Thursday, March 23, 2023

Local Defense Industry

Ship Repair Subcontractor To Expand In Norfolk

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...

Innovation Lab Brings Technology To Next Generation Of Shipbuilders

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...

HII Mission Technologies Open House Set For March 7

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: Siemens Sets The Stage For Modeling Excellence

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: Lincoln Electric Builds Better Bonds

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...

HII Employees Honored At Annual Black Engineer Of The Year (BEYA) Award STEM Conference

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...

HII Breaks Ground On New Submarine Facility At Newport News Shipbuilding

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...

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine Visits The Apprentice School For Roundtable Discussion On Workforce Development

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...

Chewning Joining HII As Executive Vice President, Strategy And Development

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...

HII Names New Executive Vice President And Chief Information Officer

NEWPORT NEWS—HII recently announced that Chris Soong has been promoted to executive vice president and chief information officer. Soong, previously the CIO at HII’s Mission Technologies division, will replace Bharat Amin, who will retire on March 31 after nearly...

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