GlobeNewswire Inc | Nov 17, 2021 10:00AM EST

November 17, 2021

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that Mike Aldinger has joined its Technical Solutions division as vice president of HIIs live, virtual, constructive (LVC) training solutions with a focus on growth and engagements with the U.S. Air Force. HIIs LVC training solutions team offers artificial intelligence-driven advanced simulation capabilities, including virtual and augmented reality and large, integrated exercises around the globe, to enable the U.S. Department of Defense to meet critical readiness requirements.

HIIs extensive portfolio of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy training has helped transform LVC across the joint defense community, said Glenn Goodman, president of HIIs LVC Solutions business group. Mikes experience in tailoring and scaling mission training solutions will unlock expanded opportunities to support the joint force in the critical area of readiness.

A photo accompanying this release is available at: https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file/mike-aldinger.

Aldinger joins HII following 22 years at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, where he applied his background in engineering and mission training technical activities to lead the expansion of the companys LVC portfolio. Aldingers expertise spans business growth and strategy focused on target identification and capture strategies in simulation training, networks, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, mission planning, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for the defense community.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is Americas largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HIIs 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. HIIs Technical Solutions division provides mission-critical national security solutions to government and commercial customers worldwide. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs over 44,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:

-- HII on the web: www.HII.com -- HII on Facebook:www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries -- HII on Twitter:www.twitter.com/hiindustries -- HII on YouTube: www.youtube.com/huntingtoningalls -- HII on Instagram: www.instagram.com/huntingtoningalls

Contact:

Danny HernandezDanny.J.Hernandez@hii-co.com(202) 264-7155