German Navy takes delivery of REMUS 100 UUVs December 21, 2020, by Naida Hakirevic
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered new REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the German Navy.
The vehicles will be used to expand the German Navy’s current fleet of REMUS 100 UUVs used for mine countermeasure (MCM) operations.
Photo: HII
According to HII, the new UUVs have advanced core electronics and endurance of up to 12 hours. Built on the REMUS Technology Platform, the vehicles are open architecture and have enhanced modularity. The German Navy previously acquired legacy REMUS 100 UUVs after extensive trials by the Federal Office of Defense Technology & Procurement. For the past seven years, the German Navy has been using these successfully for area search, debris field mapping, and topographic ocean floor mapping in water down to 100 meters. The UUVs are outfitted with side scan sonar, using sound to create images of
Huntington Ingalls names new COO, CFO
21 December 2020
by Marc Selinger
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has promoted chief financial officer (CFO) Christopher Kastner to the new position of chief operating officer (COO), giving him oversight of the company’s three operating divisions, the US shipbuilder announced on 18 December.
The aircraft carrier
John F Kennedy
(CVN 79) is among the ships that Huntington Ingalls Industries is building for the US Navy.
(Huntington Ingalls Industries)
HII said that Kastner will work closely with the presidents of the three divisions – Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding, and Technical Solutions – to “drive execution” on HII’s backlog, which recently set a record high.
By Ross Wilkers
Dec 21, 2020
Over the past two work days, a pair of the government market’s publicly-traded companies unveiled a series of promotions in their senior leadership ranks either in operational roles or on the board of directors.
Huntington Ingalls Industries has promoted its chief financial officer to a newly-created position and elevated a second executive to be the corporation’s next CFO.
The company said Friday that CFO Chris Kastner will become COO on Feb. 12, 2021, and be succeeded in that financial leadership role by Thomas Stiehle, who is CFO of the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding segment.
As COO, Kastner will work with the presidents of HII’s three segments to drive execution on the backlog. Kastner became CFO in March 2016 and his tenure has included the late 2016 standup of HII’s government services segment known as Technical Solutions, which has integrated three more acquisitions since.
HII Delivers REMUS 100 to the German Navy
New REMUS 100 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles delivered by Huntington Ingalls Industries to the German Navy will be used for mine countermeasure operations. HII photo
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) delivereda new REMUS 100 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) to the German Navy. The vehicles will be used to expand the German Navy’s current fleet of REMUS 100 UUVs used for mine countermeasure (MCM) operations.
The new REMUS 100 UUVs have advanced core electronics and endurance of up to 12 hours. Built on the REMUS Technology Platform, the vehicles are open architecture and have enhanced modularity.
“We value our ongoing partnership with the German Navy and are proud to help enhance their national security capabilities,” said Duane Fotheringham, president of Technical Solutions’ Unmanned Systems business group. “Their new REMUS 100s will provide the latest technology to assist them in conducting their MCM operations.”
Christopher D. Kastner (L) and Tom Stiehle
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said today that Christopher Kastner, executive vice president and HII’s chief financial officer, has been promoted to a new position of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Additionally, Thomas Stiehle, vice president and HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division CFO, has been promoted to executive vice president and CFO and will replace Kastner. Both Kastner and Stiehle will report directly to HII President and CEO Mike Petters. The changes are effective February 12, 2021.
“These changes are being made to signal our continued and strong commitment to performance and execution, to better reflect the business dynamics associated with our historic $45 billion backlog, and in recognition of the importance of the Navy’s new long-range shipbuilding plan,” Petters said. “Chris brings a deep understanding of our business that will enable him to make positive impacts immediately. Tom is th