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NNS announces senior leadership changes
Promotions result from upcoming retirements at shipbuilder
Newport News Shipbuilding is promoting three employees to its senior leadership team, as well as restructuring programs as the company plans for upcoming retirements. Rob Check will become vice president
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Navy awards $1.1B more for sub construction
General Dynamics, Newport News Shipbuilding sharing construction duties for Virginia-class subs
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General Dynamics Corp.’s Groton, Connecticut-based Electric Boat Corp. has received nearly $1.1 billion more from the Navy to continue building Virginia-class submarines, and its teammate, Newport News Shipbuilding, has received
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Navy’s silent service makes waves in Danville
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Madeline Davis has never set foot on a Navy submarine, so she doesn’t get to see the products she makes in action. Davis is a CNC (computer numerical control) machinist
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Hampton Roads shipyards receive nearly $1B in Navy contracts
General Dynamics, Newport News Shipbuilding awarded contracts
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The Pentagon has announced nearly $1 billion in Navy contracts for work on vessels in Hampton Roads. Under one contract, valued at $847 million, Reston-based General Dynamics Corp.’s Norfolk-based shipyards
HII announces more than $1.8B in contracts
Work includes warfighter, submarine projects
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Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. on Tuesday announced more than $1.8 billion in contracts awarded to its mission technologies and shipbuilding divisions. The company’s McLean-based Mission Technologies was awarded
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CEOs and leaders comment on Hampton Roads' present and future
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Virginia Business asked five Hampton Roads leaders to discuss how regional cooperation could directly impact their industries, how they’re coping with staffing shortages and what their hopes are for the
Newport News Shipbuilding promotes three execs
Materials, manufacturing restructured into two divisions
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Newport News Shipbuilding has announced several leadership changes as the shipyard attempts to optimize and speed operations. Matt Needy is now vice president and chief transformation officer, after previously serving
Va.-built carriers get star turn in new Top Gun flick
Shipbuilders screen "Top Gun: Maverick" early
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Shipbuilders at Newport News Shipbuilding got to see some of their work on the big screen when they were treated to early viewings of “Top Gun: Maverick” this week. The
HII names new VP for Columbia-class submarines
Brandi Smith succeeds Charles Southall
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Newport News-based Fortune 500 contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Brandi Smith vice president of the Columbia class submarine program at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. Smith succeeds Charles Southall,
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Maritime, logistics leaders offer views on business
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Leaders from Virginia’s maritime and logistics industries share their thoughts about where their sectors stand amid labor shortages, growing cargo volumes and the pandemic’s lingering impacts. Devon C. Anders President,