HII Breaks Ground On New Facility

By Marjorie Censer / June 22, 2015 at 4:47 PM

Huntington Ingalls' Newport News Shipbuilding division today broke ground on a new Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility, which the company said will help build aircraft carriers and submarines.

The facility, set to open in 2017, is intended to improve construction efficiencies for existing contracts for the Ford-class aircraft carrier and Virginia-class submarine programs.

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