Photo Release — Huntington Ingalls Industries Announces New Vice President of Quality and Engineering at Ingalls Shipbuildi...
May 27 2021 - 4:30PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division announced today that Brian Blanchette has been promoted to
vice president of quality and engineering.
Blanchette will be responsible for the management and oversight
of the division’s quality program as well as all ship design,
engineering, integrated logistics support and planning yard
engineering efforts. He will relieve Dave Belanger upon his
retirement in July.
“Throughout his 25-year career at Ingalls, Brian has served in a
variety of diverse roles and has demonstrated a strong commitment
to excellence,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson said.
“Brian’s focus on performance will remain an asset to our
operations, and we are pleased to welcome him to the leadership
team.”
Blanchette served most recently as Ingalls’ director of
technical and design engineering, where he led the execution of
design efforts for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight III
destroyers, amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8), as well
as San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks Fort Lauderdale
(LPD 28), Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) and Harrisburg (LPD 30).
He has been a leader in his field across all classes of
Ingalls-built ships during construction. Blanchette previously held
positions in business development supporting multiple international
programs, served as ship program manager for Ralph Johnson (DDG
114) and served as ship design manager for various platforms.
Blanchette earned a Bachelor of Science in naval architecture and
marine engineering from the University of Michigan.
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file/brian-blanchette.
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 41,000 people operating both domestically and
internationally. For more information, please visit
www.huntingtoningalls.com.
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Contact:
Teckie Hinkebeinteckie.hinkebein@hii-co.com(228) 935-1323
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