May 2, 2022
HII EVOLVING INTO A DATA-DRIVEN TECH ENTERPRISE AS NAVY CUSTOMER EMBRACES NEW WARFIGHTING CONCEPTS
Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s biggest builder of warships, is becoming something more: a leading provider of artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, digital reconnaissance, simulations and training for its military customer.
With a quarter of revenues now being generated outside its sprawling shipyards, newly-minted President & CEO Christopher D. Kastner says the company is investing in technologies that support the Navy’s future priorities, such as distributed maritime operations.
In recognition of the company’s evolving character, it will henceforth be known simply as HII—a name that can encompass diverse technologies—and recast its technical services unit as Mission Technologies.
Read the full story at Forbes.
About HII
HII is America’s largest shipbuilder, delivering the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain mission technologies, including unmanned systems, to U.S. and allied defense customers. HII is the largest producer of unmanned underwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy and the world.
With a more than 140-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII builds and integrates defense capabilities extending from the core fleet to C6ISR, AI/ML, EW and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 45,000 strong.
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