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HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. (NYSE:HII) Files An 8-K Amendment to Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics

HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. (NYSE:HII) Files An 8-K Amendment to Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of EthicsItem 5.05.

Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

On December15, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment (the “Amendment”), effective immediately, to the Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct (the “Code of Ethics”). Among other changes, the Amendment updated the introductory letter from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, added “Civility” to “Our Expectations” under Section1.4, added the fifth bullet point to supervisor/manager expectations under Section1.4, added a subsection regarding “Making False Accusations” under Section2.1, added information under Section2.2 for contacting the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board with concerns about misconduct and revised Section2.12 to address visits to gambling sites on the Company’s electronic communication devices.

The Code of Ethics can be found on the Company’s internet website at www.huntingtoningalls.com under “Investor Relations—Company Information—Leadership and Governance.”

About HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. (NYSE:HII)
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) designs, builds, overhauls and repairs ships for the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. The Company is the designer, builder and refueler of nuclear powered aircraft carriers, a builder of amphibious assault and expeditionary warfare ships for the United States Navy and the sole builder of National Security Cutters (NSCs) for the United States Coast Guard. The Company operates its shipbuilding business through Huntington Ingalls Incorporated subsidiary, which is organized into two segments: Ingalls Shipbuilding (Ingalls), which includes non-nuclear ship design, construction, repair and maintenance businesses, and Newport News Shipbuilding (Newport News), which includes the nuclear ship design, construction, overhaul, refueling, and repair and maintenance businesses. It designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines for the United States Navy and builds the Navy’s fleet of DDG51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

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