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Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. reports developments across U.S. military shipbuilding and defense mission technologies. The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division builds non-nuclear surface ships such as Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers and supports new frigate work, while Newport News Shipbuilding builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and participates in U.S. submarine programs.
Recurring HII news includes U.S. Navy contract awards, ship deliveries and sea-trial milestones, distributed shipbuilding initiatives, workforce pipelines through shipyard academies and apprenticeships, quarterly earnings, and cash dividends. Mission Technologies updates cover unmanned and autonomous maritime platforms, including REMUS unmanned underwater vehicles, and defense capabilities tied to C6ISR, artificial intelligence and machine learning, electronic warfare, and synthetic training.
HII (NYSE: HII) announced that its Mission Technologies division was awarded a Missile Defense Agency SHIELD indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a $151 billion ceiling on Jan. 13, 2026. The enterprise IDIQ covers a broad range of work areas to accelerate delivery of capabilities to the warfighter.
For HII, the award creates opportunities across directed energy, command-and-control integration, data and cyber operations, microelectronics, spectrum management, live/virtual/constructive training, logistics and sustainment, leveraging Mission Technologies’ expertise.
HII (NYSE: HII) demonstrated shipboard automated launch and recovery of a REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle using its Sea Launcher system on Jan. 13, 2026.
HII validated an end-to-end autonomous launch and recovery sequence with a representative REMUS configured for real-world mission conditions, mirroring recovery procedures used in U.S. Navy and allied deployments. The test highlights integration with HII ROMULUS unmanned surface vessels and aims to reduce sailor risk, expand mission range, and improve operational availability in contested or high-sea-state environments.
HII (NYSE: HII) on Jan. 12, 2026 announced it doubled the size of its Portchester, U.K. unmanned facility to strengthen regional support for REMUS unmanned underwater vehicles and to serve as a European hub for Mission Technologies.
The site will provide operational, technical and logistics support, expand sustainment and training for U.K. and European partners, prepare for deployment of ROMULUS unmanned surface vessels (availability in 2026), and is staffed by U.K. employees to drive jobs and supplier engagement.
HII (NYSE: HII) hosted Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle, and Commandant Gen. Eric Smith at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Jan. 7, 2026, for a shipyard tour and discussions on workforce initiatives and the Navy’s “Golden Fleet.”
Key points: Ingalls is supporting early engineering for the Navy’s next battleship and was selected to design and construct the Navy’s future small surface combatant (SSC) based on the Legend-class cutter design. Leadership toured production, including amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8) and delivered destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128). HII has invested more than $1 billion in Ingalls infrastructure, facilities, and advanced toolsets to expand capacity and increase shipbuilding throughput.
HII (NYSE: HII) hosted Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Jan. 5, 2026 at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) as part of his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour. Hegseth toured Columbia- and Virginia-class submarine work, the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), and met shipbuilders and sailors.
HII highlighted efforts to increase shipbuilding throughput: more than 40 ships are in active construction or modernization across Ingalls and NNS; the company partnered with 23 shipyards and fabricators and international manufacturers to expand capacity; and NNS adopted a 56-hour standard work week in 2025. HII employs 44,000 workers and says recent hiring, retention, and proficiency improvements are boosting throughput.
HII (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128) to the U.S. Navy on Dec. 29, 2025. This is Ingalls' second Flight III delivery, featuring the AN/SPY-6 (V)1 radar and Aegis Baseline 10 combat system. Ingalls reports 36 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers delivered to date, with four Flight III destroyers under construction (DDG 129, 131, 133, 135) and seven additional Flight III hulls in early pre-planning and material procurement. Ingalls has begun a distributed shipbuilding initiative to increase throughput by partnering with external shipyards and fabricators.
HII (NYSE: HII) said its Ingalls Shipbuilding division was selected by the U.S. Navy on Dec. 19, 2025 to design and build the future small surface combatant (SSC), using the Ingalls-built Legend-class national security cutter (NSC) design as the baseline.
Ingalls will leverage existing facility capacity and the same build sequence used for NSCs, while continuing simultaneous construction on DDG 51 Flight III, LHA, and LPD Flight II. HII has invested $1+ billion in Ingalls infrastructure, delivered 10 Legend-class NSCs (final cutter Oct. 2023), and this year distributed work to 23 outsourcing partners while evaluating additional U.S. shipyard capacity.
HII (NYSE: HII) announced that Newport News Shipbuilding has achieved pressure hull complete on the Virginia-class submarine Oklahoma (SSN 802) on Dec. 16, 2025. Pressure hull complete means all hull sections are joined into a single, watertight unit, a key production milestone.
Oklahoma is the 29th Virginia-class fast attack submarine, the first of Block V, and the 14th Virginia-class submarine delivered by Newport News Shipbuilding. The ship’s sponsor is Mary “Molly” Slavonic. NNS designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines that provide enhanced firepower, maneuverability and stealth for the U.S. Navy.
HII (NYSE: HII) hosted an Australian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles at Newport News Shipbuilding on Dec. 11, 2025 in support of the AUKUS partnership.
Delegates toured Virginia-class submarine facilities, observed the keel laying for Barb (SSN 804), met company leaders, and reviewed workforce development and sustainment capabilities. HII noted its role in the AUKUS Workforce Alliance, its Mission Technologies Global Security collaboration with Australia, and that it was awarded the AUSSQ pilot program contract to accelerate Australian supplier qualification; several Australian firms have received RFQs from Newport News Shipbuilding.
HII (NYSE: HII) announced the ROMULUS unmanned surface vessel prototype reached 30% completion at Breaux Brothers shipyard on Dec 11, 2025 and remains on schedule for sea trials in Q4 2026.
ROMULUS is a modular, AI‑enabled USV family built around HII’s Odyssey Autonomous Control System, with reported speeds over 25 knots and a range of 2,500 nautical miles. The prototype integrates third‑party autonomy and sustainment tech from Shield AI, Applied Intuition, and C3 AI, and follows a successful integrated autonomy test aboard ROMULUS 20 in November 2025.