Huntington Ingalls names shipyard chiefs

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., owner of Pascagoula’s 10,800-employee shipyard, said its board of directors approved Irwin F. Edenzon and Matthew J. Mulherin as corporate vice presidents and presidents of the company’s two major shipyards. Edenzon was named president of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Mulherin became president of Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. HII, previously the shipbuilding division of Northrop Grumman Corp., began operating on March 31 as an independent, publicly traded company. (Source: Mississippi Press, 04/26/11)