HII Names James LaCroix as Corp Director

American Fortune 500 shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced  that James J. LaCroix has been named corporate director of HII’s Advanced Technologies Office in Newport, Rhode Island.

He will report directly to John J. Donnelly, corporate vice president of advanced technologies, said a release from the largest military shipbuilder in the United States.

As the director of the Advanced Technologies Office, LaCroix is responsible for interaction and cooperation with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division, and with the Naval War College to strengthen HII’s ability to translate innovative ideas and technologies more quickly into operational capabilities for customers.

This position also supports experimentation, exercises and analytic efforts through internal research and development across the company.

“Jim brings more than 35 years of leadership and technical expertise gained at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center,” Donnelly said.

“His extensive experience with unmanned undersea vehicles and torpedo development provides him with a deep understanding of the challenges of integrating unmanned system technologies into the fleet. Jim’s knowledge of our customer and industry will add tremendous strength to our advanced technologies group, and we are very excited to have him join our team,” he added.