HII to Overhaul USS Harry S. Truman Aircraft Carrier
HII has been awarded a contract to overhaul and refuel the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).
HII News
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
U.S. Navy Prepares for Small UUVs
U.S. Navy awards HII a $347 Million contract to build nine small UUVs with potential for up to 200 more.
Navy / Maritime
Modernisation
Weapon / Missile
US Destroyer Zumwalt to Integrate Hypersonic Missiles
The US Navy awarded HII a contract modification valued at $154.8 million for modernising the Zumwalt (DDG 1000) destroyer.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
New U.S. Underwater Drone Unveils
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) unveiled a new unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). The system is named “REMUS 620”.
Navy / Maritime
2.4 Billion USD Contract for LHA 9
The United States Navy continue to make new ship investments. The force changed many concepts and doctrines for amphibious operations.
Navy / Maritime
Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Flight IIA Destroyer Completed Trials
HII announced that it completed acceptance trials for Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123).
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Britain Acquires Additional REMUS UUVs
U.S. defence company HII announced the delivery of three REMUS 100 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) to the Royal Navy.
Navy / Maritime
HII Lays Keel of Future USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier
HII celebrated the ceremonial keel-laying of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80) at its Newport News Shipbuilding division on August 27 2022.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
