NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Newport News Industrial Corp. (NNI) subsidiary has been awarded four subcontracts by The Shaw Group for fabrication work in the construction of four commercial nuclear power units.
"These awards represent a significant achievement for our company as we look to continue expanding into the commercial energy industry," said Matt Mulherin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding, which oversees NNI operations. "We appreciate Shaw's confidence in NNI and look forward to a productive partnership."
NNI will fabricate, assemble, inspect, transport and deliver shield building wall panels to the Vogtle units 3 and 4 project in Georgia and the V.C. Summer nuclear construction site in South Carolina.
NNI provides fabrication, construction, equipment repair, technical services and innovative products to the energy and petrochemical industries as well as government customers.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe. For more than a century, HII has built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. Employing nearly 38,000 in Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and California, its primary business divisions are Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding. For more information, visit:
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