NEWPORT NEWS—HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) recently signed a total of 32 graduating high school seniors for careers in shipbuilding. The event took place at the New Horizons Regional Education Center (NHREC) Good Life Solution Program’s Career Selection Day....
NEWPORT NEWS—Virginia-class Attack Submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) was officially christened on Saturday, May 6 at Newport News Shipbuilding. The honors were handled by the ship’s sponsor Sheryl Sandberg, who is the founder and chair of the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal...
NEWPORT NEWS—Participants in LEAD Peninsula recently toured Fort Eustis in Newport News to learn more about the military's economic impact on the Hampton Roads region.
LEAD (Learn, Explore, Absorb, and Disseminate) Peninsula is a community and civic immersion program offered...
Advanced Integrated Technologies (AIT), a ship repair contractor for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, and the marine, industrial, and commercial industries in North America, recently announced it will invest $500,000 to expand in the City...
NEWPORT NEWS—HHI’s Newport News Shipbuilding division is harnessing the power of technology to recruit and train the next generation of shipbuilders. Its Innovation Lab has been in service since 2021 and is part of the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice...
NEWPORT NEWS—HII’s Mission Technologies division will host a recruiting event to fill open positions in the Fleet Sustainment business group on Tuesday, March 7 from 2pm to 6pm at the NetCenter in Hampton, located at 5200 W. Mercury Blvd.,...
Shipyard Suppliers is intended to be a series of articles about local businesses that are supplying materials and services to Newport News Shipbuilding to facilitate the construction of next-generation submarines and aircraft carriers supply to our country’s Navy.
In this...
Shipyard Suppliers is intended to be a series of articles about local businesses that are supplying materials and services to Newport News Shipbuilding to facilitate the construction of next-generation submarines and aircraft carriers supplied to our country’s Navy.
In this...
NEWPORT NEWS—HII announced recently that seven employees from its Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding, and Mission Technologies divisions were recognized for achievements in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields during the 37th annual Black Engineer of the...
NEWPORT NEWS—HII recently broke ground on a new project that will support nuclear submarine construction at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. The Multi-Class Submarine Production Facility is one of three new facilities, enabling the shipyard to further support...
NEWPORT NEWS—On Friday, February 10, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) visited The Apprentice School at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division to tour the facility, speak with students and instructors, and hold a roundtable discussion with local leaders from Newport...
NEWPORT NEWS—HII announced recently that Eric Chewning, former chief of staff to the U.S. Secretary of Defense and deputy assistant secretary for industrial policy, has joined HII as executive vice president, Strategy & Development, reporting directly to HII President...
Pride Month has arrived. Celebrated by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and more (LGBTQIA+) community, along with allies, the annual celebration takes place throughout the month of June.
Nationally, LGBTQIA+ Pride Month celebrations tend...
HAMPTON—Hampton City Council heard a presentation about updating food truck ordinances and codes on Wednesday, May 24 during its legislative session with the intent to make permitting easier for food truck owners, to establish new zones for food truck...
HAMPTON—The Bluegrass and Brews Festival will return to The American Theatre for the fourth time and will take place June 9 through June 11 at the American Theatre in the Phoebus section of Hampton. The theatre is located at...
