Huntington Ingalls Industries News Release:

Photo Release -- Newport News Shipbuilding Appoints John Temple to Vice President of Contracts Management for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

John Temple, vice president of contracts management for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that John Temple has been promoted to vice president of contracts management for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS). SRNS is a joint partnership between Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), Fluor Corp. and Honeywell that manages operations of the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. A photo accompanying this release is available at http://media.globenewswire.com/hii/mediagallery.html?pkgid=18989 An Apprentice School graduate with more than 40 years of work experience with the company, Temple will be responsible for all SRNS contract activities as well as interface management, funds management and the performance evaluation measurement process. Prior to this promotion, he was the director of contracts administration at SRNS after serving as NNS' director of contracts and pricing. "John's proven performance, expansive knowledge, and his more than 40 years of contracts experience and expertise will continue our effective management of the Savannah River Site and its critical mission," said NNS President Matt Mulherin. The Savannah River Site is used by the Department of Energy for clean-up activities associated with the nation's nuclear build-up. The nuclear reservation features the Savannah River National Laboratory and the U.S.'s only operating radiochemical separations facility. Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe. For more than a century, HII has built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder at its Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions. Employing about 37,000 in Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and California, HII also provides a wide variety of products and services to the commercial energy industry and other government customers, including the Department of Energy. For more information about HII, visit: HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com HII on Facebook: www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries