February 11, 2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Feb. 11, 2019)—Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that eight employees from its Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions were recognized for achievements in the STEM fields during the 33rd annual Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM Global Competitiveness Conference. The conference was held last week in Washington, D.C.
Christopher Belton, a lead test engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding, received the Admiral Michelle Howard Legacy Award. The award is named in honor of Howard, whose ground-breaking 35-year naval career was marked by many firsts, including becoming the first African-American woman to command a U.S. Navy ship and the first to achieve the two- and three-star ranks. In 2014, she became the first African-American and first woman to reach the rank of four-star admiral.
Seven other HII employees received Modern Day Technology Leader awards, which recognize their efforts in shaping the future of engineering, science and technology. They are:
HII is a global, all-domain defense provider. HII's mission is to deliver the world's most powerful ships and all-domain solutions in service of the nation, creating the advantage for our customers to protect peace and freedom around the world.
As the nation's largest military shipbuilder, and with a more than 135-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII delivers critical capabilities extending from ships to unmanned systems, cyber, ISR, AI/ML and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII's workforce is 44,000 strong.
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