: National Security Cutter Stratton Completes Acceptance Trials

    16 August 2011

    The U.S. Coast Guard announced yesterday that its third National Security Cutter, Stratton build by Huntington Ingalls, successfully completed several days of rigorous acceptance trials to ensure the cutter meets its contractual requirements and is ready for delivery to the Coast Guard. Stratton’s acceptance trials were conducted in Pascagoula, Miss., and at sea in the […]

  • HII Starts Fabrication of US Navy’s Destroyer Ralph Johnson

    16 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has started fabrication of the U.S. Navy’s next Aegis guided missile destroyer, Ralph Johnson (DDG 114). The ship will be the 30th Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. “The DDG 51 program continues to be a model of success for our company,” said DDG 51 Program […]

  • HII Delivers Transport Dock ‘Somerset’ to US Navy

    21 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries announced recently that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the amphibious transport dock Somerset (LPD 25) to the U.S. Navy. The DD 250 document officially signifying custody transfer of the ship was signed by officials on the ship at the company’s Avondale facility. Somerset is the ninth ship in the San Antonio […]

  • USA: HII’s Seventh Amphibious Transport Dock Completes Builder’s Trials

    22 May 2012

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ seventh amphibious transport dock, Anchorage (LPD 23), returned Friday from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is currently under construction at Ingalls’ Avondale facility. “The LPD 23 team just finished one of the most successful builder’s trials of any LPD so far,” said Doug Lounsberry, Ingalls’ vice […]

  • HII Floats Out Aircraft Carrier ‘Gerald R. Ford’ (USA)

    20 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division launched Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) into the James River for the first time on Sunday. The first-of-class aircraft carrier was moved to the shipyard’s Pier 3, where it will undergo additional outfitting and testing for the next 28 months. Gerald R. Ford has been under construction […]

  • USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Complete Major Step in Its Overhaul

    1 February 2013

    Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed a major step in its overhaul and saved the Navy nearly $500,000 when all four catapults of the Lincoln’s flight deck were removed, along with their bottom sheathing Jan. 18, due to the effort of 30 V-2 division Sailors. “Not only is the catapult removal process unprecedented […]

  • Northrop Grumman Wins HII Gig

    26 September 2013

    Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by prime contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) to supply the ship integrated control system (SICS) on the sixth National Security Cutter for the U. S. Coast Guard. The company received a contract worth $6.9 million to supply the SICS, which consists of an integrated bridge system as […]

  • Faroe farms into Fulmar

    10 September 2008

    Faroe Petroleum has agreed a farm-in deal on a UK Central North Sea prospect which is being drilled by Bow Valley close to the Nelson field area. Faroe has agreed to take 10% equity in P1418 covering block 22/11b where Bow Valley is currently drilling on a Fulmar sands prospect. Bow Valley’s exploration well kicked […]

  • NS Mayport Dredging Project Completed

    24 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Waters surrounding Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Florida, were dredged prior to the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), May 13. Employees from the Army Corps and harbor pilots assigned to NS Mayport worked to dredge the waters and provide the survey data to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Maritime Safety […]

  • AMSEC Gets US Navy TSIMS Contract

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday that its AMSEC LLC subsidiary has been awarded a contract to provide Total Ship Information Management System (TSIMS) support to the U.S. Navy. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) task order contains a base period with two one-year option periods which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the […]

  • Obama Pushes for Icebreaker Fleet Expansion

    2 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The United States President Barack Obama has proposed to accelerate the acquisition of new icebreakers for the U.S. Arctic amid expected increase of marine traffic in the area as sea-ice cover diminishes. According to Obama, the United States needs to boost its icebreaking fleet capacity as the country technically has three icebreakers in its fleet – all under […]

  • U.S. Navy Takes Delivery of Newest Ship

    11 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) to the U.S. Navy yesterday. America completed sea trials in February, with no major deficiencies identified. Following delivery, the commissioning crew will move aboard and begin shipboard training in preparation for the ship’s sail-away. Commissioning is slated for late 2014 in […]

  • U.S. Navy Finishes Acceptance Sea Trials for HII’s Sixth Amphibious Transport Dock

    20 November 2011

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ sixth amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), successfully completed her U.S. Navy acceptance trial this week. The ship returned to Ingalls Shipbuilding Thursday after a two-day sea trial. “It’s amazing what 25,000 tons of steel can do sailing through the Gulf of Mexico,” said Doug Lounsberry, Ingalls Shipbuilding’s vice president and […]

  • Amphibious Transport Dock San Diego Completes U.S. Navy Acceptance Trial

    21 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ sixth amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), successfully completed her U.S. Navy acceptance trial this week. The ship returned to Ingalls Shipbuilding Thursday after a two-day sea trial. “It’s amazing what 25,000 tons of steel can do sailing through the Gulf of Mexico,” said Doug Lounsberry, Ingalls Shipbuilding’s vice president and […]

  • HII Participates in Doha’s DIMDEX Exhibition (Qatar)

    27 March 2012

    Huntington Ingalls Industries will participate in Doha’s International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) this week, highlighting the new patrol frigate derivative of the company’s proven U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter. The patrol frigate could be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi. “The Ingalls patrol frigate design has already proven […]

  • USA: Ingalls Shipbuilding Graduates 162 Apprentice School Shipbuilders

    12 July 2011

      Huntington Ingalls Industries held a graduation ceremony for graduates of Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Apprentice School on Saturday, July 9. The ceremony, held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi, included 162 students from 13 different crafts representing shipbuilders from Ingalls’ Pascagoula, Gulfport and Avondale sites. Rear Adm. David H. Lewis, the U.S. […]

  • USA: HII Wins USD 2.38 Billion LHA 7 Contract

    1 June 2012

    The U.S. Navy on May 31, 2012 awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $2.38 billion fixed-price-incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7). The ship will be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. “Large-deck amphibious ship construction is an important component of our business plan, and […]

  • Newport News Shipbuilding Slashes 480 Jobs

    16 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HHI), has started the layoff process of 480 employees. “While this is a very difficult decision, it is a necessary step to effectively control our costs and successfully manage our business during a decline in work.  It is something we take very seriously and is a […]

  • Northumberland Flood Scheme Kicks Off

    10 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Environment Agency is working with Port of Blyth to build the new flood wall, which will protect the coastal town from tidal flooding. According to the EA, the work has started on this £600,000 flood scheme which will protect homes and businesses in a Northumberland coastal town from tidal flooding. The project in the Cowpen […]

  • Gowanus Canal Dredging Scheme Underway

    25 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Earlier this month, contractors working for the Environmental Protection Agency began work on a dredging and capping pilot study in the Gowanus Canal’s 4th Street Turning Basin. The process involves installation of steel sheeting in front of existing bulkheads, followed by dredging of contaminated sediment from the canal, before the installation of a multi-layered protective […]

  • HII’s Apprentice Gymnasium Becomes Boat Building Test Site, USA

    22 February 2013

    The Apprentice School gymnasium at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division yesterday started its transformation into an engineering test site for building boats and lunar landers. The transformation will continue today. Using materials such as duct tape and marshmallows, NNS, in partnership with NASA Langley Research Center and the Peninsula Engineering Council (PEC), […]

  • Ingalls Delivers Final Aft PVLS for USS Michael Monsoor

    25 July 2013

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced yesterday that it has delivered the final aft peripheral vertical launch system (PVLS) assemblies to the U.S. Navy for the Zumwalt-class destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001). The two units for the PVLS were delivered a week early. “Our shipbuilders have done an outstanding job in incorporating lessons […]