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The USS John P. Murtha will be commissioned into service at a ceremony in Philadelphia on Saturday. It is the second major ship built for the Navy with local ties and a name to match.

Our production department has been experiencing difficulty manufacturing ½” Inconel bonnets for some time. The dilemma involved the cladding that is welded onto the disc insert which, in turn, would cause the insert to pull down, reducing the necessary gap between the insert and the bonnet itself.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 23, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) was awarded a $152 million contract today for advance planning for the construction of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80). 

This year marks the 130th year of shipbuilding for Newport News. Collis P. Huntingdon, founded the shipyard with the intention of building and repairing steamships, vessels and boats in a place that he fell in love with in his youth, Newport News, Virginia. 

On March 22nd, Global/SFC hosted 17 students from Turkeyfoot High School during an event planned by the Somerset County Chamber of Commerce.