HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Hosts Shipyard Update for Elected and Community Leaders
November 30 2023 - 7:30PM
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division today hosted a
shipyard update briefing for state and local elected officials and
community leaders.
The breakfast and briefing, held in Newport News, brought
together public officials from the Virginia Governor’s office,
Virginia General Assembly and local municipalities that surround
the shipyard, as well as community leaders and Navy
representatives, to build connections and identify new
opportunities to collaborate to support important national security
work underway at Virginia’s largest industrial employer.
Attendees received briefings on shipbuilding programs at NNS and
workforce development efforts in the region that have resulted from
strong partnerships with the U.S. Navy and their Submarine
Industrial Base office, commonwealth of Virginia, Department of
Labor, Hampton Roads Workforce Council and individual training
providers. One example that was highlighted was the establishment
of the Hampton Roads Regional Workforce Training System that is
coordinating and integrating workforce training within a 100-mile
radius of Hampton Roads to meet the needs of NNS, its suppliers and
the broader maritime industry.
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
https://hii.com/news/hii-newport-news-shipbuilding-elected-community-leaders-breakfast-2023.
“Today our industry benefits from numerous trades training and
career awareness programs that originated from partnerships with
organizations represented in this room,” NNS President Jennifer
Boykin said. “We need to collaborate more to create the systems
that will allow us to train our next generation of shipbuilders. To
build great ships and invest in the facilities and capabilities
needed to sustain our nearly 138-year-old company for another
century, it will take all of us working together. Our mission to
support our United States Navy with the world’s best
nuclear-powered ships directly impacts all of us: our community,
our commonwealth and our national defense.”
NNS is on track to hire approximately 3,000 skilled trade
positions by the end of this year to meet the Navy’s shipbuilding
needs and anticipates hiring nearly 19,000 people within the next
decade as it continues its support of the Navy’s mission.
“To meet our hiring demand, we must leverage partnerships at all
levels of the community and government,” said Xavier Beale, NNS
vice president of human resources. “Today’s breakfast was an
opportunity to do that — capitalizing on existing partnerships and
establishing new ones — bringing partners together to highlight our
needs, how they can help, and why it is critical for national
security. Only by working together can we meet our commitments to
the Navy and to our country.”
With more than 25,000 employees, NNS is the nation’s sole
designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers
and one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building
nuclear-powered submarines for the U.S. Navy.
To learn more about career opportunities at HII, visit
https://hii.com/careers/.
About HII
HII is a global, all-domain defense provider. HII’s mission is
to deliver the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain solutions
in service of the nation, creating the advantage for our customers
to protect peace and freedom around the world.
As the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, and with a more
than 135-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII
delivers critical capabilities extending from ships to unmanned
systems, cyber, ISR, AI/ML and synthetic training. Headquartered in
Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong. For more information,
visit:
- HII on the web: https://www.HII.com/
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Contact: Todd CorilloTodd.T.Corillo@hii-co.com(757) 688-3220
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/8615e42e-cb6d-4d71-af40-149b61c96600
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