MEDIA ADVISORY -- Huntington Ingalls Industries to Host U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Mark Warner at Newport News Shipbuilding


ADVISORY, Aug. 4, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What: U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and Mark Warner, D-Va., will hold
  a press conference following a tour of Newport News Shipbuilding.
   
When: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6
   
Where: Victory Landing Park behind the Virginia Advanced Shipbuilding and 
  Carrier Integration Center (VASCIC) building, located at 2401 West 
  Ave. in Newport News, Va.
   
  Parking will be reserved in the VASCIC parking deck, first floor, 
  immediate left, for media who RSVP.
   
RSVP:  Christie Miller, Huntington Ingalls Industries, (757) 380-3581
  Christine.Miller@hii-co.com
   
Please RSVP by noon on Tuesday, Aug. 5.

Huntington Ingalls Industries designs, builds and manages the life-cycle of the most complex nuclear- and conventionally powered ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. For more than a century, HII's Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII also provides engineering and project management services expertise to the commercial energy industry, the Department of Energy and other government customers. Headquartered in Newport News, Va., HII employs more than 39,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit: