secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. (HII)
CIK:        0001501585
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-20T21:12:41+00:00
Accession:  0001501585-26-000050
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000150158526000050/0001501585-26-000050-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501585/000150158526000050/hii-20261019.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001501585-26-000050

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