MEDIA INVITED TO VIRGINIA-CLASS SUBMARINE MINNESOTA (SSN 783) CHRISTENING AND MEDIA PREVIEW EVENTS

MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 18, 2012 --

What:Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) will christen the nation's newest Virginia-class submarine, Minnesota (SSN 783), on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Media are invited to attend the ceremony as well as a media preview event Friday, Oct. 26, in advance of the festivities. The preview event will provide an opportunity to interview Minnesota shipbuilders and sailors, as well as ship's sponsor Ellen Roughead, a Minnesota native and wife of former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead. The christening ceremony is not open to the public. Invited guest include shipbuilders and their families; Minnesota sailors and the families; Roughead and her family; HII President and CEO Mike Petters and NNS President Matt Mulherin; and Navy and government representatives. Adm. Kirkland Donald, director of naval nuclear propulsion, will serve as the keynote speaker. Roughead, Petters and Mulherin will be available for interviews following the ceremony. HII will provide a live, multi-camera satellite broadcast of the christening ceremony in its entirety. Coordinates are below. When:Media Preview DayChristening Ceremony Friday, Oct. 26Saturday, Oct. 27 10 a.m. EDT10 a.m. EDT Media check-in: 9:30 a.m.Media check-in: 9:15 a.m. Where:Media will park outside of the 60th Street gate in the parking lot east of the Welding School and be escorted and transported by bus to and from the site through the 60th Street gate (see directions below). The event will be held inside the Module Outfitting Facility (MOF). The bus will depart at 9:35 a.m. on Friday and 9:20 a.m. on Saturday. RSVP:Confirmation of attendance is required. Please RSVP by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 24.You must present a photo ID and media credentials to be admitted. Please provide your name, Social Security Number, date and place of birth when you RSVP to: Christie Miller, Huntington Ingalls Industries (757) 380-3581 Christine.Miller@hii-co.com

Please note that because this is an industrial setting, long pants and flat, sturdy shoes are required attire.

A webcast of the event will be provided at http://www.tvworldwide.com/

events/hii-nns/121027/. A live, multi-camera satellite broadcast of the event also will be provided. Satellite information is as follows:

Satellite: Galaxy 17

Transponder: Ku Digital 19-Lower (18 Mhz)

Downlink Frequency: 12071.0 Mhz

Downlink Polarity: Horizontal

FEC: 3/4

Symbol Rate: 13.235 Mbps

DVBS, QPSK TRANSMISSION Window Times:

Date: Saturday, Oct. 27

Window Start: 0930 ET

Window End: 1130 ET

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe. For more than a century, HII has built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. Employing more than 37,000 in Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and California, its primary business divisions are Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding. For more information, visit: