Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII is America’s largest shipbuilder and an all-domain defence technology provider with more than 140 years of shipbuilding heritage. Its Ingalls and Newport News divisions design, build, modernise and maintain naval vessels, including nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, submarines, destroyers and amphibious ships. Mission Technologies extends its capabilities into uncrewed systems, C5ISR, AI and machine learning, electronic warfare, cyber operations, simulation and nuclear services. With over 45,000 employees, HII primarily supports the US Navy, US Coast Guard and allied defence customers with mission-critical maritime and multi-domain systems.
General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII Newport News Shipbuilding share technical manufacturing tasks to produce Block VI Virginia-class and Build II Columbia-class submarines.
HII and Babcock International Group are integrating autonomous underwater and surface systems for naval operations and live virtual constructive training environments.
HII and MetalCraft Marine delivered autonomous unmanned surface vessel prototypes to the U.S. Marine Corps, integrating AI-based autonomy for maritime operations.
HII will provide the U.S. Navy with advanced autonomous systems to launch and recover REMUS underwater vehicles from submarines, enhancing stealth and operational mission reach.
HII integrates autonomous systems and open architecture with naval warships to deliver scalable, distributed maritime effects, aligning with the Navy’s strategy for multi-domain joint operations.
HII presents its leadership in naval shipbuilding, unmanned maritime dominance, and mission-enabling technologies to support the evolving operational requirements of U.S. and allied forces.
The company is scaling its unmanned surface vessel production and introducing HYPR robotics to accelerate the delivery of autonomous maritime solutions for global defense.
HII is collaborating with Nominal to modernize data workflows and utilize digital twins, significantly reducing testing cycles to rapidly deliver autonomous systems to global navies.
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding completed the builder’s sea trials of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) to evaluate key systems and readiness ahead of delivery to the U.S. Navy.