Huntington Ingalls Industries Completes First Phase of Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence Campus
January 11 2021 - 9:00AM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has completed the first
phase of its Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence with the
construction of a 22,000-square-foot facility.
The first of two planned buildings on the 20-acre campus in
Hampton, Virginia will be used to assemble hull structures for
Boeing’s Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program
for the U.S. Navy.
“We are thrilled to reach this critical milestone with the
development of our Center of Excellence campus,” said Andy Green,
executive vice president of HII and president of HII’s Technical
Solutions division. “Opening this initial facility immediately
expands our unmanned systems capability and helps support the
increasing needs of our customers who defend our national
security.”
Construction began in September 2020, following a
ground-breaking event with special guests, including Gov. Ralph
Northam and other state and local government officials.
Structural development of the main facility, a
135,000-square-foot building, is scheduled to be complete by the
end of 2021. The purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility will be
used for unmanned systems prototyping, production and testing.
“HII has made significant investments in the unmanned systems
industry during the last year, including this Center of
Excellence,” said Duane Fotheringham, president of Technical
Solutions’ Unmanned Systems business group. “This facility
solidifies HII’s commitment to advancing development of unmanned
systems for our current and future customers.”
HII partnered with the Virginia Economic Development
Partnership, the city of Hampton and the Hampton Roads Alliance to
secure the project. More than 250 high quality jobs will be created
to support unmanned systems design and production at the facility.
Employees began working in the first building on Dec. 28, 2020.
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:
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Contact:
Beci BrentonBeci.Brenton@hii-co.com(202) 264-7143
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