Huntington Ingalls Industries said today that it’s buying Panama City, Fla.’s Engineering Solutions Division of The Columbia Group, a designer and builder of unmanned underwater vehicles for domestic and international customers. As a previous stand-alone division within The Columbia Group, ESD employs some 30 engineers, analysts, craftsmen and technicians. ESD will operate as the Undersea Solutions Group, a subsidiary of HII, and will report to Newport News (Va.) Shipbuilding’s Submarine and Fleet Support division. (Source: HII, 01/30/15) HII’s Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula builds surface ships for the U.S. Navy, and the National Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard.