---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001501585-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HII"
cik: "0001501585"
company_name: "HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-20T21:12:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-20T21:14:01.974724+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HII elects former CEO Mike Petters to board; board expands from 11 to 12 members

## Summary
- Board elected C. Michael Petters effective October 19, 2026; he was HII's first CEO and President, serving March 2011 to March 2022, and Executive Vice Chairman until retirement in January 2023.
- Board size increased from eleven to twelve members on October 19, 2026; Petters appointed to the Cybersecurity Committee and Finance Committee.
- Petters receives a $130,000 annual cash retainer plus $20,000 each for the Cybersecurity and Finance Committees, and a $195,000 annual deferred stock unit grant, prorated for 2026.
- CEO Chris Kastner and Chairman Kirkland Donald cited Petters' shipbuilding expertise as HII ramps capacity to deliver for the U.S. Navy; Petters joined Newport News Shipbuilding in 1987.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001501585-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HII
- cik: 0001501585
- company_name: HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-20T21:12:41+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000150158526000050/0001501585-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000150158526000050/hii-20261019.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001501585-26-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001501585-26-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001501585-26-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  C. Michael Petters was elected as Director at HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 19, 2026, the Board of Directors of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) elected C. Michael Petters to the Board of Directors effective October 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000150158526000050/0001501585-26-000050-index.htm

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