Huntington Ingalls Industries Announces Closure of the Gulfport Composite Center of Excellence

The "Gulfport Facility"
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today the closure of its Gulfport Composite Center of Excellence (the "Gulfport Facility") in Gulfport, Miss.

"This is a difficult but necessary decision," said HII President and CEO Mike Petters. "Due to the reduction in the Zumwalt-class (DDG 1000) ship construction and the recent U.S. Navy decision to use steel products on Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), there is both limited and declining Navy use for composite products from the Gulfport Facility."

Current work being performed at Gulfport is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2014, with closure expected by May 2014.

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