US military shipbuilder Ingalls Shipbuilding, part of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), has started the fabrication of Legend-class national security cutter Friedman (NSC 11).
Posted On May 12, 2021
Huntington Ingalls Industries, the parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding, reported first-quarter 2021 revenues of $2.3 billion, up less than 1 percent from the same period in 2020.
Operating income in the quarter was $147 million and operating margin was 6.5 percent, compared to $215 million and 9.5 percent, respectively, in the first quarter of 2020.
The decreases in operating income and operating margin were primarily the result of a less favorable operating FAS/CAS adjustment, partially offset by stronger segment operating results compared to the prior year, a release stated.
Segment operating income in the quarter was $191 million and segment operating margin was 8.4 percent, compared to $156 million and 6.9 percent, respectively, in the first quarter of 2020. The increases in segment operating income and segment operating margin were primarily the result of higher risk retirement at Ingalls Shipbuilding and improved performance at Technical Solut
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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King spoke of the cooperative, motivated BIW workforce they saw while touring the shipyard Monday. Kathleen O Brien / The Times Record
The Navy’s senior military officer lauded Bath Iron Works for being on track to produce two ships per year by the end of 2021, hitting a milestone despite suffering significant production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a nine-week strike last summer.
“That’s a very strong trajectory for Bath Iron Works and it’s not without a lot of hard work, during a pandemic, to get to that point,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Monday after touring the Bath shipyard.
Navy chief says BIW on track for increased ship production
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Bath Iron Works is on track to build two ships per year.
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The Navy’s senior military officer lauded Bath Iron Works for being on track to produce two ships per year by the end of 2021, hitting a milestone despite suffering significant production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a nine-week strike last summer.
“That’s a very strong trajectory for Bath Iron Works and it’s not without a lot of hard work, during a pandemic, to get to that point,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Monday after touring the Bath shipyard.
UNM-Los Alamos Student Althea Denlinger Receives Danny Nichols Memorial Scholarship
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From an early age, Althea Denlinger knew that she wanted to learn more about computers. She loved playing computer games and wondered about how they work. She and her brother built a desktop together at home.
After moving to Los Alamos from Pittsburgh, Denlinger worked at Hot Rocks Café and made the effort to talk with the computer scientists that came in as customers. She got to know a few, asked them questions, and was inspired to hear about the work that they were doing at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).