Huntington Ingalls Industries
America's largest military shipbuilder, spun off from Northrop Grumman in 2011.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States, spun off from Northrop Grumman in March 2011. Operates through three segments: Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula, MS), Newport News Shipbuilding (Newport News, VA — nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines), and Mission Technologies (McLean, VA). Publicly traded (NYSE: HII), FY2025 revenue $12.5B, ~44,000-45,000 employees.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Newport News, VA
- Founded
- 2011
- Employees
- 44,000-45,000
- Total funding
- Public (NYSE: HII)
- Stage
- Public
- Status
- public
- Domains
- Shipbuilding, Naval defense, Mission technologies
- X / Twitter
- x.com/wearehii
- Website
- www.hii.com
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Contracts7
- ContractFord-Class Carriers CVN-80/CVN-81 Block ContractTwo-carrier block contract to Newport News Shipbuilding for detail design and construction of Ford-class carriers Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller (CVN-81) — the first multi-ship carrier contract to the yard in over 30 years.
- ContractVirginia-Class SSN 812/813 Contract Modification2025 Navy contract modification (joint GD/HII) to build two additional Virginia-class attack submarines, SSN 812 and SSN 813, plus shipyard workforce-development investment.
- ContractVirginia-Class Block VI & Columbia-Class Build II Submarine ContractJoint Navy award to General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII Newport News Shipbuilding for continued production of Virginia-class (Block VI, 9 boats + long-lead material for a 10th) and Columbia-class (Build II, 5 boats) submarines.
- ContractAmphibious Multi-Ship Procurement — LPD 33/34/35 & LHA 10First-ever combined multiship procurement for amphibious warships: three Flight II San Antonio-class LPDs (33, 34, 35) plus long-lead materials for America-class LHA 10, awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding.
- ContractLionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SUUV) ContractHII Mission Technologies contract to build and support Lionfish-system small unmanned undersea vehicles (based on HII's REMUS 300) for the Navy, covering mine countermeasures, ISR, ASW, and EW missions.
- ContractSHIELD Enterprise IDIQ (Missile Defense Agency)HII Mission Technologies awarded a position on the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) enterprise IDIQ, supporting the 'Golden Dome' homeland missile-defense initiative.
- ContractSTINGRAI — SOUTHCOM ISR Task OrderHII Mission Technologies task order (STINGRAI) to deliver surveillance, tracking, intelligence, network services, and reconnaissance/interception support for US Southern Command's counter-narcotics ISR mission across Central/South America and the Caribbean.
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Frequently asked
- What does Huntington Ingalls Industries do?
- Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States, spun off from Northrop Grumman in March 2011. Operates through three segments: Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula, MS), Newport News Shipbuilding (Newport News, VA — nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines), and Mission Technologies (McLean, VA). Publicly traded (NYSE: HII), FY2025 revenue $12.5B, ~44,000-45,000 employees.
- Where is Huntington Ingalls Industries headquartered?
- Huntington Ingalls Industries is headquartered in Newport News, VA and was founded in 2011.
- What does Huntington Ingalls Industries specialize in?
- Huntington Ingalls Industries works across Shipbuilding, Naval defense, Mission technologies.
- Does Huntington Ingalls Industries hold government contracts?
- Defense Tech Atlas links Huntington Ingalls Industries to 7 government contracts.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries: HQ Newport News VA, founded 2011 (Northrop Grumman spinoff), NYSE:HII, ~44,000 employees, three segments
Wikipedia: Huntington Ingalls IndustriesVerified2026-08-15 - 2
HII FY25 revenue $12.5B, ~45,000 employees, three-segment structure confirmed on official site
Huntington Ingalls Industries (Official): Who We AreVerified2026-08-15