HII CEO Tours Company Operations in Hawaii and Meets with Military and Civilian Leaders
August 16 2022 - 12:30PM
Chris Kastner, president and CEO of global defense technologies
provider HII (NYSE:HII), toured company facilities in Hawaii this
week and met with customers, workforce partners and HII employees
as the company continues to expand its role providing integrated
solutions that enable a connected, all-domain force.
“Hawaii and the state’s workforce are essential to national
security, and to the future of joint all-domain command and
control,” Kastner said. “I am proud of HII’s longstanding presence
in this state, our technologies and teams here, and our trusted
relationships with partners who are driving this strategic
direction on behalf of our national defense.”
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
https://hii.com/news/hii-kastner-hawaii-mission-technologies-2022.
Through its Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding
divisions, HII has built 70% of the U.S. Navy ships that are
homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. HII has one of the
biggest footprints in Hawaii of any large defense contractor with
several facilities in Hawaii, and a team of several hundred
analysts, engineers, cyber specialists, and fleet maintenance
specialists across the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of
operations. Through Mission Technologies, HII is designing and
developing sensors, systems and solutions that enable coordinated
use of distributed assets — ships, aircraft, satellites, personnel
— across large geographic regions to collect and share intelligence
from all domains.
HII is also working with national, state and local officials on
plans to expand the company’s investment in workforce development
and enhanced capabilities in Hawaii. HII is growing its internship
program with the University of Hawaii and on Monday, Kastner met
with David Lassner, president of the University of Hawaii, and
Michael Bruno, provost of the University of Hawaii.
“HII is a workforce development company, in Hawaii and every
state,” Kastner said. “We support our supplier small businesses and
work hard to develop skills to advance the nation’s critical
infrastructure. I am always glad to meet our emerging cyber and
other talent to build the pipeline needed to support U.S. national
security in the future.”
In recent weeks, HII announced nearly $1 billion in new
contracts to support U.S. Department of Defense agencies in
delivering critical integrated technology services to counter and
deter current and emerging global threats.
Mission Technologies is the fastest growing segment of HII’s
portfolio and a quarter of the company’s revenue with a $26 billion
pipeline of qualified business in 2022. Mission Technologies
includes C5ISR systems and operations; the application of
artificial intelligence and machine learning to battlefield
decisions; defensive and offensive cyberspace strategies and
electronic warfare; unmanned, autonomous systems; live, virtual,
constructive training and simulation solutions; and platform
modernization.
HII Facts
- HII has built 70% of U.S. Navy ships homeported at Joint Base
Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
- The largest producer of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUV)
globally and small UUV program of record for the U.S. Navy
- Largest data platform provider for U.S. Army
- Fourth largest artificial intelligence/machine learning federal
contractor
- Largest in live, virtual, constructive training and simulation
solutions for U.S. Navy
- Number 11 among large companies on list of Forbes’ America's
Best Employers for 2022, HII’s ranking represents biggest jump of
any large company on list, rising from number 387 last year. HII is
also only aerospace and defense company in the list’s top 40.
About HII
HII is an all-domain defense and technologies partner,
recognized worldwide as America’s largest shipbuilder. With a
135-year history of trusted partnerships in advancing U.S. national
security, HII delivers critical capabilities ranging from the most
powerful and survivable naval ships ever built, to unmanned
systems, ISR and AI/ML analytics. HII leads the industry in
mission-driven solutions that support and enable an all-domain
force. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s skilled workforce is 44,000
strong. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: https://www.HII.com/
- HII on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamHII
- HII on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/WeAreHII
- HII on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WeAreHII
Contact:
Greg McCarthygregory.j.mccarthy@hii-co.com(202)
264-7126
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/baefbcbd-a64b-4a24-8d10-e135013a8336
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