HII Co-Hosts Acceleration Summit & Manufacturing Showcase at Newport News Shipbuilding
21 Marzo 2024 - 7:00PM
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division partnered with
the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) to co-host an
Acceleration Summit: Technology Showcase this week in Newport News.
The event, that concluded today, brought together industry and
academic partners to share potential innovations in technology to
support best practices for construction and maintenance activities
in shipbuilding. More than 500 people from 26 organizations
participated.
“Innovation is a key enabler to our shipyard transformation
efforts, and we are constantly looking for ways to improve our
operations to make it safer and more efficient for our
shipbuilders,” said Matt Needy, NNS vice president and chief
transformation officer. “The purpose of this event was to bring
together industry leaders and partners like 3M, Lincoln Electric,
Fastenal, and Blast One, key regional suppliers, and other public
and private shipyards to find solutions to accelerate our
collective performance. I look forward to seeing how quickly we can
unlock the potential in the technology we saw this week.”
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
https://hii.com/news/hii-acceleration-summit-manufacturing-showcase-newport-news-shipbuilding/.
“We are so appreciative that Newport News
Shipbuilding provided this opportunity to bring together so many
maintenance and sustainment professionals to this event,” said
Debbie Lilu, NCMS vice president, maintenance and sustainment, and
business development. “I am confident that this showcase introduced
talented leaders and artisans to technologies that will advance the
Navy’s strategic readiness.”
As Virginia’s largest industrial employer, 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.
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/
- HII on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamHII
- HII on X: https://www.twitter.com/WeAreHII
- HII on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WeAreHII
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/3b56a26e-6dc6-4b50-ac51-6c315d72e220
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