Naval Sea Systems Command

HII Connects Sea-Air-Space Expo 2024 Attendees; Highlights Strides at the Intersection of Platforms, Technologies and People

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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Attendees of the three-day expo will be encouraged to learn about HII’s platforms, technologies, and solutions that support HII’s growing strength as the nation’s largest shipbuilder and global all-domain technologies and solutions provider.

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  • Attendees of the three-day expo will be encouraged to learn about HII’s platforms, technologies, and solutions that support HII’s growing strength as the nation’s largest shipbuilder and global all-domain technologies and solutions provider.
  • HII is sponsoring access to free Wi-Fi service at Sea-Air-Space Expo 2024, addressing a widely shared communications gap at the event.
  • As the expo’s Wi-Fi sponsor, HII is enabling seamless connectivity, real-time information access, and engagement for exhibitors and speakers.
  • HII encourages students to explore how they can gain an edge in their future through coursework and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

NOBLIS MSD NAMES JIM BROADWATER AS VICE PRESIDENT OF ITS NAVSEA DIVISION

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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Reston, Va., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noblis MSD, a Noblis subsidiary and leading provider of science, technology and engineering services to the Department of Defense, today named Jim Broadwater as vice president of its Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) division.

Key Points: 
  • Reston, Va., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noblis MSD, a Noblis subsidiary and leading provider of science, technology and engineering services to the Department of Defense, today named Jim Broadwater as vice president of its Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) division.
  • Reporting to Glenn Hickok , Noblis MSD president, Broadwater will expand the company’s NAVSEA strategy to bring additional digital engineering and breakthrough technologies to its U.S. Navy partners.
  • “Jim has deep domain knowledge and an unwavering commitment to innovation, operational excellence and fiscal responsibility,” said Hickok.
  • “Under his leadership, Noblis has delivered high-value transformational solutions and rapid prototypes that help our U.S. Navy partners advance mission readiness and competitive advantage.

SAIC Awarded $80 Million U.S. Navy Contract for Heavyweight Torpedo Tests Sets

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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“SAIC looks forward to expanding our support to the Navy’s heavyweight torpedo program,” said Barbara Supplee, executive vice president, Navy Business Group at SAIC.

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  • “SAIC looks forward to expanding our support to the Navy’s heavyweight torpedo program,” said Barbara Supplee, executive vice president, Navy Business Group at SAIC.
  • “This award further demonstrates the trust and confidence the Navy has placed on SAIC and our exceptional workforce’s heavyweight torpedo expertise.”
    Under the five-year contract, SAIC will provide MK 710 TSTS which will be used to test and validate the integrity and operational status of warshot MK 48 heavyweight torpedoes prior to delivery to the Navy.
  • The testing and validation of exercise torpedoes supports the training, tactics development and certification of torpedo upgrades for Navy.
  • SAIC is a leader in supporting the Navy’s heavyweight torpedo program providing MK 48 heavyweight torpedo Afterbody Tailcone and fuel tanks for warshot and exercise torpedoes for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

VTG Awarded $40M Aegis Combat Systems Modernization Task Order from NSWC Port Hueneme

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Thursday, January 4, 2024
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CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- VTG , an industry-leading provider of modernization and digital transformation solutions to Defense and Intelligence Community customers, announced today that it has been awarded a $40 million task order to provide Infrastructure-as-a-Service for the Navy's Aegis Combat System.

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  • CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- VTG , an industry-leading provider of modernization and digital transformation solutions to Defense and Intelligence Community customers, announced today that it has been awarded a $40 million task order to provide Infrastructure-as-a-Service for the Navy's Aegis Combat System.
  • The TI16 program is the Navy's enterprise approach to modernizing combat systems across the surface fleet, including all cruisers, destroyers, aircraft carriers, and amphibious ships.
  • TI16 enables the Navy to introduce the latest commercial-off-the-shelf technologies and open architecture designs into its suite of advanced combat systems.
  • "VTG enjoys a strong partnership with NSWC Port Hueneme, the Navy's center of excellence for warfare systems, and we're excited to expand our scope of support to the Aegis modernization effort," said John Hassoun , VTG president and CEO.

New Defense Department Program Aims to Transform U.S. Metal Manufacturing in Casting and Forging Industry

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Monday, December 11, 2023
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation® (IACMI), in partnership with the Department of Defense's (DoD) Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program, announced today a national workforce initiative to help meet essential U.S defense needs in the casting and forging industry. The multi-year agreement between DoD and IACMI is already underway to develop curriculum for a series of stackable training opportunities in the metals industry that focus on the development of trades and engineering labor in the metals industry. The announcement came as the 2023 Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) kicked off in Nashville.

