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Business/Financial

Ingalls Chief Wilkinson To Lead Newport News, Blanchette To Run Ingalls

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

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Ingalls Chief Wilkinson To Lead Newport News, Blanchette To Run Ingalls

Kari Wilkinson, president of HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding segment. Photo: HII

HII [HII] on Wednesday named Kari Wilkinson, currently president of the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding segments, as the incoming president of its nuclear shipbuilding operations in Virginia effective Jan. 1, 2025. Wilkinson will be succeeded by Brian Blanchette, who is the chief technology officer, and vice president of quality and engineering, at Mississippi-based Ingalls. She will succeed Jennifer Boykin as president of Newport News Shipbuilding. Boykin is retiring and the leadership transition is part of HII’s long-term succession process, a company…

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