---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-251587"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HII"
cik: "0001501585"
company_name: "HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T03:56:19.127376+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HII Elects Retired Admiral Craig Faller to Board, Effective Oct. 3

## Summary
- Adm. Craig Faller (Ret.) elected to HII board effective Oct. 3, 2023; term expires at 2024 annual meeting.
- Faller appointed to Audit and Finance committees; will receive standard non-employee director compensation and indemnification.
- Faller served 38 years in Navy, most recently as commander of U.S. Southern Command (2018-2021).
- Previous roles: Senior Military Assistant to SecDef, Chief of Legislative Affairs for Navy, Director of Ops for CENTCOM.
- Currently serves on boards of Viken Detection, advisory boards of Sigma Defense, PayCargo, Excelerate Energy, and others.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-251587
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HII
- cik: 0001501585
- company_name: HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000119312523251587/0001193125-23-251587-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000119312523251587/d554863d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Craig S. Faller was elected as member of the Board at HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On October 2, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Admiral Craig S. Faller (RET) as a member of the Board, effective October 3, 2023, with a term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000119312523251587/0001193125-23-251587-index.htm

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