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HII (NYSE: HII) announced that its Mission Technologies division joined the Corporate Partners Program at the University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering on December 4, 2025.
The partnership provides collaboration access to campus facilities, pathways for intellectual property licensing, and funding that supports recruitment, internships, scholarships, student activities, competitions, awards, and conferences. Mission Technologies will sponsor an HII Lecture Series to convene government, industry, and academic leaders on emerging defense technologies. Garry Schwartz, COO of Mission Technologies, also serves on the MATRIX Lab industry advisory board. The MATRIX Lab focuses on autonomy and uncrewed systems and maintains affiliations with the Department of War and Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.
HII (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding will host the keel laying ceremony for the Virginia‑class submarine Barb (SSN 804) on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. The event is not open to the public; credentialed U.S. media may attend with RSVP and proof of U.S. citizenship.
Media check‑in is at 10:00 a.m. Media will park at VASCIC (2401 West Ave., Newport News, VA) and be escorted by bus to the site. After the ceremony, media can speak with NNS leadership, a Barb shipbuilder and sponsor Pamela Bove. RSVP is required by noon on Monday, Dec. 8 to Todd Corillo at Todd.T.Corillo@hii-co.com or (757) 688‑3220. Industrial dress (long pants and closed‑toe shoes) is required.
HII (NYSE: HII) announced Ingalls Shipbuilding completed final sea trials for Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128) on Nov. 21, 2025.
Trials, overseen by the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), confirmed required mission capabilities and prepared the ship for delivery to the U.S. Navy in the coming weeks. DDG 128 is the second Flight III destroyer built at Ingalls and includes the Flight III AN/SPY-6 (V)1 radar and Aegis Baseline 10 combat system. Ingalls has delivered 35 Arleigh Burke destroyers to date and currently has five additional Flight III destroyers under construction. Ingalls has built destroyers for the U.S. Navy for 87 years and is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi.
HII (NYSE: HII) announced delivery of the nuclear-powered Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) to the U.S. Navy on November 21, 2025. Massachusetts is the 12th Virginia-class submarine delivered by Newport News Shipbuilding and the 25th built under the teaming agreement with General Dynamics Electric Boat.
More than 10,000 shipbuilders from Newport News and Electric Boat and thousands of suppliers, including over 20 in Massachusetts, participated in construction. The submarine was christened in May 2023 by ship sponsor Sheryl Sandberg.
HII (NYSE: HII) marked 18 years of REMUS unmanned underwater vehicle operations in Australia on Nov 4, 2025, noting REMUS first entered Australia in 2007 with the Royal Australian Navy's acquisition of REMUS 600. HII highlighted partnerships with BlueZone Group (Australian sales, logistics, sustainment) and a strategic agreement with Babcock to integrate REMUS with submarine weapon handling and launch systems. HII cited > 750 REMUS deliveries to over 30 nations, > 90% in service over 23 years, and recent submarine torpedo-tube launch/recovery capability. REMUS variants include REMUS 130, 300, 620 (battery up to 110 hours, range 275 nm), and 6000 (depth 6,000 m).
HII (NYSE: HII) and Sydney-based Incat Crowther will present a media briefing at Indo Pacific 2025 on Nov 5, 2025 showcasing their strategic partnership on the ROMULUS family of modular, AI-enabled unmanned surface vessels (USV).
Highlights include the flagship ROMULUS 190 (190-foot, >25 knots, 2,500 nm range, carries four 40-foot ISO containers), integration of HII’s Odyssey Autonomous Control System, multi-agent swarming, and interoperability with REMUS UUVs and third-party autonomy providers.
HII (NYSE: HII) announced on Nov 4, 2025 that UK-based Westley Group has been approved by HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division as a strategic supplier to deliver critical metal castings for U.S. Navy platforms. The addition supports allied defense collaboration under the AUKUS trilateral partnership and aims to strengthen the global submarine supply chain.
HII framed the supplier approval as a step toward creating a more integrated, resilient supplier network to help meet expanded requirements for nuclear-powered submarines and to reinforce collective readiness across AUKUS nations.
HII (NYSE: HII) named Tim Taylor vice president of engineering, technology and design at Newport News Shipbuilding, effective January 1, 2026.
Taylor is a U.S. Navy veteran with 29 years at Newport News, currently director of nuclear test engineering, and holds a bachelor’s in nuclear engineering and an MBA. He will assume the role upon the retirements of Dave Bolcar and Brian Fields. The chief technology officer role will be embedded within engineering and design to focus on waterfront support and technology.
HII (NYSE: HII) and Shield AI completed a three-day integrated autonomy test aboard a ROMULUS 20 unmanned surface vessel in late October 2025, marking the first maritime deployment of Shield AI’s Hivemind. The trial integrated Hivemind Enterprise SDK with HII’s Odyssey suite and succeeded less than six weeks after the partnership announcement.
ROMULUS 190 is under construction and is designed to exceed 25 knots, operate up to 2,500 nautical miles, and carry four 40-foot ISO containers, supporting rapid production and multi‑agent autonomous operations alongside crewed task groups.
HII (NYSE: HII) reported record Q3 FY2025 revenue of $3.2 billion, up 16.1% YoY, with operating income of $161 million (5.0% margin) and net earnings of $145 million (diluted EPS $3.68). New contract awards totaled $2.0 billion, driving total backlog to $55.7 billion as of Sept. 30, 2025. Net cash provided by operations was $118 million and free cash flow was $16 million in Q3.
HII raised FY25 free cash flow guidance to $550–$650 million, kept shipbuilding revenue at $9.0–$9.1 billion and Mission Technologies revenue at $3.0–$3.1 billion, and set a cumulative FY25–FY26 free cash flow target of $1.2 billion.