HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Erects First Grand Blocks Built by Distributed Shipbuilding Partners on Thad Cochran (DDG 135)

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Erects First Grand Blocks Built by Distributed Shipbuilding Partners on Thad Cochran (DDG 135)

PASCAGOULA, Miss., July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has reached a key milestone in its distributed shipbuilding initiative with...

Ingalls erects first grand blocks built by distributed shipbuilding partners

Ingalls Shipbuilding has reached a milestone in its distributed shipbuilding initiative, installing the first grand blocks

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PASCAGOULA, Miss. — HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has reached a key milestone in its distributed shipbuilding initiative with the installation of the first grand blocks, made up of three units constructed by partner facilities, for Thad Cochran (DDG 135), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Fabricated by Gulf Copper and Eastern Shipbuilding, the units arrived at Ingalls ahead of the ship’s October 2025 keel authentication, demonstr…