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HQ Newport NewsFounded 201110000+ employeesHII

Huntington Ingalls Industries, branded HII, builds naval ships and provides defense technology and fleet support through three divisions: Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Mission Technologies.

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About HII

Newport News builds and maintains nuclear-powered carriers and participates in submarine construction; Ingalls builds surface combatants and amphibious ships. Mission Technologies adds C5ISR, artificial intelligence, cyber and electronic warfare, autonomous systems, live-virtual-constructive training, fleet modernization and nuclear operations. HII combines shipyard production with services, systems integration and unmanned maritime platforms. Its Mission Technologies unmanned-systems production campus in Pocasset, Massachusetts expanded by 10,000 square feet in 2026 to support REMUS underwater vehicles and ROMULUS surface vessels; the company also expanded its unmanned facility in Portchester, United Kingdom, to support European customers and mission services. Corporate headquarters and Newport News Shipbuilding are in Newport News, Virginia; Ingalls is in Pascagoula, Mississippi; Mission Technologies is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Federal Prime Contracts$135.20B obligated · FY2008–FY2027

Obligated
$135.20B
FY2008–FY2027
Contract actions
76,138
7,256 awards
Peak year
FY2023
$11.08B
Top buyer
U.S. Navy
85% of obligations
Obligations by fiscal yearLast 5 full years avg $8.43BFaded: FY2026 so far; DoD publishes actions about 90 days late.
FY2008: $7.24B · 3,365 actionsFY2009: $5.59B · 4,056 actionsFY2010: $2.74B · 3,939 actionsFY2011: $7.29B · 5,575 actionsFY2012: $6.55B · 4,784 actionsFY2013: $6.72B · 5,305 actionsFY2014: $5.26B · 4,620 actionsFY2015: $4.02B · 3,780 actionsFY2016: $4.90B · 3,868 actionsFY2017: $7.93B · 4,147 actionsFY2018: $8.16B · 4,407 actionsFY2019: $8.39B · 3,786 actionsFY2020: $8.86B · 3,422 actionsFY2021: $7.21B · 4,152 actionsFY2022: $6.29B · 4,163 actionsFY2023: $11.08B · 3,749 actionsFY2024: $6.66B · 2,962 actionsFY2025: $10.93B · 3,711 actionsFY2026 (to date): $9.39B · 2,346 actions
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Obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligatedActionsAwards
FY2026 (to date)$9.39B2,346458
FY2025$10.93B3,711630
FY2024$6.66B2,962639
FY2023$11.08B3,749718
FY2022$6.29B4,163667
FY2021$7.21B4,152680
FY2020$8.86B3,422656
FY2019$8.39B3,786850
FY2018$8.16B4,407925
FY2017$7.93B4,1471,002
FY2016$4.90B3,8681,043
FY2015$4.02B3,7801,152
FY2014$5.26B4,6201,103
FY2013$6.72B5,3051,187
FY2012$6.55B4,7841,127
FY2011$7.29B5,5751,915
FY2010$2.74B3,939559
FY2009$5.59B4,056555
FY2008$7.24B3,365433

Defense programs

  1. Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78)$28.73B 21%
  2. DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer$20.66B 15%
  3. San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock (LPD 17)$12.20B 9.0%
  4. LHA 6$11.37B 8.4%
  5. CVN 68$7.50B 5.5%
  6. DDG 1000$906M 0.7%
  7. AEGIS$246M 0.2%
  8. APACHE (AH-64A)$41.7M 0.0%
  9. Virginia-class submarine (SSN 774)$24.9M 0.0%
  10. ABRAMS M1A2 SEPV4$16.3M 0.0%
  11. AVIATION$12.2M 0.0%
  12. MDA SUPPORT$12.2M 0.0%
  13. CVN-69$11.1M 0.0%
  14. AH-64E NEW BUILD$7.4M 0.0%
  15. CCIC2S$4.9M 0.0%
  16. All other−$2.2M -0.0%

Only actions coded to a DoD acquisition program.

What they sell (PSC)

  1. Combat Ships and Landing Vessels$73.13B 54%
  2. Aircraft Carriers$15.50B 11%
  3. Amphibious Assault Ships$12.34B 9.1%
  4. Support- Professional: Other$5.02B 3.7%
  5. R&D- Other Research and Development (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$4.32B 3.2%
  6. Miscellaneous Vessels$4.27B 3.2%
  7. Support- Professional: Engineering/Technical$3.74B 2.8%
  8. Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment- Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons, and Floating Docks$2.48B 1.8%
  9. Destroyers$2.43B 1.8%
  10. National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Applied Research$2.22B 1.6%
  11. Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (West)$1.42B 1.0%
  12. Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (East)$1.38B 1.0%
  13. Modification of Equipment- Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons, and Floating Docks$1.14B 0.8%
  14. Support- Management: Logistics Support$1.09B 0.8%
  15. Support- Management: Other$311M 0.2%
  16. All other$4.41B 3.3%

Industry (NAICS)

  1. Ship Building and Repairing$111.20B 82%
  2. Engineering Services$10.48B 7.8%
  3. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$3.58B 2.6%
  4. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology)$3.47B 2.6%
  5. All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services$1.72B 1.3%
  6. Professional and Management Development Training$1.18B 0.9%
  7. Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services$947M 0.7%
  8. Boat Building$454M 0.3%
  9. Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance$384M 0.3%
  10. Custom Computer Programming Services$303M 0.2%
  11. All other$1.28B 1.0%

Where the work is done

  1. Virginia$62.42B 46%
  2. Mississippi$57.29B 42%
  3. California$2.90B 2.1%
  4. District of Columbia$2.11B 1.6%
  5. Illinois$1.76B 1.3%
  6. Outside the US$1.54B 1.1%
  7. Alabama$1.13B 0.8%
  8. Maryland$1.09B 0.8%
  9. Nevada$877M 0.6%
  10. Florida$603M 0.4%
  11. Ohio$508M 0.4%
  12. Louisiana$454M 0.3%
  13. Hawaii$383M 0.3%
  14. Indiana$359M 0.3%
  15. New York$296M 0.2%
  16. All other$1.49B 1.1%

Contract pricing

  1. Fixed Price Incentive$62.38B 46%
  2. Cost Plus Fixed Fee$36.12B 27%
  3. Cost Plus Incentive Fee$22.08B 16%
  4. Cost Plus Award Fee$9.39B 6.9%
  5. Firm Fixed Price$4.21B 3.1%
  6. Time and Materials$561M 0.4%
  7. Cost No Fee$249M 0.2%
  8. Labor Hours$117M 0.1%
  9. All other$101M 0.1%

Competition

  1. Not Competed$86.15B 64%
  2. Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources$24.80B 18%
  3. Full and Open Competition$23.82B 18%
  4. Not Available for Competition$365M 0.3%
  5. Competitive Delivery Order$40.2M 0.0%
  6. Competed Under SAP$19.2M 0.0%
  7. Not Competed Under SAP$8.1M 0.0%
  8. Non-Competitive Delivery Order$605K 0.0%
  9. All other−$241K -0.0%

Largest awards10

Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 9, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI. “Including subsidiaries” adds our listed subsidiaries (from their acquisition date, where known) and actions whose reported parent is this company.

Joint ventures

Counted separately: their awards are not included in HII's totals above.

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Programs1 program

Programs1

Systems3

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

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Capabilities5

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

Supply Chain4 facilities

Facilities4

  • Corporate headquarters
    Headquarters · Newport News, Virginia, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • Mission Technologies headquarters
    Headquarters · McLean, Virginia, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • HII Pocasset unmanned systems facility
    Factory · Pocasset, Massachusetts, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • Washington-area office
    Office · Arlington, Virginia, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed

Hiring Observations

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Sources16

Show all 16 sources and supporting evidence

Profile6

  1. 1

    en.wikipedia.org · Supports Organization · founded year

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

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “employee_range: 10000+ (profile: 10001+)”
  3. 3

    hii.com · Supports Organization · hq city

    “HII Corporate Headquarters 4101 Washington Ave Newport News, VA 23607”
  4. 4

    www.hii.com · Supports Organization

  5. 5

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url

    “employee_range: 10000+ (profile: 10,001+ employees)”
  6. 6

    Owler · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “employee_range: 10000+ (profile: 10,000 - 50,000)”

Systems4

  1. 7

    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. 8

    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. 9

    Wikipedia · Supports Organization, Organization technology, System

    “Hydroid was acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in March 2020.”
  4. 10

    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”

Technologies5

  1. 11

    Supports Facility, Organization, Organization technology

    “Arlington”
  2. 12

    Supports Organization, Organization technology

    “Kari Wilkinson is executive vice president of HII and president of the Newport News”
  3. 13

    General Dynamics Electric Boat · Supports Organization technology

    “Electric Boat and partner Huntington-Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) share construction of Virginia-class submarines in a teaming agreement, and together have delivered 22 Virginia-class ships since 2004.”
  4. 14

    HII · Supports Organization, Organization technology

    “HII is America's largest shipbuilder and a global, all-domain defense provider. With a more”
  5. 15

    HII · Supports Organization technology

    “Wilkinson has the responsibility to lead, enable and support the more than 26,000 shipbuilders who design, build and maintain nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered submarines.”

Supply chain1

  1. 16

    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.”

Government identifiers1

UEI
F9SDJAZFTLG6
confirmed · Checked Oct 10, 2026
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