Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion & Repair

 

Newport News is the liaison between the Department of the Navy and Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated-Newport News Shipbuilding (HIINC-NNS) who is engaged in the design and construction of new nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers as well as the repair and modernization of submarines and aircraft carriers in the Fleet.

It is the Supervisor's responsibility to administer all contracts, outfit the ships, assure that the technical and quality assurance requirements of the contracts are fully met, ascertain that satisfactory production schedules are maintained, and ensure that the final product delivered to the Fleet is ready to sail "in harms way."

Today, SUPSHIP Newport News has approximately 385 civilians and 40 military that support this mission.