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HII Reorganizes Technical Solutions Business

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

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Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Technical Solutions division on Tuesday said it was reorganizing two of its business groups into a new combined Defense and Federal Solutions Group. The division combined its Fleet Support and Mission Driven Innovative Solutions (MDIS) groups in a move it argued aims “to better serve existing and future customers while achieving support function efficiencies.” The change was effective June 29. HII said Technical Solutions decided on this course of action after a series of strategic acquisitions,…

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