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HII designs and integrates networks, sensors and systems for the most technologically advanced military platforms to share information and data at the speed, scale and precision required by joint operations on land, at sea, in the air and in space. HII is Awarded Amphibious Multi-Ship Procurement Contracts.
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy.
Newport News Shipbuilding has for more than 135 years built ships that have served the nation in peace and war, in times of adversity and in times of abundance. The legacy of “Always Good Ships,” includes the design, construction, overhaul and repair of more than 800 ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers.
Newport News Shipbuilding was started by Collis P. Huntington in 1886, as Chesapeake Dry Dock & Construction Company. Incredibly, within ten years of its foundation it was building battleships for the U.S. Navy.
Newport News Shipbuilding’s online company store, NNS Spear & Gear, is now available at www.shopnnsspearandgear.com. This store replaces the old one that closed Dec. 31 and features a variety of NNS-logoed merchandise.
Founded in 1886, HII's Newport News Shipbuilding, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, is the nation’s sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. [11]
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING. Since 1886, the ships built at Newport News Shipbuilding, like the American Shipbuilders who built them, have served our nation in peace and war, in times of adversity and times of abundance.
Newport News Shipbuilding is the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy submarines. With approximately $4 billion in revenues and more than 23,000 employees, we are the largest industrial employer in Virginia and the largest shipbuilding company in the United States.
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. is the largest non-government-owned shipyard in the United Sates and the only one in the United States capable of building and servicing a full range of nuclear-powered and conventional ships for both defense and commercial service.
Newport News Shipbuilding reports the discovery by their internal quality assurance systems of alleged intentional faulty welds on in-service submarines and aircraft carriers.
Today, Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII, is the nation’s sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two shipyards capable of designing...
The problem was brought to light by whistleblowers within the company, shipbuilders who “did the right thing and came forward by either self-reporting or calling the HII OpenLine (Newport News Shipbuilding is a division of Huntington-Ingalls Industries, HII). Boykin called these whistleblowers honest and brave.
All aircraft carriers and half of the nuclear-powered submarines for the US Navy are built at the shipyard in Newport News. The facility has always been privately owned.
Last year, the Navy awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a $3 billion contract to perform the RCOH for USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) and it expected work on the ship to wrap up in August 2025, USNI News previously reported. Stennis entered Newport News for the RCOH in May 2021.
What began as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Company, later rechristened Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, was destined to become one of the world’s most significant shipbuilding centers. Huntington’s vision wasn’t limited to just commercial ships.
<p>NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 23, 2022 — Global defense and technologies partner HII (NYSE:HII) announced today that the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division plans to hire approximately 5,000 people this year to meet the shipbuilding needs of the Navy. The shipyard anticipates hiring nearly 21,000 people within the next decade ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) President Jennifer Boykin said faulty welding was discovered on some submarines and aircraft carriers under construction.
From design to construction, maintenance to technical and life cycle logistics, we provide quality services to the submarine and aircraft carrier communities, wherever there is a need, through mobile and in-house capabilities at our facilities in Newport News and San Diego, and at naval bases around the world.
The president of Newport News Shipbuilding, Jennifer Boykin, discovered the quality of welds on some submarines and aircrafts were faulty.
Newport News Shipbuilding honored more than 260 employees last Friday at the 2024 Model of Excellence Awards Ceremony, celebrating the highest honor that a shipbuilder can receive. The awards recognized shipbuilders across a variety of programs who embody company values and went above and beyond to overcome challenges and find ways to innovate.
The collaboration between the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding on the USS United States put supercarrier construction on a fast track less than two years later. By the early 1960s, Newport News Shipbuilding would be the only builder of American carriers. Its monopoly, however, did not arise naturally out of physics or geography.
Faulty welding recently discovered on some vessels at Newport News Shipbuilding may have been done knowingly by workers, according to a social media post published Friday by the company’s ...
Shipuilder Newport News Shipbuilding, Va., informed the Department of Justice of faulty welds that may have been made intentionally on non-critical components on in-service Navy submarines and ...
The company has committed $300 million to the construction of the most modern and efficient submarine construction facility ever conceived. Computerized manufacturing technology, including robots...
Telephone: 757-380-4221. Newport News is the liaison between the Department of the Navy and Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated-Newport News Shipbuilding (HIINC-NNS) who is engaged in the...
At HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding, there is a combination of 20 aircraft carriers and submarines under construction or under repair with 25,000 shipbuilders working over 550 acres.
Newport News Shipbuilding is working with the Navy's submarine industrial base office and the Hampton Roads Workforce Council to reach potential new hires, a company spokesperson said.
HII is America’s largest shipbuilder and a global, all-domain defense provider. With a more than 135-year history of advancing U.S. national defense, we are united by our mission in service of the nation, creating the advantage for our customers to protect peace and freedom around the world.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., (Feb. 9, 2023) — Global all-domain defense partner HII (NYSE: HII) recently broke ground on a new project that will support nuclear submarine construction at its Newport News Shipbuilding division.
Building more Virginia-class submarines in Newport News bolsters our national defense and asserts U.S. power, The Heritage Foundation’s Wilson Beaver writes in a guest column.
With more than 25,000 employees – including third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation shipbuilders – HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia.