Huntington Ingalls Industries is investing $1.8B in its East Coast and Gulf Coast shipyards through 2020 to help grow the Navy’s targeted-growth of 355 ships. The investment will pay for digital technologies to streamline traditional heavy labor, such as welding steel and cable installation. Some $850M of its investment is likely going to Newport News, Va., and $950M to Ingalls in Pascagoula, Miss. The Mississippi yard builds destroyers, amphibious ships and the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter. (Source: Breaking Defense, 04/04/18)
