Huntington Ingalls Industries

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Huntington Ingalls Industries
Public
Traded as NYSEHII
Industry Shipbuilding
Predecessor Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Northrop Grumman Newport News
Founded 2008
(as Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding)
2011
(as Huntington Ingalls Industries)
Headquarters Newport News, Virginia, United States
Key people
C. Michael Petters (President)
Revenue 2015: $7.02 billion
2015: $404 million
Number of employees
37,000
Divisions Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding
Website www.huntingtoningalls.com

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is an American Fortune 500 shipbuilding company formed on March 31, 2011 as a spin-off of Northrop Grumman.[1]

It was formerly known as Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB), created on January 28, 2008 by the merger of Northrop Grumman's two shipbuilding sectors, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems and Northrop Grumman Newport News. The company takes its name from the founders of its two main facilities: Collis Potter Huntington (Newport News) and Robert Ingalls (Pascagoula).

Mike Petters is currently the president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (formerly president of the Newport News shipyard and president of the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding).[2]

HII is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the United States. It is one of two nuclear-powered submarine builders (the other being General Dynamics Electric Boat). 70 percent of the current, active US Navy fleet has been built by HII's erstwhile units.

Divisions

Subsidiaries

  • AMSEC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (provides maintenance, modernization, logistics, engineering, IT, and training solutions for the U.S. Navy)
  • Continental Maritime of San Diego, San Diego, California (Master Ship Repair Contractor for the U.S. Navy and provider of services to Military Sealift Command.)
  • Newport News Industrial, Newport News, Virginia (provides fabrication, construction, equipment repair, technical services and products to the energy and petrochemical industries as well as government customers.)
  • Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3), Broomfield, Colorado (a full-service nuclear operations and environmental services company focused on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) clients.)
  • Undersea Solutions Group, Panama City Beach, Florida (a leading designer and builder of unmanned underwater vehicles for domestic and international customers.)
  • UniversalPegasus International (UPI), Houston, Texas (provides project management, engineering and construction management for the energy industry.)

Facilities

HII operates facilities in several key locations across the US:

Former Facilities

Projects

HII's current order backlog amounts to $22.4 billion.

Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers

HII is to build ten Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for the US Navy. It is scheduled to deliver one carrier every five years starting in 2015.[4]

America-class amphibious assault ship

The US Navy awarded HII a $2.4 billion fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the amphibious assault ship America (LHA-6), the lead ship of her class. Work will be performed primarily at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and ship delivery is scheduled for 2012.[5]

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock

In April 2011, the US Navy awarded HII a $1.5 billion contract for the construction of John P. Murtha (LPD-26), the tenth of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks.[6] This was the first Navy contract awarded to HII, though Ingalls Shipbuilding had already built three ships of the class.

Virginia-class attack submarines

The US Navy is building Virginia-class submarines as replacements for the Los Angeles-class submarines which are currently being phased out.

HII, under an industrial arrangement with General Dynamics Electric Boat (the only other shipyard capable of building nuclear-powered submarines), solely builds the stern, habitability and machinery spaces, torpedo room, sail and bow, while Electric Boat solely builds the engine room and control room. HII and Electric Boat alternate work on the reactor plant, final assembly, test, outfit and delivery.

Offshore Patrol Cutter

In 2014 The Government Accountability Office denied a contract appeal by Ingalls for the Offshore Patrol Cutter, finding that the USCG's ranking of the shipyard to be marginal was justified.[7]

References

  1. Huntington Ingalls Industries
  2. 2.0 2.1 http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000150158515000005/hii201410-k.htm
  3. 3.0 3.1 HII 10-K, FY2012, p. 8.
  4. http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1341
  5. Navy Names New Amphibious Assault Ship
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