HII MEDIA ADVISORY — HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES TO HOST THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST ON NOV. 8

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) will release its third quarter 2012 financial results on Thursday, Nov. 8 and host an earnings conference call at 9 a.m. Eastern the same day. The call will be webcast live on HII's website:

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is pleased to announce its three star-level sponsorship of the annual USO Gala, which will take place tonight at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. HII's sponsorship will help enable the USO to continue its critical mission of lifting the spirits of troops and their families through the many programs the organization delivers to service members, their families and wounded warriors.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has promoted Tom Stiehle to chief financial officer and vice president of business management for the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division. In this role, Stiehle is responsible for all financial, contracts, estimating and pricing, and business management functions across the division.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that Jennifer Boykin, vice president of engineering and design for the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been selected as the American Society for Engineering Management's (ASEM) 2012 Engineering Manager of the Year.

More than 400 runners participated in the first "5K Run on the Causeway" hosted by Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division last Saturday. Registered runners and participating sponsors raised more than $6,500 for Special Olympics.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) today christened the 10thVirginia-class submarine, Minnesota (SSN 783), at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract option valued at $142.7 million from the U.S. Navy. The contract option is for work on operational and decommissioning U.S. Navy submarines, conversion submarines, special mission submersibles, submarine support facilities and related programs.

Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division today christened the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6). The ship, the first in a new class, is the fourth U.S. Navy vessel to be named America, extending a legacy dating back to 1861.

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.

Ingalls will broadcast the christening of America (LHA 6) live from the ceremony. Satellite window will open at 9:30 am (Central) and remain open for 30 minutes post-ceremony.