Huntington Ingalls Industries

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. HII, ranked No. 371 on the Fortune 500, was formed on March 31, 2011, as a spin-off of Northrop Grumman.[4][5]

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
TypePublic
IndustryDefense, Shipbuilding, Government Services, Oil & Gas
PredecessorNorthrop Grumman Shipbuilding
FoundedMarch 31, 2011 (2011-03-31)
FounderNamed after Collis Potter Huntington and Robert Ingersoll Ingalls, Sr.
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kirkland H. Donald (Chairman)[1]
C. Michael Petters (President and CEO)[2]
Revenue$8.2 billion (2018)
$836 million (2018)
Number of employees
40,000[3] (2019)
DivisionsNewport News Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Technical Solutions
Websitehuntingtoningalls.com

HII comprises three divisions: Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding, and Technical Solutions. HII’s Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’'s Technical Solutions division provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet Support, Mission Driven Innovative Solutions, Nuclear and Environmental, and Oil and Gas groups.[6]

Mike Petters is the president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries. Petters previously served as president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and as president of Northrop Grumman’s Newport News sector.[7] He joined Newport News Shipbuilding in 1987 in the Los Angeles-class submarine construction division.

History

When it spun off as a new company on March 31, 2011, Huntington Ingalls Industries comprised Northrop Grumman’s shipbuilding businesses in Newport News, Virginia, and Pascagoula, Mississippi.

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, the Columbia Group’s Engineering Solutions division, G2 Inc., and Fulcrum IT Services.

In 2016, HII established a third division, Technical Solutions,[8] comprising the company’s services capabilities.

Huntington Ingalls Industries 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.

Divisions

Facilities

HII operates facilities in several key locations across the US:

Former facilities

Projects

HII's 2019 order backlog amounts to $41 billion.[11]

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.[12]

In 2019, the U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $15.2 billion block contract for the detail design and construction of Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller (CVN-81).[13]

Aircraft carrier Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH)

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) is the only shipyard to perform RCOH work on Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The nearly four-year project is performed once during a carrier’s 50-year life and includes refueling of nuclear reactors, as well as significant repair, upgrade and modernization work.

NNS completed RCOH work on the fifth ship, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), in May 2017, and USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrived in August 2017 to begin its RCOH.[14] NNS is currently supporting the pre-advanced planning effort for the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) RCOH.[15]

Aircraft carrier inactivation

Newport News is the only shipyard to provide for the inactivation of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Once the service life of a carrier is complete, the ship comes to the shipyard for defueling of its nuclear reactors. The inactivation of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is complete, and is the first nuclear carrier to undergo the process.[16]

Virginia-class attack submarines

Newport News is one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Currently, NNS is building the most advanced attack submarines in the world—the Virginia class. NNS has delivered 17 Virginia-class boats and work continues on 11 boats. Indiana (SSN 789) was delivered to the U.S. Navy in June 2018.[17]

Submarine design and engineering

Newport News Shipbuilding designs and provides on-site installation of state-of-the-art technologies for the Los Angeles-class and Seawolf-class attack submarines. NNS also supports Electric Boat on the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program.

America-class amphibious assault ships

USS America (LHA 6) was delivered in April 2014 and commissioned October 11, 2014.[18] It is first in the new class of amphibious assault ships for the U.S. Navy, replacing USS Tarawa (LHA 1). Ingalls’ next ship in the class, Tripoli (LHA 7), is scheduled to be delivered in 2019. The ship was christened on Sept. 16, 2017.[19]

On June 16, 2017, Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded $3.1 billion contract to build Bougainville (LHA 8). Construction started on LHA 8 on October 15, 2018, and the ship’s keel was laid on March 13, 2019.[20]

Arleigh Burke-class destroyers

On September 27, 2018, Ingalls Shipbuilding won a $5.1 billion multi-year contract to build an additional six DDG-51s.[21] These destroyers are equipped with the Navy’s Aegis Combat System. The first Flight III ship, Jack. H. Lucas (DDG-125), started fabrication on May 7, 2018.[22] Ingalls has built and delivered 31 ships to the U.S. Navy, with four more under construction. Paul Ignatius (DDG-117), is scheduled for commissioning on July 27 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[23]

San Antonio-class landing platform docks (LPDs)

Ingalls Shipbuilding is building the entire San Antonio class of ships, the newest addition to the Navy’s 21st century amphibious assault force. LPDs 17 to 27 have been delivered to the U.S. Navy. Ingalls currently has two San Antonio-class ships under construction. The keel of Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) was authenticated in the fall of 2017,[24] and the ship is scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of 2020. The keel of Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29)[25] was authenticated on April 12, 2019. On March 26, 2019, Ingalls received a $1.4 billion detailed design and construction contract for the first Flight II ship, LPD-30.[26]

U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters

National Security Cutters, the flagships of the Coast Guard’s cutter fleet, are designed to replace the 378-foot Hamilton-class high-endurance cutters, which entered service during the 1960s. The current program of record is for 11 ships, of which the first eight have been successfully delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard. Construction is underway on the company’s ninth NSC, Stone (WMSL 758). On December 21, 2018, Ingalls received two contracts from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a 10th and 11th NSC. The contracts are valued at $468.75 million and $462.13 million, respectively.[27]

Technical Solutions contracts

  • Technical Solutions’ Mission Driven Innovative Solutions group (HII-MDIS) is providing the U.S. Army’s Product Manager Force Protection Systems maintenance, repair, supply support, fielding, engineering, configuration management and training.[28]
  • Technical Solutions' Fleet Support Group is providing engineering, technical, repair and logistical support to the U.S. Navy’s Coastal Riverine Forces.[29]
  • Through a joint venture (as N3B) to manage the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).[30]
  • In a joint venture with Kellogg Brown and Root’s (KBR) Government Services division, HII's Technical Solutions division to establish and manage Australia’s new Naval Shipbuilding College.[31]

References

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  2. Huntington Ingalls Industries. "Mike Petters - Huntington Ingalls Industries". Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  3. "Huntington Ingalls Industries". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
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  5. Industries, Huntington Ingalls. "America's Largest Military Shipbuilder Begins Operations as a New, Publicly Traded Company Under the Name of Huntington Ingalls Industries". Huntington Ingalls Newsroom. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  6. Technical Solutions
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  8. "Huntington Ingalls Industries Completes Acquisition of Camber Corp. And Forms New Technical Solutions Division". Huntington Ingalls Industries Newsroom.
  9. HII 10-K, FY2012, p. 8.
  10. "HII 2014 10-K". sec.gov. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. Office of the Navy Chief of Information. "Navy Awards Contract for Construction of Two Carriers". U.S. Navy.
  14. Eckstein, Megan (August 29, 2017). "USS George Washington Begins Midlife Refueling, Overhaul With Benefit of Lessons From 5 Previous Aircraft Carriers". USNI News.
  15. Larter, David (August 14, 2018). "US Navy supercarrier John C. Stennis is headed for a complex overhaul". Defense News.
  16. Lessig, Hugh (April 9, 2018). "Big E is officially inactivated, but will stick around". Daily Press.
  17. Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs (June 26, 2018). "Future USS Indiana Delivered to Navy". U.S. Navy.
  18. Team Ships Public Affairs (April 28, 2014). "Navy Accepts Delivery of the future USS America (LHA 6)".
  19. "Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Amphibious Assault Ship Tripoli (LHA 7)". Huntington Ingalls Industries Newsroom. September 16, 2017.
  20. Eckstein, Megan (June 19, 2017). "Huntington Ingalls Awarded $3B Construction Contract for Amphib Bougainville". USNI News.
  21. Kulo, Warren (September 28, 2018). "Ingalls awarded $5.1 billion multiyear contract to build six more destroyers". Gulf Live.
  22. Team Ships Public Affairs (May 17, 2018). "DDG-51 Program Marks Start of Construction Milestones at BIW, HII".
  23. WLOX (February 22, 2019). "USS Paul Ignatius now the property of U.S. Navy".
  24. Team Ships Public Affairs (October 14, 2017). "Future USS Fort Lauderdale Keel Authenticated".
  25. Seapower Staff (April 15, 2019). "Future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. Keel Authenticated". Seapower Magazine.
  26. "Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded $1.47 Billion for Construction of U.S. Navy's First Flight II LPD". Huntington Ingalls Industries Newsroom. March 26, 2019.
  27. "Coast Guard Awards Production For 10th and 11th National Security Cutters". United States Coast Guard. December 21, 2018.
  28. "Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded U.S. Army Contract To Support Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems". Huntington Ingalls Industries Newsroom. February 11, 2019.
  29. "Huntington Ingalls Industries Wins Navy Expeditionary Equipment Readiness Support Contract". Huntington Ingalls Industries Newsroom. September 24, 2018.
  30. "N3B Joint Venture to Begin Transition for Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract". Huntington Ingalls Industries Newsroom. January 24, 2018.
  31. "Huntington Ingalls Industries and KBR Awarded Contract to Establish and Manage Australia's Naval Shipbuilding College". Huntington Ingalls Industries Newsroom. April 3, 2018.
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