NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) Technical Solutions division was one of 11 companies selected to provide development, technical, management and engineering services for Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) department. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order contract includes a three-year base term with a two-year extension option. HII will compete for task orders under the contract. The combined value of all potential task orders across the base and option years is $250 million.
“This award reaffirms HII’s commitment to the Navy and NIWC’s ISR mission and the need for innovative and cost-effective solutions,” said Garry Schwartz, president of Technical Solutions’ Defense and Federal Services business group. “From data analysis and software development, to hardware fabrication and communications systems for autonomous vehicles, HII is proud to support the Navy’s increasingly complex and integrated intelligence requirements.”
HII will provide a wide range of technical services in support of NIWC’s ISR systems and activities and corresponding cybersecurity operations, with support based out of San Diego.
About Huntington Ingalls Industries
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, 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 supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned systems, defense and federal solutions, and nuclear and environmental services. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
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