
The largest military shipbuilder in the United States. Sole designer and builder of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy and one of two suppliers of nuclear-powered submarines. Divisions: Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mission Technologies.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (trading as HII since April 2022) is an American defense-industrial holding company and the largest military shipbuilder in the United States. Listed on the NYSE under the ticker HII (CIK 0001501585; SIC 3730 — Ship & Boat Building & Repairing) and a member of the S&P 500. Incorporated in Delaware, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia (4101 Washington Avenue). HII was created on March 31, 2011 as a spinoff of the shipbuilding business from Northrop Grumman; the name honours the historical founders of its shipyards — Collis Potter Huntington (Newport News Shipbuilding, 1886) and Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr. (Ingalls Shipbuilding, 1938). Three divisions: Newport News Shipbuilding (sole U.S. builder of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two shipyards building nuclear-powered submarines — Gerald R. Ford-class, Columbia-class, Virginia-class), Ingalls Shipbuilding (Arleigh Burke destroyers, America-class and San Antonio-class amphibious ships, USCG National Security Cutters), and Mission Technologies (IT, cybersecurity, unmanned systems, REMUS UUVs, DoD training). Current financials (FY2025): revenue USD 12.5B, net income USD 605M, total assets USD 12.7B, total equity USD 5.07B; approximately 44,000 employees. Leadership: Kirkland H. Donald (Chairman), Christopher D. Kastner (President and CEO), Eric Chewning (Vice President). On April 6, 2026 HII signed an MOU with GrayMatter Robotics to integrate Physical AI into shipbuilding operations. On December 19, 2025 the U.S. Navy selected HII to produce a new FF(X) frigate class — President Trump's Golden Fleet.
Founders
HII was established on March 31, 2011 as a spinoff of the shipbuilding business from Northrop Grumman. The name honours the historical founders of its two shipyards: Collis Potter Huntington (Newport News Shipbuilding, 1886) and Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr. (Ingalls Shipbuilding, 1938).
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