Aircraft carriers. Submarines. Unmanned ships.

HII is being asked to build and support all of them as the United States looks to expand its maritime power.

And this week, several developments put that challenge into sharp focus – including the movement of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) through the final stages of construction, new work tied to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH), the delivery of the first Virginia Payload Module (VPM) for the Arizona (SSGN 803) and a major Navy move toward acquiring HII’s ROMULUS unmanned surface vessels.

For this episode of Mission Critical, host Ryan Robertson sat down with HII CEO Chris Kastner to talk about how the company is preparing for that future.

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