September 4, 2025
HII Honors Employees with Compass Award for Compliance
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., (Sept. 4, 2025) — HII (NYSE: HII) is proud to recognize five employees from the company with the 2025 Compass Award for Compliance, an accolade that reflects HII’s steadfast commitment to ethics and integrity. The award recognizes individuals selected from the company’s three divisions and company headquarters who advance HII’s culture of compliance.
“These employees exemplify what it means to lead with accountability and purpose,” said Paul C. Harris, HII executive vice president and chief sustainability and compliance officer. “Leading by example, their actions reduce risk, strengthen trust with our customers and stakeholders, and ensure our operations remain rooted in integrity. Their daily actions not only enhance the company’s compliance today, they secure our future.”
HII congratulates the 2025 Compass Award Recipients:
- Susie Bacon and Shay Brown, executive IT support team, HII corporate
- Megan Weaver, administrative generalist, Mission Technologies
- Gil Rustin, contracts manager, Ingalls Shipbuilding
- Michael Reilley, chief engineer, Newport News Shipbuilding
The Compass Award is one of several initiatives in HII’s compliance program that keeps compliance at the forefront of HII employees’ minds. Recognition, combined with HII’s implementation of performance-related measures, such as incentives, encourages ethical and compliant behavior throughout the company. These efforts are part of the company’s commitment to performing with integrity and maintaining a robust compliance posture aligned with company values.
About HII
HII is America’s largest shipbuilder, delivering the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain mission technologies, including unmanned systems, to U.S. and allied defense customers. HII is the largest producer of unmanned underwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy and the world.
With a more than 140-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII builds and integrates defense capabilities extending from the core fleet to C6ISR, AI/ML, EW and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong.
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