Huntington Ingalls Industries
A division of HII
Newport News, VA
Largest military shipbuilder in the United States. Sole builder of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (at Newport News). Co-builds Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarines with General Dynamics Electric Boat. Builds DDG-51 destroyers (with GD Bath Iron Works), San Antonio-class amphibious ships, and America-class amphibious assault ships at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS.
FY26 estimated federal contracts
~$12B
Illustrative — based on prior-year procurement patterns; will be updated with verified USAspending data as FY26 obligations finalize.
Federal contracts by fiscal year
Federal awards trend
* Illustrative estimate; awaiting USAspending finalization for this fiscal year.
Where the money comes from
Top funding agencies
Federal lobbying spend
Lobbying disclosures
Contract-to-lobby ratio: 2,140× — for every $1 spent on federal lobbying in 2025, this recipient received approximately 2,140× in federal contracts.
Source: U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
How this recipient compares
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What the government is buying
Major programs
Source: DoD Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System, FY26 budget request (July 2025). Quantities and dollars reflect the President's FY26 request, which Congress may modify.
Naval (6)
Other (1)
Silhouette size reflects FY26 budget request (square-root scaled). Click any system for details. Quantities and dollars reflect the President's FY26 budget request; Congress may modify.
In the bills we track
Bills funding this recipient
Congressional oversight · 6 committees
Committees that authorize or fund these programs
These committees write the appropriations bills, NDAA authorizations, or oversight rules that determine how federal dollars flow to Huntington Ingalls Industries. Each link goes to the committee's roster and editorial overview.
House
House Committee on Appropriations
Chair: Cole (R-OK)
House
House Committee on Armed Services
Chair: Rogers (R-AL)
Senate
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Chair: Collins (R-ME)
Senate
Senate Committee on Armed Services
Chair: Wicker (R-MS)
House · Subcommittee
Defense
Chair: Calvert (R-CA)
Senate · Subcommittee
Department of Defense
Chair: McConnell (R-KY)
Disclosed Member trades · 1 Member
Members of Congress who have traded Huntington Ingalls Industries
1 disclosed transactions in HII by 1 Member of Congress. 1 Member sits on a defense-jurisdiction committee — flagged inline below. Click any row to expand transaction detail. Source: U.S. House Periodic Transaction Reports.
Methodology note
Conflict-of-interest flagging is editorial. A disclosed trade is marked "Direct conflict" when the Member sits on a committee with significant jurisdiction over this recipient's sector (Armed Services, Appropriations Defense, Intel, Foreign Affairs/Relations for defense primes). Leadership roles (Chair, Ranking Member, Vice-Chair) receive more prominent treatment than ordinary committee membership. The label does not imply legal violation — Members are permitted to hold and trade individual securities under current law, including via managed accounts. Trades shown are disclosed PTR filings; the conflict assessment is our analytical lens on them.
Source: disclosures-clerk.house.gov, ingested via npm run ingest:house-ptrs
What's worth knowing
HII is the only U.S. yard that can build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers — Newport News has a complete monopoly on that hull type. The yard's manpower and dry-dock capacity is the binding constraint on U.S. carrier construction schedule. With shipbuilding being one of the few industries where U.S. industrial capacity has visibly declined since the 1980s, HII's facility is increasingly seen as a national-security asset in its own right.
Recipient profiles are hand-curated using public sources including USAspending.gov historical data, U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, SEC filings (for publicly traded companies), and the bill texts we cover. FY26 figures marked "illustrative" are estimates based on prior-year procurement patterns and will be updated as USAspending obligations finalize. Findings describe public-record patterns. They are not allegations of wrongdoing.