Highlights
Newport News Shipbuilding (formerly Northrop Grumman Newport News), a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has designed, built, overhauled and repaired a wide variety of ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers for more than a century. The Newport News, Virginia, shipyard is Hampton Roads' largest private employer, with more than 21,000 workers, many of whom are third and fourth generation shipbuilders. It is the nation's sole maker of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of two submarine builders. Today, the shipyard is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nu...
Newport News Shipbuilding (formerly Northrop Grumman Newport News), a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has designed, built, overhauled and repaired a wide variety of ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers for more than a century. The Newport News, Virginia, shipyard is Hampton Roads' largest private employer, with more than 21,000 workers, many of whom are third and fourth generation shipbuilders. It is the nation's sole maker of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of two submarine builders. Today, the shipyard is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. The company also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels.
Displaying items 1-12 of 65
» View latimes.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
•
Next >
-
Obama rejects GOP call to appropriate sequester cuts
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- President Obama rejected Republican suggestions Tuesday that he should have more power to carry out $85 billion in pending budget cuts, and instead urged Congress to work out a better solution that involves raising revenue through...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Shipbuilding, U.S. Senate, Budgets and Budgeting, White House
-
For 2013 Daily Press poet laureate, love sparked the desire to write
Allen M. Weber says he hadn't thought about becoming a poet until he fell in love with one. The winner of the 2013 Daily Press poetry contest, Weber lives in Hampton and works at Newport News Shipbuilding where he teaches radiation safety. His...
Tags: Shipbuilding, Entertainment Events, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Ghent, LifeOne Incorporated
-
Firebirds' Jackson ready for unique opportunity
The Wilson Daily Times, N.C.Desmon Jackson will play college football as a freshman next fall, like thousands of other young men across the nation. But the soon-to-be Southern Nash High graduate will be in a unique place of learning -- and one that will pay dividends immediately....Tags: Shipbuilding, Football, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big East Conference
-
USS Theodore Roosevelt: Two hour move in two minutes
Newport News Shipbuilding turned the USS Theodore Roosevelt outside Pier 3 to continue ongoing work on the ship at the Newport News, Va., shipyard.Tags: Shipbuilding, Theodore Roosevelt, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Manufacturing and Engineering
-
George Williams was shocked when told he had breast cancer
Wherever George Williams goes so does his blue folder. Papers are tucked in neatly while other pages sneak out the edges. The folder is slightly worn and contains copies of his medical records for those skeptics who question his medical history. "Are...
Tags: Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, YMCA, Shipbuilding, Chemotherapy
-
BRIEF: Fortune 500: Smithfield Foods tops local companies
The Virginian-PilotIn the latest annual Fortune 500, out last week, Smithfield Foods Inc. ranks highest, at 213th, among four Hampton Roads-based companies on the list. Norfolk Southern Corp. comes in at 247th, Dollar Tree Inc. at 346th and Huntington Ingalls Industries...Tags: Smithfield, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Hampton Roads, Smithfield Foods
-
NN Shipbuilding receives $60.8 million for Kennedy carrier
Newport News Shipbuilding received $60.8 million to buy materials for the construction of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy. The money is part of a pre-construction contract, which includes engineering work, that the Navy announced on Monday was...
Tags: Science and Technology, Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering
-
Huntington Ingalls' 1st-quarter profit jumps 33 percent
The Virginian-PilotHuntington Ingalls Industries Inc., the parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding, reported first-quarter 2013 profit of $44 million on Wednesday, up 33 percent from $33 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Earnings per share were 87 cents...Tags: Shipbuilding, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Manufacturing and Engineering
-
Shipyard increasingly profitable for first quarter of 2013
Daily PressRevenue at the shipyard's parent company, Huntington Ingalls Industry, was flat in first-quarter 2013 earnings report released Wednesday, but earnings per share was a penny better than Wall Street estimates. Revenues at the company – the owner...Tags: Earnings, Shipbuilding, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Car Safety Tips and Advice
-
Ford's structure complete after last "puzzle piece"
If the hull of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is a massive jigsaw puzzle – a metaphor sometimes employed by its shipbuilders – then the forward end of the catapult is like a corner piece. On Tuesday, a crane operator at Newport News...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Shipbuilding, New Products, Gerald Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering
-
Ford launch moved back from July to November
The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will be launched in November as opposed to July as was originally set in a contract between the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding, a Navy official said. "We have agreed to push back the launch of CVN 78 (the Ford's...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Shipbuilding, Gerald Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering
-
NN Shipbuilding's carrier launch delay won't increase cost
The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is rescheduled for a launch in November instead of July as originally planned, the Daily Press reported. The Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding had originally planned for a July launch but more time is needed to build...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Shipbuilding, Aircraft Carriers, Gerald Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering
Feb 26, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 19, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 18, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 17, 2013
|Story| Daily Press
May 16, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 12, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 7, 2013
|Story| Daily Press
May 9, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 9, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 8, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 7, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 7, 2013
|Story| Daily Press
Original site for Newport News Shipbuilding topic gallery.
