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HQ Newport News, United StatesFounded 2011HII

U.S. shipbuilder and defense prime; makes the REMUS family of unmanned underwater vehicles.

Website

Products3

Odyssey

HII autonomy software suite for crewed and uncrewed vehicles in any domain.

Limited fielding
Unveiled
Apr 4, 2022

ROMULUS-25

HII 27-foot autonomous high-speed interceptor USV that runs the Odyssey autonomy suite.

Prototype
First delivery
Dec 2025

Newest unveiled first. Open a product for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Technologies1

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Government awards & programs7 awards · $547M obligated · up to $11.61B ceiling · 1 program

Awards received7

  • MUSV Phase I follow-on production: 10 vessels
    Sep 29, 2026 · Production OTA
    Confirmed
    Undisclosed
  • Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel production OTA (10 vessels)
    Sep 29, 2026 · Production OTA
    Confirmed
    Undisclosed
  • USS Harry S. Truman refueling and complex overhaul
    Sep 29, 2026 · Contract
    Confirmed
    Up to $5.18B
    Ceiling
  • FF(X) frigate lead yard support
    Apr 28, 2026 · Contract
    Confirmed
    $80.6M
    Obligated · up to $283M ceiling
  • Open-architecture high-energy laser prototype for Army RCCTO
    Mar 24, 2025 · OTA
    Confirmed
    Undisclosed
  • Three LPD Flight II amphibious transport docks (LPD 33, 34, 35)
    Sep 24, 2024 · Contract
    Confirmed
    $450M
    Obligated · up to $5.80B ceiling
  • Lionfish small UUV production, training and engineering support
    Sep 28, 2023 · Contract
    Confirmed
    $16.2M
    Obligated · up to $348M ceiling

Programs1

Obligated is what has been committed so far; ceiling is the most the award can reach. Joint values cover all recipients and are excluded from this company’s money totals.

Supply chain1 facility

Facilities1

  • HII Pocasset unmanned systems facility
    Factory · Pocasset, Massachusetts, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed

Sources15

Profile2

  1. 1

    en.wikipedia.org · Supports Organization · founded year

    “HII was formed on 31 March 2011, as a [divestiture]”
  2. 2

    hii.com · Supports Organization · hq city

    “HII Corporate Headquarters 4101 Washington Ave Newport News, VA 23607”

Products4

  1. 3

    Naval News · May 15, 2026 · Supports System

    “The ROMULUS-25 is a 27-foot high-speed interceptor vessel designed to deliver up to 1,000 pounds of payload with a range of up to 1,000 nautical miles.”
  2. 4

    HII (GlobeNewswire) · Apr 4, 2022 · Supports System

    “Odyssey is currently integrated on naval prototypes under development and has been fielded for more than 6,000 hours on 23 vessel types.”
  3. 5

    Wikipedia · Supports Organization, Organization technology, System

    “Hydroid was acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in March 2020.”
  4. 6

    HII · Supports Organization, System, System · system input:lithium-ion-cells

    “HII’s REMUS unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) provide a proven, mission‑ready advantage across defense, research and commercial operations”

Government8

  1. 7

    Sep 30, 2026 · Supports Government award

    “Galliano Marine Services, HII and Saronic Technologies were each awarded other transaction agreements to produce 10 MUSVs”
  2. 8

    Sep 29, 2026 · Supports Government award

    “has been awarded a $5,099,973,132 contract for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH)”
  3. 9

    Sep 29, 2026 · Supports Government award

    “Production Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements were awarded to Galliano Marine Services, HII, and Saronic Technologies following successful at sea testing.”
  4. 10

    U.S. Navy · Sep 29, 2026 · Supports Government award

    “Production Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements were awarded to Galliano Marine Services, HII, and Saronic Technologies following successful at sea testing. Each agreement includes the procurement of 10 MUSVs, at an average procurement cost of $40,000,000 per vessel.”
  5. 11

    U.S. Department of War · Apr 28, 2026 · Supports Government award

    “Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is being awarded a $282,885,933 cost-plus-award-fee contract for FF(X) class frigate lead yard support.”
  6. 12

    HII · Mar 24, 2025 · Supports Government award

    “HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was selected to develop an open architecture High-Energy Laser (HEL) weapon system for the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO).”
  7. 13

    U.S. Department of War · Sep 24, 2024 · Supports Government award

    “Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $5,798,767,376 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract for detail, design, and construction (DD&C) of three amphibious transport dock ships (LPD) Flight II (LPD 33, LPD 34, and LPD 35).”
  8. 14

    U.S. Department of War · Sep 28, 2023 · Supports Government award, Government award · ceiling usd

    “Huntington Ingalls Industries, Unmanned Systems, Pocasset, Massachusetts, is awarded a $19,826,155 firm-fixed-price contract for Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle production, training, and engineering support.”

Supply chain1

  1. 15

    HII · Jan 7, 2026 · Supports Facility

    “As 2025 came to an end, HII engineers and technicians in Pocasset, Massachusetts, celebrated the completion of production of the 42nd Lionfish small unmanned underwater vehicle (SUUV) for the U.S. Navy.”

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