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  • The new Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program aims to transform the U.S. metal manufacturing workforce in the castings and forging industry by developing a national training network to sustain and bolster the base metals workforce through 2050.
  • IACMI will engage world-renowned metallurgical and industry experts and educational institutions to develop a core METAL program curriculum and training methods in early 2024.
  • In its testbed phase, this curriculum will focus on traditional base metal processes, like casting, forging, and plate production.
  • "Our goal for METAL is to ensure the nation's metal manufacturing workforce is a source of strategic and competitive advantage for the United States."

Sopheon CEO Greg Coticchia Honored as C-Suite Leader

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sopheon , the InnovationOps software company, today announced that the Pittsburgh Business Times has named CEO Greg Coticchia one of its C-Suite Award recipients.

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  • PITTSBURGH, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sopheon , the InnovationOps software company, today announced that the Pittsburgh Business Times has named CEO Greg Coticchia one of its C-Suite Award recipients.
  • Coticchia has led Sopheon through a significant company-wide transformation in just over two years.
  • Coticchia led the charge to shift Sopheon’s corporate mindset from solely an enterprise software and services leader to a well-rounded, cloud-native, product-led company.
  • Coticchia also innovated the Sopheon go-to-market philosophy by launching a product-led growth (PLG) initiative, combining it with existing sales-led growth (SLG) initiatives for a modern hybrid approach.

APTIM Completes the Dismantlement & Disposal of the SSSB

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Thursday, October 26, 2023
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The SSSB received, held, and prepared previously used reactor components designated for ship-out or reuse.

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  • The SSSB received, held, and prepared previously used reactor components designated for ship-out or reuse.
  • APTIM took possession of the SSSB in Virginia and towed it 1,500 nautical miles on a heavy lift barge to Alabama, where it was removed from the water and placed on blocks for dismantlement.
  • APTIM received approval from NAVSEA based on an NRC technical review and recommendation to release the site.
  • The final report and contract closeout are expected to be completed at the end of October.

HII to Provide Readiness and Training Software Development Support for the U.S. Navy

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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division was awarded a $134 million contract to provide readiness and training software development support for the U.S. Navy.

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  • MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division was awarded a $134 million contract to provide readiness and training software development support for the U.S. Navy.
  • “Realistic training scenarios help prepare warfighters for any situation,” said Glenn Goodman, president of Mission Technologies’ LVC Solutions business group.
  • “For more than 20 years, that has been the foundation of HII’s live, virtual and constructive training systems.
  • In addition to this contract, HII was recently awarded the NSWCDD $242 million shore-based training, engineering and development support (SBEDS) contract.

HII is Awarded $347 Million U.S. Navy Lionfish Small UUV Contract

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was awarded a contract to build nine small unmanned undersea vehicles (SUUV) for the U.S. Navy’s Lionfish System program.

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  • MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was awarded a contract to build nine small unmanned undersea vehicles (SUUV) for the U.S. Navy’s Lionfish System program.
  • The contract has the potential to grow to as many as 200 vehicles over the next five years with a total value of more than $347 million.
  • The Lionfish System, based on HII's REMUS 300, is a highly portable, two-person SUUV with an open architecture design and versatile payload options.
  • Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including UUVs and unmanned surface vessels (USV).

HII Partners to Advance Additive Manufacturing on a Virginia-Class Submarine

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Monday, September 25, 2023
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The companies have focused on the availability and deployment of marine-based alloys, such as copper-nickel, to provide an alternative to traditional copper-nickel castings.

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  • The companies have focused on the availability and deployment of marine-based alloys, such as copper-nickel, to provide an alternative to traditional copper-nickel castings.
  • Working with shipbuilding partner GDEB, and supplier AMMCON on the model and proof of concept, NNS successfully created a copper-nickel deck drain part using additive manufacturing.
  • “This collaborative project leverages authorizations made by the Navy that streamline requirements for low-risk additive manufacturing parts.
  • It is possible due to the foresight and longer-term development efforts by our engineers to deploy additive manufacturing marine alloys for shipbuilding.”
    Photos accompanying this release are available at: https://hii.com/news/hii-additive-manufacturing-virginia-class-submarine... .