Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII)
Shipbuilder, 44,000 employees, 7,000 engineers and designers. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 5, 2026. Ranked 23 of the 47 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
17%
End of 2028
38%
Employees, annual report
44,000
Leading staffing pattern
Ship and Boat Building
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now17%
- End of 202731%
- End of 202838%
- End of 203041%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 57%
- Becomes checking a model's work 35%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
The filing states the total and its crafts and engineers but no count by segment, so the shipbuilding and services shares follow segment revenue (c), said so.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 17% now, 31% at the end of 2027, 38% at the end of 2028, 41% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 41% desk work, 14% people work and 46% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 57% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 35% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
44,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Employed domestically and internationally; the filing states no count by country.
The filing: “We have approximately 44,000 employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Ship and Boat Building | 76% | Newport News Shipbuilding (52% of revenue) and Ingalls (24%) are the two shipyards with 19 crafts and trades and two apprentice schools; the filing states no headcount by segment, so the share follows revenue (c). |
| Computer Systems Design and Related Services | 24% | Mission Technologies, 24% of revenue, provides C5ISR, cyber, AI and unmanned systems services; by revenue (c), with no count stated. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 44,000 employees in 19 crafts and trades, about 7,000 engineers and designers, 3,600 with advanced degrees, more than 6,900 veterans and about 1,350 with over 40 years of service; about 8,000 hired in 2025; two apprentice schools with over 15,500 graduates.
What the filing says about AI
16 sentences in the filing name AI. Sixteen sentences: the application of AI and machine learning to battlefield decisions among Mission Technologies' services, the development and integration of AI algorithms for mission-critical systems, and cyber risk language.
- “Our Mission Technologies segment provides a wide range of services and products, including command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ("C5ISR") systems and operations; the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to battlefield decisions; defense and offensive cyberspace strategies and electronic warfare; unmanned autono...”
- “We also develop, test, and integrate leading-edge AI and machine learning algorithms to optimize and accelerate the nation's mission-critical systems and platforms.”
- “These cybersecurity threats are continuously evolving and include security breaches (whether through cyber attack, cyber intrusion, or insider threat) via the internet; malicious software, including ransomware; computer viruses; attachments to emails; persons inside our organization or with access to systems inside our organization; subcontractors or suppliers; or other significant disruptions...”
- “We utilize artificial intelligence, which could expose us to liability, as well as regulatory, competition, reputational, or other risks, or otherwise adversely affect our business.”
- “We utilize artificial intelligence, including generative artificial intelligence, machine learning, and similar tools and technologies that collect, aggregate, analyze, or generate data or other materials or content (collectively, "AI") in connection with our business, including to enhance productivity and operational efficiency and optimize processes utilized in our business.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20213median 0
- Fiscal 20225median 0
- Fiscal 20235median 1
- Fiscal 202418median 4
- Fiscal 202516median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 44,000 | 2026-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 44,000 | 2025-02-06 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 44,000 | 2024-02-01 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 43,000 | 2023-02-09 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 44,000 | 2022-02-10 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 42,000 | 2021-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 42,000 | 2020-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 40,000 | 2019-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 38,000 | 2018-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 37,000 | 2017-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 36,000 | 2016-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 38,000 | 2015-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 38,000 | 2014-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 37,000 | 2013-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 38,000 | 2012-03-29 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No headcount by segment: the shipbuilding and mission technology shares follow segment revenue (c); the engineers and designers are a counted function, recorded in the notes.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001501585-26-000006, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 17% now and 38% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. employ?
- 44,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Ship and Boat Building; by those patterns the work is about 41% desk work, 14% people work and 46% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 16 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 3, 5, 5, 18 and 16 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 2, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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