Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS),a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries,is the sole designer,builder,and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886,Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships,including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News,Virginia,its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km2).
The Virginia class,or the SSN-774 class,is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. The class is designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions,including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering operations. They are scheduled to replace older Los Angeles-class submarines,many of which have already been decommissioned. Virginia-class submarines will be acquired through 2043,and are expected to remain in service until at least 2060,with later submarines expected to operate into the 2070s.
Supercavitation is the use of a cavitation bubble to reduce skin friction drag on a submerged object and enable high speeds. Applications include torpedoes and propellers,but in theory,the technique could be extended to an entire underwater vessel.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense company. With 95,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion,it is one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers and military technology providers. The firm ranked No. 101 on the 2022 Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations.
The Northrop Grumman X-47 is a demonstration unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The X-47 began as part of DARPA's J-UCAS program,and is now part of the United States Navy's UCAS-D program to create a carrier-based unmanned aircraft. Unlike the Boeing X-45,initial Pegasus development was company-funded. The original vehicle carries the designation X-47A Pegasus,while the follow-on naval version is designated X-47B.
The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided-missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land attack. The class was designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support and secondary roles of surface warfare and anti-aircraft warfare. The class design emerged from the DD-21 "land attack destroyer" program as "DD(X)" and was intended to take the role of battleships in meeting a congressional mandate for naval fire support. The ship is designed around its two Advanced Gun Systems (AGS),turrets with 920 round magazines,and unique Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) ammunition. LRLAP procurement was canceled,rendering the guns unusable,so the Navy re-purposed the ships for surface warfare. Starting in 2023,the Navy will remove the AGS from the ships and replace them with hypersonic missiles.
USS New Mexico (SSN-779) is a Virginia-class nuclear powered fast-attack submarine of the United States Navy. She is the second U.S. warship named for the 47th state,after the early twentieth century super-dreadnought,USS New Mexico (BB-40).
Simon "Si" Ramo was an American engineer,businessman,and author. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). He also developed General Electric's electron microscope. He played prominent roles in the formation of two Fortune 500 companies,Ramo-Wooldridge and Bunker Ramo Corporation.
James Gerard Roche is an American politician. He served as the 20th Secretary of the Air Force,serving from January 20,2001 to January 20,2005. Prior to serving as secretary,Roche served in the United States Navy for 23 years,and as an executive with Northrop Grumman.
USS San Diego (LPD-22),a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock,is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Diego,California.
The Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) was a midget submarine operated by the United States Navy and United States Special Operations Command. It provided stealthy submerged transportation for United States Navy SEALs from the decks of nuclear submarines for use as an insertion platform for covert and clandestine special operations missions. The ASDS was canceled in 2009 due to cost overruns and reliability issues,after the prototype was destroyed in a fire in 2008. As of 2019,the Navy plans to replace the ASDS with the Dry Combat Submersible,a similar midget submarine being developed by Lockheed Martin.
USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy. She was launched on 29 October 2019,and christened on 7 December 2019.
Kent Kresa is an American businessman. Formerly,he was chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman,as well as chairman of General Motors;and has worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),the Lincoln Laboratory at M.I.T,Avery Dennison,the Fluor Corporation,and the MannKind Corporation. Before being appointed as interim chairman of General Motors as a result the decisions made by President Barack Obama,Kresa was on the board.
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. HII,ranked No. 375 on the Fortune 500,was formed on 31 March 2011,as a divestiture from Northrop Grumman.
TASC,Inc.,formerly known as The Analytic Sciences Corporation,is an American private defense contractor based outside Washington,D.C.,in Chantilly,Virginia. Northrop Grumman owned TASC from 2001 to 2009,when it sold the unit to comply with new government conflict of interest rules.
Clement Michael Petters is president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries,an American military shipbuilding company.
Rear Admiral (Ret.) David Rogers "Dave" Oliver Jr. is the former executive vice president of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) for North America. Currently he is an independent consultant. Since September 21,2006 he has been the director of the American Superconductor Corporation.
Stephen Joseph Lukasik was an American physicist who served in multiple high-level defense and scientific related positions for advancing the technologies and techniques for national defense and the detection and control of diverse types of weapons of mass destruction,especially nuclear devices. He was the second longest serving Director of DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency –during which numerous new technologies including packet and internet protocols were developed. He was also the first chief scientist of the Federal Communications Commission where he created its Office of Science and Technology and which facilitated the commercial deployment of new technology that included spread spectrum technology.
Wesley G. Bush is an American systems engineer and business executive. He is the former CEO and chairman of Northrop Grumman,and he is currently a director of General Motors,Dow Inc.,and Cisco.
Diane Powell Murray is an American software engineer and program manager. In 2006 she received Computerworld's Premier 100 Technology Leadership Award,and in 1982 the Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.
