NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 05, 2016 -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that Brad Mason has been promoted to a vice president of its Newport News Shipbuilding division and president of its AMSEC LLC subsidiary. Mason will succeed Harris Leonard, who will retire at the end of the year after 31 years of service.
“Harris joined Newport News Shipbuilding after serving in the U.S. Navy on both aircraft carriers and submarines,” said Newport News Shipbuilding President Matt Mulherin. “His military background, together with his engineering education, have been a great fit, and he has created new opportunities for the business and positioned us well for the future.”
Mason will assume leadership of AMSEC on Nov. 14 after a transition period and will be responsible for all aspects of AMSEC’s daily operations, reporting directly to Mulherin.
“Brad brings to this position years of experience with AMSEC in addition to 22 years of service in the U.S. Navy,” Mulherin said. “His knowledge and experience are critical to the company’s growth and continued success.”
Mason earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the United States Naval Academy and a master’s degree from the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School. He joined AMSEC in 1998 and served most recently as the company’s director of operations for maintenance, modernization and technical services.
A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file?fid=57f4f3c32cfac22918527880.
AMSEC has more than 2,000 employees at more than 30 locations worldwide. AMSEC’s expertise includes marine engineering, naval architecture, shipyard industrial planning and design, HM&E (hull, mechanical and electrical) and C4I (command, control, communication, computers and intelligence) installation and support, and waterfront systems testing and maintenance. AMSEC’s knowledge spans across life-cycle integrated logistics services, including technical manual development, network, data and inventory management, instructional system design, and mobile training solutions. AMSEC is certified to ISO 9001:2008 standards and is a certified CMMI-Level 3 provider of enterprise software design and development, cyber security, database and web services.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of engineering, manufacturing and management services to the nuclear energy, oil and gas markets. For more than a century, HII’s Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs nearly 35,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook: www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact: Christie Miller [email protected] (757) 380-3581


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