HII is Awarded a $458 Million Contract to Modernize IT Architecture for U.S. Department of Defense

McLEAN, Va. (Oct. 1, 2024) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was awarded a $458 million contract to modernize communications and information technology (IT) networks for the U.S. government that will enable rapid decision-making in the battlespace.

Under the task order, HII will develop, assess and implement innovative technical solutions that will improve system hardening to potential cyber threats, introduce new capabilities and enable cloud migration. The enhancements will provide end users, including U.S. Department of Defense service components and the U.S. Special Operations Command, with IT services and solutions to support the warfighters.

“We are honored by the customer’s trust in HII and our approach,” said Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of Mission Technologies. “As we advance their IT transformation goals, we are committed to delivering cutting-edge expertise and solutions that will have a direct, positive impact on our front-line warfighters.”

Through the communications and IT modernization effort, HII will use model-based systems engineering to focus on communication hardware prototyping, waveform development, mobile ad-hoc network aerial relay solutions, payloads and deployable communication kits. The team will also support spectrum and bandwidth management and will develop capabilities to modernize communications and data analytics at the tactical edge.

“Equipping our warfighters with access to integrated ISR capabilities will help them to achieve information superiority in support of homeland defense and the protection of U.S. interests abroad,” said Todd Gentry, president of Mission Technologies’ C5ISR business group.

HII was awarded the task order under the Department of Defense’s Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract (MAC) vehicle. These U.S. Department of Defense’s Information Analysis Center (IAC) Multiple Award Contract vehicle task orders are awarded by the U.S. Air Force's 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron to develop and create new knowledge for the enhancement of the Defense Technical Information Center repository and the research and development and science and technology community.

The task order has a five-year term.