Craftsmanship, Scholarship, and Leadership

A robust apprenticeship program leads talent development efforts at Huntington Ingalls Industries.

There are two ways to develop talent: invest in it yourself or let someone else invest in it and then steal it. At Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), where we build aircraft carriers, submarines, destroyers, and amphibious warships for the U.S. Navy and national security cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, we can't steal talent, so we invest in it ourselves—to the tune of $110 million a