HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was awarded a $458 million contract to modernize communications and information technology (IT) networks for the U.S. government that will enable rapid decision-making in the battlespace. Under the task order, HII will develop, assess and implement innovative technical solutions that will improve system hardening to potential cyber threats, introduce new capabilities and enable cloud migration. The enhancements will provide end users, including U.S. Department of Defense service components and the U.S. Special Operations Command, with IT services and solutions to support the warfighters. Through the communications and IT modernization effort, HII will use model-based systems engineering to focus on communication hardware prototyping, waveform development, mobile ad-hoc network aerial relay solutions, payloads and deployable communication kits.
“Equipping our warfighters with access to integrated ISR capabilities will help them to achieve information superiority in support of homeland defense and the protection of U.S. interests abroad,” said Todd Gentry, president of Mission Technologies’ C5ISR business group.
“We are honored by the customer’s trust in HII and our approach. As we advance their IT transformation goals, we are committed to delivering cutting-edge expertise and solutions that will have a direct, positive impact on our front-line warfighters,” said Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of Mission Technologies.
The team will also support spectrum and bandwidth management and will develop capabilities to modernize communications and data analytics at the tactical edge. HII was awarded the task order under the Department of Defense’s Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract (MAC) vehicle. These U.S. Department of Defense’s Information Analysis Center (IAC) Multiple Award Contract vehicle task orders are awarded by the U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron to develop and create new knowledge for the enhancement of the Defense Technical Information Center repository and the research and development and science and technology community. The task order has a five-year term.
HII is a global, all-domain defense provider. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) is the largest military shipbuilding company in the United States as well as a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. In April 2022, Huntington Ingalls Industries changed its branding name to HII. HII, ranked No. 375 on the Fortune 500, was formed on 31 March 2011, as a divestiture from Northrop Grumman. HII delivers critical capabilities extending from ships to unmanned systems, cyber, ISR, AI/ML and synthetic training. HII’s Newport News and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi, respectively, have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong.
