American shipyard moves to become seapower integrator

American shipyard moves to become seapower integrator

Huntington Ingalls Industries has outlined a significant shift in how it sees its role in supporting the U.S. Navy, positioning itself as a broader integrator of crewed warships, autonomous systems and digital warfare capabilities, in addition to being a conventional shipbuilder. During a media briefing ahead of the Sea-Air-Space 2026 exposition, senior executives described a transition aligned with the Navy’s evolving “hedge strategy”, which ce…