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News for Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) centers on its role as a global, all-domain defense provider and the nation’s largest military shipbuilder. Coverage highlights how HII’s shipbuilding divisions and Mission Technologies business support U.S. and allied defense priorities through advanced surface combatants, nuclear-powered submarines, unmanned systems and integrated defense technologies.
Readers can follow updates on major shipbuilding milestones, such as delivery of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers like Ted Stevens (DDG 128), construction progress on Virginia-class submarines such as Oklahoma (SSN 802), and work on aircraft carriers and Zumwalt-class destroyers. News also covers new contracts and design awards, including HII’s selection to design and build the U.S. Navy’s future small surface combatant based on the Legend-class national security cutter.
The HII news flow also reflects the company’s growing unmanned and autonomy portfolio. Articles detail developments in the REMUS family of unmanned underwater vehicles, ROMULUS unmanned surface vessels powered by the Odyssey Autonomous Control System, and demonstrations of automated launch and recovery systems such as Sea Launcher. Expansion of unmanned operations in Europe, including the enlarged Portchester, U.K. facility, and participation in international frameworks like AUKUS also feature prominently.
Investors and defense observers can track mission technologies and missile defense work, including HII’s Mission Technologies division being awarded a position on the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD contract vehicle, opening opportunities in directed energy, command and control integration, cyber, microelectronics and live/virtual/constructive training. Regular visits from senior U.S. and allied defense leaders to HII’s shipyards, along with updates on workforce initiatives, industrial base investments and distributed shipbuilding, provide additional context on how HII supports long-term naval and security objectives. Bookmark this page for an organized view of contract awards, program milestones and strategic partnerships affecting HII.
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.
HII (NYSE: HII) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries signed a memorandum of agreement on October 26, 2025 at APEC 2025 to advance U.S.–Korea shipbuilding collaboration.
The MOA targets four priorities: distributed shipbuilding and joint investments, teaming on Navy auxiliary shipbuilding, joint engineering/R&D in AI/ML, robotics and automation, and in-theater life-cycle support. The companies agreed in early October 2025 to pursue the U.S. Navy NGLS concept design RFP together, and earlier MOUs and site visits (Ingalls yard visit in early October; USNS Alan Shepard overhaul in September) are cited as steps in the collaboration.
HII (NYSE: HII) announced that Ingalls Shipbuilding completed the second builder’s sea trials for guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128) on Oct. 24, 2025, following initial trials in late September.
The ship spent multiple days in the Gulf of America testing main propulsion, hull, mechanical, electrical and combat systems, including the Flight III AN/SPY-6 (V)1 radar and Aegis Baseline 10 combat system, ahead of planned acceptance trials.
Ingalls has delivered 35 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to date and currently has five Flight III destroyers under construction, including DDG 128.
HII (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding authenticated the keel of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Thad Cochran (DDG 135) on October 23, 2025 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The ceremony included ship sponsor Kay Webber Bowen Cochran and Ingalls shipbuilders; a welded steel plate with authenticators' initials will remain aboard for the ship's lifetime. DDG 135 is one of five Flight III destroyers under construction at Ingalls, which has delivered 35 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and has built naval ships at the yard for over 86 years. Photos and program details are available on HII's website.