Photo Release — Huntington Ingalls Industries Breaks Ground on Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence
September 22 2020 - 3:15PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that it
broke ground on a new Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence in
Hampton. Two buildings totaling over 150,000 square feet will be
constructed on the 20-acre campus and will be purpose-built for
unmanned systems prototyping, production and testing.
“With U.S. Navy’s increasing demand for UUVs and USVs, we are
committed to investing in and expanding our unmanned systems
capabilities,” said Andy Green, HII executive vice president and
president of Technical Solutions. “Our new Unmanned Systems Center
of Excellence will ensure we can continue to provide our customers
with the most advanced autonomous systems across all class
sizes.”
The HII Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence, located on the
Hampton Roads Center – North Campus, will be a state-of-the-art
facility with a high-tech digital manufacturing infrastructure.
This agile space will be reconfigurable for different production
and systems integration projects and have precision machining
capabilities, a surface finishing area and a dedicated welding
space.
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/unmanned-systems-center-of-excellence.
“Virginia is proud to be home to the largest military
shipbuilder in the country,” said Gov. Ralph Northam. “Huntington
Ingalls Industries is a national leader in advanced manufacturing,
and this investment is a powerful testament to Virginia’s workers
and business environment. The company’s new unmanned systems
facility in Hampton will support America’s national security and
play a key role in strengthening our economic recovery as we
continue working to rebound from this health crisis.”
HII partnered with the Virginia Economic Development
Partnership, the city of Hampton and the Hampton Roads Alliance to
secure the project for Virginia. More than 250 jobs will be created
and will enable collaboration with HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding
division, which has advanced undersea system engineering
capabilities.
“The new campus complements our current facilities in
Massachusetts, Florida and Washington that have been delivering
marine robotics to the Navy for nearly 20 years,” said Duane
Fotheringham, president of Technical Solutions’ Unmanned Systems
business group. “In order to manufacture and support large and
extra-large UUVs, the size of the manufacturing operation needs to
increase significantly. This new facility will give us the space
and infrastructure we need to scale our operations to meet the
needs of our customers now and into the future.”
The groundbreaking ceremony was also attended by Virginia
Secretary of Commerce and Trade Brian Ball; Hampton Mayor Donnie R.
Tuck; Hampton Economic Development Director Chuck Rigney Sr., and
Rob Brown, president of Robert Brown & Associates.
The first 22,000-square-foot building will be completed by the
end of this year. The main 135,000 square-foot-facility is planned
to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned
systems, defense and federal solutions, and nuclear and
environmental services. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia,
HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and
internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
- HII on YouTube: www.youtube.com/huntingtoningalls
- HII on Instagram: www.instagram.com/huntingtoningalls
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globally; changes in key estimates and assumptions regarding our
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cyber security threats, and related disruptions; and other risk
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