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Smith Is New Columbia Program Director At Huntington Ingalls

Smith Is New Columbia Program Director At Huntington Ingalls
Brandi Smith has been named program director of the Columbia-class submarine program Newport News Shipbuilding. HII photo

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] appointed Brandi Smith program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, the shipbuilding subcontractor for the Navy’s next nuclear-armed ballistic-missile submarine fleet announced Monday. There was no incumbent Columbia program director, an HII spokesperson said by email Tuesday. The company only recently created the job for Smith, who in her new role is responsible “for leading the company’s construction activities” on Columbia, “as well as maintaining strong relationships with General…

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