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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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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 taps former DOD chief of staff as EVP
Eric Chewning comes from McKinsey & Co.
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Eric Chewning, who was chief of staff for two acting defense secretaries in the Trump White House, became Newport News-based Fortune 500 shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s executive vice president
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HII lands $2.4B contract for Navy’s next amphibious warship
Ships to be built by Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding division
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Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding has received a $2.4 billion contract modification for the construction of the Navy’s fourth American-class amphibious assault ship (LHA 9), according to the
New VP of HR and trades named at Newport News Shipbuilding
Xavier Beale named VP of human resources and trades
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Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Xavier Beale vice president of human resources and trades at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, effective April 1. Beale will oversee human
HII division announces new VP of infrastructure and sustainability
Eric Crooker has been with Ingalls Shipbuilding for 10 years
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Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder HII announced Wednesday that Eric Crooker is the new vice president of infrastructure and sustainability at its Pascagoula, Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding division. In this
HII names new president and CEO
Chris Kastner was appointed COO in February 2021
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Christopher D. Kastner will become president and CEO of Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, on March 1. Mike Petters, who has served as the Fortune
Huntington Ingalls Industries promotes VP of contracts
Matt Mulherin Jr. started new job Monday
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Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) promoted Matt Mulherin Jr. to vice president of contracts at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. He assumed the role on
HII taps Northrop Grumman exec as new VP
Mike Aldinger to be vice president of LVC training solutions
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Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Wednesday it has hired Mike Aldinger as vice president of the live, virtual, constructive (LVC) training solutions department in its technical solutions division. Aldinger joins Newport
Virginia wins $5M DOD grant to train shipbuilding workers
Institutions to create K-12 training pipeline
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Virginia won a $5 million U.S. Department of Defense grant to train workers in defense manufacturing industries, particularly shipbuilding, in Danville and Hampton Roads, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The