Kastner touts Mission Technologies’ successes during media roundtable
Defense One reported on Thursday that HII’s investment in Mission Technologies “seems to be paying off.”
“The Newport News-based shipbuilder has been rebranding and broadening its scope in recent years,” senior editor Lauren C. Williams wrote, attributing the division’s growth to cyber, electronic warfare, uncrewed systems, nuclear technologies, and data and analytics offerings.
The article quoted HII President and CEO Chris Kastner, who said during a media roundtable, “We’re in all the right areas that are achieving growth and budget, and so we’re able to capture that. We’ve got guidance of about 5% growth.”
Kastner touted the High-Energy Laser (HEL) contract Mission Technologies was awarded in March.
“We’re the prime contractor for that development of that high-energy laser,” he said. “We believe … if it’s successful, we could use that for other services—potentially the Navy.”
Kastner also referenced the recent news that HII has sold more than 700 REMUS uncrewed underwater vehicles.
“They’ve really started to establish a rhythm in our uncrewed organization, and we have high hopes for them this year,” he said. “We really have the only production vehicle in place. It’s a very stable, long-term contract for just starting our production run. So we have a very good demand signal right now. I’m also very proud of the medium-sized UUV that we have in place, where it was the first underwater launch and recovery from the Virginia-class submarine.”
Read the full story at defenseone.com.
