PHOTO RELEASE — NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING CHRISTENS 10TH VIRGINIA-CLASS SUBMARINE

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.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that 10 of the company's shipbuilders were recognized for achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) during the 17th annual Women of Color STEM Conference. Five award-winners represent the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division, and five award winners represent HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) employee Timothy J. Sweitzer has received Inside Business' Top Forty Under 40 Award for his professional success and community involvement. Sweitzer is the director of material engineering for the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) was recognized today by the Virginia Department of Veterans Services for its efforts to hire and retain veterans. HII President and CEO Mike Petters formally accepted the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) certificate at the V3 Conference in Norfolk. HII was one of nine companies recognized at the conference.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced that the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the composite deckhouse for the destroyer Zumwalt (DDG 1000) to the U.S. Navy. The 900-ton deckhouse provides an advanced structure to house the ship's bridge, radars, antennas and intake/exhaust systems and is designed to provide a significantly smaller radar cross-section than any other ship in today's fleet.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division placed a 1,026-metric ton unit — roughly the weight of six Boeing 747 commercial airplanes — onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Thursday.